VRScout

AUGUST 30, 2021

The owner of the social media platform diversifies its business with the purchase of Pico VR. Last week rumors began circulating regarding the potential acquisition of Pico VR by ByteDance Ltd., the parent company of social media platform TikTok. Today, ByteDance confirmed its purchase of the ever-growing Chinese VR headset manufacturer. According to a report by the Chinese VR publication VR Tuoluo (first spotted by CNBC ), ByteDance has released an official statement expressing their excitement

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AR Insider

AUGUST 30, 2021

O ne question that looms large these days is what the post-Covid world will look like. How much of the past 18-months — for better or worse — will stick with us in the form of new habits? The “better” part includes digital transformation that Covid has accelerated in several areas. For example, the world has collectively raised its game with respect to digital video conferencing savvy.

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VRScout

AUGUST 30, 2021

Additional ghost types and equipment breathe new life into the internet’s favorite cooperative ghost hunting game. Originally released on SteamVR headsets in September of last year, Phasmophobia took the internet by storm with its unique blend of psychological horror and cooperative multiplayer, allowing groups of four to team up and investigate a variety of haunted locations using a wide range of ghost hunting equipment.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 30, 2021

Just this weekend the Voices of VR Podcast reached an impressive milestone; in the podcast’s 1,000th episode, host Kent Bye looks back at his conversations with members of the VR industry over the last seven years to parse where the moderrn era of VR started, where it is now, and where it’s headed. Kent Bye is officially prolific. Since 2014 he’s now published 1,000 episodes of the Voices of VR Podcast which has faithfully charted the modern era of VR by giving listeners a c

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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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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 30, 2021

I am super busy working on the last touches for the Venice VR Expanded world on VRChat. The artists have made an amazing job and the world is wonderful… I invite you all to check it out on September, 1st when the Venice Film Festival is starting… and in case you go there, let me know what you think about it! Top news of the week. (Image by JD.COM). Bytedance reportedly acquires Pico for 5B RMB while it also pushes on mobile AR.

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ARPost

AUGUST 30, 2021

If you’re a regular reader of ARPost , you probably get excited for the Augmented World Expo each year. You may wonder why there aren’t more such events in other places. We’re based in the US, as are most of our readers, so that’s the AWE event that we cover, but there are other AWE events worldwide and we can’t contain our excitement anymore for AWE Asia 2021.

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ARVR

AUGUST 30, 2021

SuperWorld is building the future of social impact on blockchain SuperWorld has from the very beginning set out to build a better world through augmented reality (AR). While other apps have taken a gaming approach, following on the heels of the breakout success of Pokemon Go, SuperWorld has grounded its AR approach in the real world, specifically in the areas of community support and the environment.

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GizModo VR

AUGUST 30, 2021

Fans of Joe Johnston’s 1991 Disney film The Rocketeer have been waiting 30 years for this news: a new, live-action Rocketeer film is officially in the works. It’s called The Return of the Rockeeter and it’s being developed for Disney+. Read more.

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ARVR

AUGUST 30, 2021

Finding your piece on Earth ?? among 64 billion NFTs SuperWorld Virtual Real Estate takes the form of 64.8 billion non-fungible tokens (NFTs) digitally mapped over Planet Earth onto the SuperWorld platform. Every property starts at 0.1 Ether, and corresponds to a rectangular plot of land in the real world, measuring 100m x 100m, or about two acres. From land in high-commerce, urban and commercial areas where monetization opportunities on land seem most auspicious, to historical landmarks like th

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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

AUGUST 30, 2021

Singapore has decided to give up on the dream of covid-zero and will instead learn to “live with the virus,” according to the country’s Prime Minister, Lee Hsien Loong on Sunday. The decision comes despite the fact that Singapore has one of the highest covid-19 vaccination rates in the world, with 80% of the adult… Read more.

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Digital Trends

AUGUST 30, 2021

The iPhone's rumored satellite technology that would allow the device to be used in places without cellular coverage will probably be for emergency situations.

