VRScout

APRIL 13, 2021

Tune in to the official live stream on April 21st to catch a glimpse at new games and updates to fan-favorite titles. In a post released yesterday via the official Oculus blog , the company announced its first-ever Oculus Gaming Showcase, an upcoming live stream event that will center entirely around gaming on the Oculus platform. Similar to Nintendo’s infamous Direct showcase, the Oculus Gaming Showcase will feature updates on existing Oculus Quest and Oculus Rift VR games from accomplish

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I’ve received today a press release by Pico about the upcoming Neo 3, and since no other VR outlet seems to report it, I thought it could be a good idea to inform the community about it. In this communication, Pico Interactive highlights some of the specifications of its future standalone headset: Qualcomm XR2 chipset 90 Hz Curved Display Wi-Fi 6 3 Physical IPD adjustments Optical Positional tracking, with 4 tracking cameras Optical Tracked Controllers, with 32 tracking points All-PU mater

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VRScout

APRIL 13, 2021

Explore five virtual monuments and murals honoring the history of Los Angeles and its various communities. This past December we learned that the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) was collaborating with Snap Inc. to develop a series of AR monuments celebrating the history of Los Angeles and its diverse communities. Today, LACMA × Snapchat: Monumental Perspective officially launched in Los Angeles, allowing Snapchat users access to five unique AR monuments scattered throughout the region.

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AR Insider

APRIL 13, 2021

O ne striking realization about spatial computing is that we’re almost seven years into the sector’s current stage. This traces back to Facebook’s Oculus acquisition in early 2014 that kicked off the current wave of excitement….including lots of ups and downs in the intervening years. That excitement culminated in 2016 after the Oculus acquisition had time to set off a chain reaction of startup activity, tech-giant investment, and VC inflows for the “next computing platform.

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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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ARPost

APRIL 13, 2021

America has been increasingly having some difficult and meaningful discussions regarding how it remembers itself through its public monuments. While not anyone can put a monument up and not everyone is prepared to take a monument down, increasingly accessible augmented reality content is changing how we think about public spaces. And, Snapchat is getting involved. “LACMA × Snapchat: Monumental Perspectives” In December, Snap and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) announced

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Slashgear

APRIL 13, 2021

Facebook and Oculus are investing heavily in the Quest 2 VR system, pushing it as the pinnacle of the Oculus’ efforts and replacing all previous headsets, both standalone and PC-tethered like the discontinued Oculus Rift S. Its launch may have been tainted by some controversy over Facebook’s new requirements but, on a technical point of view, the Quest 2 is … Continue reading.

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ARVR

APRIL 13, 2021

As you likely know, one of AR’s foundational principles is to fuse the digital and physical. The real world is a key part of that formula….and real-world relevance is often defined by location. That same relevance and scarcity are what drive real estate value….location, location, location. Synthesizing these factors, one of AR’s battlegrounds will be in augmenting the world in location-relevant ways.

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GizModo VR

APRIL 13, 2021

There’s a scientific consensus that coal, oil, and gas are frying the planet and will have to be phased out completely to secure a livable future. It’s also clear that each of the three fossil-based energy sources creates deadly , toxic pollution, providing yet another reason to retire the industry. A new report … Read more.

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Anand Tech

APRIL 13, 2021

With the high demand for semiconductors causing most companies to focus on their high margin, high profitability components, I wasn’t expecting to see many launches of low-to-mid range hardware for the rest of 2021. AMD has surprised me in announcing its entry and mid-level processors with integrated graphics today, offering up to eight Zen 3 cores and Vega 8 graphics, but AMD is pointing out that these models are for the pre-built system market only right now.

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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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GizModo VR

APRIL 13, 2021

About two weeks ago, millions of Google Chrome users were signed up for an experiment they never agreed to be a part of. Google had just launched a test run for Federated Learning of Cohorts—or FLoC–a new kind of ad-targeting tech meant to be less invasive than the average cookie. In a blog post announcing the trial,… Read more.

