VRScout

MARCH 25, 2022

Snap Inc’s AR Spectacles glasses are nothing short of black magic. First announced back in 2016, Snap Inc.’s offbeat smart glasses have seen several different iterations over the past five and a half years, each one improving upon the last with new features designed to merge the company’s social media platform with the real world. The latest Spectacles design was the first to include built-in AR (augmented reality) functionality, allowing the wearer to interact with existing Sn

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MARCH 25, 2022

People are expectant of Magic Leap’s soon-to-be-released enterprise AR glasses. Dubbed Magic Leap 2, it’s expected to be better than its 2018 predecessor , which flopped. Magic Leap’s announcement came just in time as interest in the metaverse soars. Everyone’s asking—will Magic Leap 2 lead the way for widespread metaverse adoption? ?. While Magic Leap may have dazzled consumers with its AR headset that launched almost four years ago, this is not its goal this time around.

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AR Insider

MARCH 25, 2022

What can the lessons of the past tell us about future outcomes? Specifically within spatial computing, what are applicable lessons from recent tech history. This was the focus of Tom Emrich's AWE presentation, which we break down in this week's XR Talks. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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MARCH 25, 2022

At GDC 2022 this week, VR glove creator Manus revealed its new Quantum Metagloves which the company says delivers significantly more accurate finger tracking than its prior solutions. Though priced for enterprise use, the company says it one day hopes to deliver the tech to consumers. Manus has been building motion gloves for use in real-time VR and motion capture for years now, with prior offerings being based on IMU and flex-sensor tracking.

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Speaker: Chris Paxton McMillin, President of D3 Training Solutions

To avoid awkward and sometimes disastrous learning content, instructional designers must use authentic translation in the right context to get optimal results. For example, even a simple phrase like “got milk” translates to “are you lactating” in Mexico. Can you imagine what a straight translation might do to your course? With over 317 million people in the US and over 6.7 billion potential customers in the world, personalizing training seems logical.

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Slashgear

MARCH 25, 2022

Solar Orbiter has snapped some stunning images of our sun up close, including the highest resolution image ever taken of its full face and corona.

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Slashgear

MARCH 25, 2022

Black Shark has confirmed it'll launch a new series of gaming smartphones in the near future, and we likely already know the hardware they'll pack.

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GizModo VR

MARCH 25, 2022

Using a microphone, a laser, and some crafty mathematics, a team of scientists has measured the speed of sound on Mars, in what is a scientific first and another cool finding made possible by NASA’s Perseverance rover. Read more.

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Slashgear

MARCH 25, 2022

Apple has been trying to blur the line between tablet and laptop for years, and with the M1-equipped iPad Air 5, it may have succeeded in those endeavors.

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GizModo VR

MARCH 25, 2022

Just announced this morning, a new illustrated edition of J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, The Silmarillion , is going to be available in October 2022. This year is going to play host to Fantasy Rings Fall , with both the Amazon Studio’s show, Rings of Power out in September and now this new book, complete with Tolkien’s… Read more.

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With a rapidly changing economy, Avangrid Renewables looked to virtual reality to develop a standardized form of immersive training in order to onboard and upskill technicians faster than ever before.

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Slashgear

MARCH 25, 2022

A brief history of the 1978 Dodge Magnum, a follow-up to the NASCAR-banned Charger Daytona, that didn't exactly go to plan, in more ways than one.

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Mashable VR

MARCH 25, 2022

Julius Pringle is living a lie. The mustache-sporting mascot for the popular Kellogg's-owned brand of dehydrated processed potato crisps has gone through numerous redesigns over the years, most recently losing his stylized flop of hair , but throughout it all his name has remained a constant: Julius Pringle , or, if a Kellogg's copywriter was feeling particularly feisty, Mr.

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Slashgear

MARCH 25, 2022

Out of the blue, YouTube has started offering thousands of movies and TV shows for free. Here's what might be behind this surprising move.

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GizModo VR

MARCH 25, 2022

Major Western oil companies including Exxon, Shell and BP have paid billions of dollars to the Russian government as it escalated tensions against Ukraine in recent years, a new analysis released Friday from a group of NGOs finds, illustrating how the oil and gas industry has helped prop up and enrich President … Read more.

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Speaker: Richard Goring, Director at BrightCarbon

Remote meetings are here to stay - and many are BORING. If you are trying to engage your learners (or any audience), compelling content is critical. But trying to create stimulating content with the same tools you’ve always had is hard, right? Thankfully, wrong! Terrific tools in PowerPoint along with visual assets help you create the kind of dynamic content you need to capture your remote audience’s attention, with functions that allow for interactive sequences and navigation.