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GizModo VR

AUGUST 30, 2021

The Caldor Fire forced the evacuation of basically the entirety of South Lake Tahoe, a resort community of 22,000, on Monday. Firefighters are waging an all-out battle to keep the fire from reaching the town and wreaking havoc in the Lake Tahoe Basin. Read more.

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Digital Trends

AUGUST 30, 2021

Firefighters tackling California's ongoing Caldor Fire commandeered a ski resort's snow guns in an effort to quell the flames.

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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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GizModo VR

AUGUST 30, 2021

The UN Environment Program announced on Monday that the world has officially banished leaded gasoline. The end of the use of this dangerous fuel has been a long time coming, and the day is finally here: According to the UN, the world’s last reserves of leaded gasoline were used up last month at a refinery in Algeria. Read more.

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Digital Trends

AUGUST 30, 2021

Streaming has become a staple in everyday life, so it's crucial that you make sure you stay safe and protected as you binge-watch your favorite shows.

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GizModo VR

AUGUST 30, 2021

The seemingly never-ending roster of DC characters coming to the CW just added a classic one. Poison Ivy, the iconic villain who has been known to make Batman’s life a living hell, is coming to Gotham City on the small screen. Actress Bridget Regan will play the role on the upcoming third season of Batwoman , which is… Read more.

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Digital Trends

AUGUST 30, 2021

A recent survey shows that players aren't too keen on pre-ordering Game Pass titles -- and that's a good thing for gamers.

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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

AUGUST 30, 2021

A judge in Ohio has issued an emergency order telling a hospital to treat a coronavirus patient with ivermectin, an antiparasitic drug being promoted widely by right-wing personalities as a covid-19 treatment and prophylactic. Though it’s being studied for that purpose, ivermectin currently doesn’t have good data to… Read more.

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Digital Trends

AUGUST 30, 2021

Falling prices signaled that the GPU shortage was coming to an end, but recent data suggests that Nvidia and AMD prices are on the rise again.

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GizModo VR

AUGUST 30, 2021

The original Cowboy Bebop is pretty much perfect. There’s a reason it has amassed legions of fans since it debuted back in 1997—well, several reasons: it’s got instantly likable, compelling characters; it’s action-packed, but also incredibly accessible sci-fi; it absolutely oozes coolness, thanks to the greatest score… Read more.

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Anand Tech

AUGUST 30, 2021

Back in March, Intel unveiled its 11th generation of desktop processors codenamed Rocket Lake. In its lineup, the flagship desktop chip is the Core i9-11900K, with eight cores, sixteen threads, and a current selling price of $545 at Amazon. Along with obvious performance advantages that come with the flagship model, including higher turbo frequencies, Intel has put a lot of its latest technologies into Rocket Lake including Thermal Velocity Boost (TVB) and Adaptive Boost (ABT) - the idea here is

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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

AUGUST 30, 2021

In slasher movies , it tends to be one killer versus one victim at a time. Rarely does the horror spill out into the streets in a significant enough manner that the victim can recruit other people to help them fight back. In Halloween Kills , though, that’s exactly what happens, and Jamie Lee Curtis thinks that’s what… Read more.

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TechCrunch VR

AUGUST 30, 2021

TikTok parent company ByteDance seem to be looking to one-up Facebook anywhere it can. After taking over the mantle of most-downloaded social media app in the world with TikTok, ByteDance is coming for Facebook’s moonshot, buying up its own virtual reality headset maker called Pico. The deal first reported on by Bloomberg last week was confirmed by the company on Monday, though ByteDance didn’t disclose a price tag for the deal.

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GizModo VR

AUGUST 30, 2021

ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns TikTok, has acquired the virtual reality startup Pico in a deal that marks a major push by the company to diversify its business holdings and keep pace with the drive toward the metaverse. Read more.

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Digital Trends

AUGUST 30, 2021

Psychonauts 2 is a game filled with collectibles, unlockables, and plenty of ways to upgrade your skills. Here are some tips and tricks to help you get started.

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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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