VRScout
FEBRUARY 4, 2021
Baobab Studios and Erick Oh team up to send audiences on a heartbreaking journey filled with love and loss. We were really looking forward to the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Not only because the entire event was being conducted remotely via its own custom-built virtual platform, but because the Emmy award-winning Baobab Studios, a long-time purveyor of AAA VR animations such as Baba Yaga , Asteroids!
ARPost
FEBRUARY 4, 2021
Like most business tools, professional development has seen a massive shift to the online world in the past year. People are working from home on a global scale like nothing we’ve ever seen before, and large in-person meetings are a distant memory. Of course, eLearning isn’t new. We’ve been using digital tools to effectively train workforces for more than 20 years.
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VRScout
FEBRUARY 4, 2021
Potential details emerge regarding the companies long-rumored VR/AR device. According to a new report by The Information , a source with immediate knowledge of Apple’s hardware claims that the companies highly-anticipated combination VR/AR device could launch as soon as next year alongside a suite of impressive features. The report claims that the upcoming headset could feature dual ultra high definition 8K displays with built-in eye-tracking technology.
AR Insider
FEBRUARY 4, 2021
L ike many analyst firms, one of the ongoing practices of AR Insider’s research arm ARtillery Intelligence is market sizing. A few times per year, it goes into isolation and buries itself deep in financial modeling. The latest such exercise zeroes in on mobile AR revenues. This takes the insights and observations accumulated throughout the year and synthesizes them into hard numbers for spatial computing ( see methodology and inclusions/exclusions).
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.
Slashgear
FEBRUARY 4, 2021
Apple’s first mixed-reality headset will be no Oculus Quest alternative, new leaks suggest, with a supposed price tag – and high-end specs – that would put it among the company’s most expensive Mac and display models. Long rumored, though believed to be finally headed to market around 2022, the first-generation Apple VR/AR headset would be more akin to a Microsoft … Continue reading.
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ARVR
FEBRUARY 4, 2021
Bloomberg published another update on Apple’s headset plans last week, and headlines across the web are shouting Apple is building a VR headset! Bloomberg’s reporting on Apple is historically accurate and the information in the article is broadly in line with previous reports, so I find it credible. But I’m not sure people are drawing the right conclusions.
GizModo VR
FEBRUARY 4, 2021
These days, Blade Runner is considered one of the all-time masterpieces of science fiction. The combination of Philip K. Dick’s idea, Ridley Scott’s direction, Harrison Ford’s performance, and a laundry list of technical masters behind the scenes created a film that has stood the test of time. But it wasn’t that way… Read more.
Anand Tech
FEBRUARY 4, 2021
The electronics industry supply chain is facing a number of issues due to the ongoing pandemic. Companies are unable to meet product demand, and are being forced to fine-tune their product distribution strategies. Intel's Panther Canyon NUC was announced at CES 2021, with no official pricing or availability information. Yesterday, Intel provided some updates with the rather disappointing news that the Panther Canyon NUC family will only be distributed in the Asia-Pacific region.
GizModo VR
FEBRUARY 4, 2021
Google has reportedly blocked the popular extension The Great Suspender and removed it from its Chrome Web Store for containing malware. But if you were one of the many users who relied on the tab manager to keep your browser running smoothly, don’t freak out just yet. You may still be able to recover your lost tabs… 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.
Digital Trends
FEBRUARY 4, 2021
It can be hard to tell which networks are supported by unlocked phones. Here's everything you need to know about which bands work on which networks.
GizModo VR
FEBRUARY 4, 2021
Enabling Apple’s “Limit Adult Websites” filter in the iOS Screen Time setting will block users from seeing any Google search results for “Asian” in any browser on their iPhone. That’s not great, folks. Read more.
Digital Trends
FEBRUARY 4, 2021
Building on Teams and the rest of Microsoft 365, Microsoft is introducing Microsoft Viva, a new employee experience platform designed especially for work.
GizModo VR
FEBRUARY 4, 2021
Perhaps the only thing more embarrassing than being the Newsmax guy interviewing the MyPillow CEO on election fraud is being the Newsmax guy forced to apologize to the MyPillow CEO about election fraud. Read more.
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.
Digital Trends
FEBRUARY 4, 2021
Connected small appliances like the ColdSnap frozen yogurt maker could impact the future of the kitchen with convenient, personalized desserts.
GizModo VR
FEBRUARY 4, 2021
As wearable devices like smartwatches become more sophisticated, with sensors that can do everything from detecting atrial fibrillation to measuring blood oxygen levels, smartphones have been left in the dust. And yet phones are far more ubiquitous, which is why Google has developed two new health-tracking features… Read more.
Digital Trends
FEBRUARY 4, 2021
Is Windows 10 on your Microsoft Surface on the fritz? Here's an easy guide on how to reset Windows 10 on a Microsoft Surface to help fix any problems or issues.
GizModo VR
FEBRUARY 4, 2021
On Thursday, Bloomberg reported that the Google was “exploring an alternative” to to the anti-ad-tracking features that Apple will soon begin rolling out in iOS 14. Read more.
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.
Digital Trends
FEBRUARY 4, 2021
Fortnite fans can currently experience a Super Bowl LV fan experience, but it lacks the joys of a real all-access event.
GizModo VR
FEBRUARY 4, 2021
A bonafide treatment for the common cold has eluded scientists for decades. But recent animal research from a team in Australia suggests that their experimental drug—delivered via nasal spray—could help the immune system fend off all sorts of respiratory infections. The treatment is now set to be tested out in a… Read more.
Anand Tech
FEBRUARY 4, 2021
Today we are having a close look at the Devarajas K556 RGB gaming keyboard from Redragon, a Chinese manufacturer of gaming peripherals. The company boasts excellent quality, performance, RGB backlighting, and advanced features, all while keeping the retail price very low.
GizModo VR
FEBRUARY 4, 2021
Elon Musk made a triumphant return to Twitter overnight, following his announcement early Tuesday that he’d be leaving the social media platform for “ a while.” Read more.
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?
Digital Trends
FEBRUARY 4, 2021
G-Sync and FreeSync are common monitor features, but there are important differences in this stabilizing tech. Here's how they work and when to choose them.
GizModo VR
FEBRUARY 4, 2021
Some regional internet service providers are urging the FCC to reexamine the recent rural broadband auction process that awarded unproven companies like SpaceX’s Starlink hundreds of millions of dollars to provide reliable broadband access to people in rural areas of the U.S. Read more.
Digital Trends
FEBRUARY 4, 2021
Legendary speaker brand KEF has jumped into the noise-canceling true wireless earbuds category with a $230 pair of sleek, silver eggs it calls the Mu3.
GizModo VR
FEBRUARY 4, 2021
A new study suggests that feeding your pup fresh food fit for a person might have an added welcome effect: smaller poops. The findings suggest that a fresh human-grade diet is more easily digestible for dogs than standard diets made of dry processed food, and it may also satisfy a dog’s appetite with fewer calories… Read more.
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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