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Digital Trends

APRIL 13, 2021

Privacy is a rare commodity these days. If you need a basic intro into an underground route to the web, we've got the beginner's guide to understanding Tor.

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GizModo VR

APRIL 13, 2021

The latest round of NASA funding to boost the development of advanced concepts includes a space-based neutrino detector, an interstellar probe powered by solar sails, and a radio telescope built inside a crater on the far side of the Moon. Read more.

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Digital Trends

APRIL 13, 2021

Protecting the gorgeous display on your iPhone 7 Plus should be your number one priority, so get yourself a screen protector! These are the best you can buy.

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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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Anand Tech

APRIL 13, 2021

Announced a few weeks ago, we’re looking at the impressive performance and efficiency of the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 780G SoC, courtesy of Xiaomi’s new Mi 11 Lite 5G mid-range phone.

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Digital Trends

APRIL 13, 2021

We can't just bring a bunch of lumber and bricks to Mars and build a habitat when we arrive. Instead, NASA wants to make habitats with the red planet's natural resources.

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GizModo VR

APRIL 13, 2021

Arguably the cutest member of the weasel family, ermines can be found throughout the northern regions of North America and Eurasia. A closer look at ermines suggests these creatures really represent three distinct species, in a discovery with ecological implications. Read more.

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Digital Trends

APRIL 13, 2021

To learn more about the impact of long space missions on humans, NASA is organizing an Earth-based simulation test involving eight months of isolation.

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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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GizModo VR

APRIL 13, 2021

Love or hate her brand of comedy, there’s no denying Melissa McCarthy is one of the most energetic, fearless actresses working today. The same goes for Octavia Spencer, an Oscar winner who can just as easily, and skillfully, jump between playing a serial killer or a rocket scientist. Put them together in a superhero… Read more.

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Anand Tech

APRIL 13, 2021

Microsoft tends to update their Surface lineup on an irregular schedule, not necessarily following the updated CPUs that are generally announced on a mostly annual cadence. Today Microsoft is announcing an updated Surface Laptop, dubbed the Surface Laptop 4, and brings the hardware up to date, somewhat at least. Also, with the explosion in video conferencing as a result of the Covid-19 global pandemic, the company is also announcing a slew of accessories to improve the Microsoft Teams experience

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GizModo VR

APRIL 13, 2021

People took fewer flights amid the covid-19 pandemic, which helped to lower carbon pollution from aviation by roughly 60%. Now, France is trying to make some of that reduction permanent. Read more.

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Digital Trends

APRIL 13, 2021

The Apple Car may be edging toward reality after a new report suggested the tech giant may have finally found a partner to help it make its electric vehicle.

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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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GizModo VR

APRIL 13, 2021

Facebook’s hater-in-chief The Algorithm has come for a quiet French town to bring down the ban hammer with literally no warning. The town of Ville de Bitche, population 5,000, has spent the month appealing to the authorities of Facebook France, who have mercifully reinstated the town’s page. In the meantime, Ville de… Read more.

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Digital Trends

APRIL 13, 2021

Every year, five films are nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Visual Effects category. The projects nominated each year offer a unique perspective on the visual effects artistry filmmakers use to take audiences to new worlds, turn back the clock, and make all manner of movie magic. In recognition of these five films — and one of our favorite Oscar categories — we’re putting the spotlight on one nominee in the Best Visual Effects category each day leading up to the 93rd Academy Awards on

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GizModo VR

APRIL 13, 2021

Google announced back in February it was adding new video-editing tools to its Photos app, but those updates appeared only on iOS devices first. Now, according to Android Police , Google is rolling out the same tools to Android users. Read more.

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Digital Trends

APRIL 13, 2021

Bought a new Samsung Galaxy S20? Wave bye-bye to scratched screens and protect your phone with our pick of the very best Samsung Galaxy S20 screen protectors.

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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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