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Slashgear

MARCH 25, 2022

Google recently released the results of a study involving its wearable tech and is seeking government approval of a new algorithm.

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GizModo VR

MARCH 25, 2022

A small army of overworked content moderators is the public’s last line of defense against a flood of depraved and horrific content uploaded to social media. While the moderators help us normal users avoid the worst of the worst, constant exposure to humanity’s darkest impulses can wreak havoc on their mental health.… Read more.

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Slashgear

MARCH 25, 2022

Following the lead of major tech companies across the world, Spotify will suspend service in Russia after its invasion of Ukraine.

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GizModo VR

MARCH 25, 2022

Offering better visibility in bright conditions and lower power consumption, E Ink’s electronic paper screens are gaining in popularity as alternatives to LCD and OLED panels for digital signage, and the company has just made them even more appealing with an updated version of its color e-paper panels featuring much… Read more.

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Speaker: Nik Gowing, Brenda Laurel, Sheridan Tatsuno, Archie Kasnet, and Bruce Armstrong Taylor

With 191 country signatories to the Paris Climate Agreement now hard at work in the race to zero carbon by 2050, much of the heavy lifting in ecosystem sustainability falls on the shoulders of the world's densely populated urban centers. This conversation considers how today's AI-enabled simulation media, such as AR/VR, can be effectively applied to accelerate learning, understanding, training, and solutions-modeling to sustainability planning and design.

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Slashgear

MARCH 25, 2022

Vivo plans to drop a high-functioning Android tablet called the Vivo Pad, according to insider reports. Fans of the company can expect the tablet soon.

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GizModo VR

MARCH 25, 2022

This Sunday, the 94th annual Acadamy Awards will grace your TV screen and with them, another cycle of film achievement comes to a close. Among the night’s nominees, the Acadamy rightfully recognized some of the best genre films of the year in various categories. But this slideshow isn’t about them. Read more.

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Slashgear

MARCH 25, 2022

The design of the MacBook Air has stayed mostly consistent throughout the years, but now Apple may be planning a display shake-up in future models.

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GizModo VR

MARCH 25, 2022

Everything Everywhere All at Once is a movie you have to meet exactly where it is. It is not a subtle film, and it demands that when you watch it, you suspend all your disbelief at the door. As directing duo the Daniels ( Swiss Army Man ) propel us through a furious multitude of universes, the audience is left gasping… Read more.

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Speaker: Treion Muller, Chief Strategy Officer at ELB Learning

Since when has learning and development (L&D) become such a negative experience with its intended learners? Could it be because learners have been conditioned by very poor learning experiences over the past two decades, combined with the kinks of technological innovation? Or is it because learning has typically been designed as a one-size-fits-all solution, despite the fact that humans are not clones?

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Digital Trends

MARCH 25, 2022

With their big ideas and clever inventions, these inspirational women left an indelible mark on the world and set us on a path to a brighter future.

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GizModo VR

MARCH 25, 2022

Having treated myself to several good Dungeons & Dragons novels in a row—mainly the original Dragonlance trilogy and R.A. Salvatore’s The Halfling’s Gem —in the last few D&D&N columns, I knew that I must pay a price in return. That price was reading Artifact of Evil , the second Greyhawk novel by D&D co-creator Gary… Read more.

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Slashgear

MARCH 25, 2022

Has the bitter history between traditional taxi services and the ride-sharing app been resolved?

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GizModo VR

MARCH 25, 2022

The long-running argument over the harms and benefits of artificial sweeteners will be further complicated by new research out this week. The results of a large observational study suggest that higher consumption of artificial sweeteners is linked to a higher risk of cancer. Importantly, though, this sort of data… Read more.

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Speaker: Bruce Armstrong Taylor, Co-Founder & Managing Director of SmartNations Foundation, Jimmy Jia, Venture Partner at Pi Labs, Fabienne Durand, Senior Advisor to the SmartNations Foundation, & Roger Strukhoff, Executive Director of the Tau Institute

The Climate 4.0 Economy. Climate change is here. We see it in many ways already. Weather catastrophes: Texas freezing over, the wildfires of California, the increasingly unpredictable violence and frequency of hurricanes, the rapid melting and disappearance of polar ice caps. Much more evidence all around us. What can we do in our corporate organizations, in our homes and communities, to change the current course?

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