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Upcoming Peaky Blinders VR Game Is A ‘Gangster Drama’

VRScout

The moral-based VR experience will be available later this year. VR developer Maze Theory ( Doctor Who: The Edge of Time ) today unveiled Peaky Blinders: The King’s Ransom , an original VR game based on the incredibly-popular British drama series of the same name. In this gorgeous-looking “gangster drama,” you’ll rub shoulders with characters from the show as you work to earn the trust of the Shelby family in the hopes of joining the infamous crime syndicate.

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Snap’s Big Play: Augmenting the Super Bowl

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Snapchat has been behind some pretty big plays but one of the biggest might be augmenting the Super Bowl. The camera company has a lot planned and it took a lot of big partners including Verizon, Uber, Nissan, and – of course – the NFL. See Also: Super Bowl LV Was a Win for Augmented Reality. For the Fans at the Field. The biggest activation in terms of physical scale will be the collaboration between Snap , Arcadia , and Verizon to augment the stadium for live, in-person Super Bowl

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Order Real Food In McDonald’s Metaverse Restaurant

VRScout

Have it your way in the metaverse. The fast-food giant McDonald’s has filed 10 trademark applications that will put McDonald’s restaurants in the metaverse. Not only will you be able to visit a digital version of the golden arches, but you’ll also be able to order popular items such as the Big Mac, a cheeseburger Happy Meal, or a McChicken, and have them delivered directly to your home in the real world.

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Virtual Virtual Reality 2 First Impressions

The Ghost Howls

I got a review copy of Virtual Virtual Reality 2 by Tender Claws and since I’ve played some time with it, l et me tell you my first impressions on this game! Virtual Virtual Reality 2. Virtual Virtual Reality 2 (VVR2) is the sequel of the acclaimed Virtual Virtual Reality , a game born for the Daydream platform (yes, when Daydream was a thing… I was there Gandalf, 3000 years ago…) that became famous for its amazing mechanic of making you teleport to other worlds by making you w

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The Future of eLearning in 2022: A Sensitive Eye for Authentic Translation and Localization

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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6 Touchless Shopping Techs for IRL Retail

AR Insider

As brick-and-mortar retailers look to persuade anxious shoppers to return, they’re considering options for contactless shopping tech. What are the top tools for retail's return, and where does AR fit in the mix? This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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Reality Bytes: Land Rover, Shopify & Uber

AR Insider

What are the biggest insights and observations in AR and adjacent sectors this week? Welcome to Reality Bytes, featuring lightning-round video commentary from AR Insider partner, M7 Innovations. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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‘Virtual Virtual Reality 2’ is a One-of-a-Kind VR Game That’s Not Ready for Launch

Road to VR

While we were hoping to bring you a full Virtual Virtual Reality 2 review today, the game unfortunately has a range of technical issues that have prevented us from finishing it. We’re going to delay our full review and recommend that anyone interested in buying the game waits to hear more about what the developers plan to do to fix things. Virtual Virtual Reality 2 is, frankly, a one-of-a-kind VR game.

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The Mars Hope Mission Earned Its Name

Slashgear

The Mars Home mission officially reached its 1st year, having already made history by being the first planetary science mission led by an Arab-Islamic country.

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Report Casts Doubt on HoloLens 3, Microsoft Says AR Headset is “doing great”

Road to VR

Microsoft’s enterprise-focused HoloLens 3 may be dead in the water, as a recent report maintains that internal divisions have hobbled the company’s efforts to release its next AR headset as planned. In the days following the report’s release, HoloLens co-creator Alex Kipman responded, saying “don’t believe what you read on the internet.” A Business Insider report from earlier this month maintains that plans to release HoloLens 3 are shifting behind the scene

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How to Train Employees 65% Faster With Virtual Reality

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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Parker Solar Probe Captures Cool Image Of Venus

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During a recent flyby, NASA's Parker Solar Probe spacecraft managed to get a look beyond Venus' clouds and capture a rare image of its blistering hot surface.

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11 extraordinary underwater photographs that bring the depths to you

Mashable VR

Marine scientists admit we've "barely scratched" the surface of the Earth's oceans, but patient, talented, fearless photographers give us a beautiful glimpse of it each year. The winners of the annual Underwater Photographer of the Year competition have been announced, annually diving into the dark depths to introduce us to a world beneath the surface of oceans, pools, rivers, and lakes.

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NASA's Perseverance Rover Just Broke A Major Mars Record

Slashgear

Self-driving capabilities have given NASA's Perseverance a superpower, enabling it to break a major Mars record -- and then break its new record the next day.

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Update now: Apple issues major security patch for iOS

Mashable VR

Forgive yourself the déjà vu. Apple announced Thursday major security updates for both iOS 15.3.1 and iPadOS 15.3.1. At issue, according to the company, is an exploit which could let a hacker run arbitrary code on users devices (that's bad). What's more, Apple notes that this vulnerability isn't theoretical. "Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to arbitrary code execution," writes the company.

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Are You Still Watching? How to Create Engaging Presentations for Virtual Learning

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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Mars Helicopter Ingenuity Completes Its First Flight Of The Year

Slashgear

Every successful action performed by a machine on Mars is considered a major victory for NASA - today that victory is a helicopter take-off!

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Snowboarding analyst slams Olympic judges in viral rant over Ayumu Hirano's triple cork scores

Mashable VR

Japanese snowboarder Ayumu Hirano made history today, becoming the first person to ever land a triple cork on the halfpipe at the Winter Olympics. Executed during his second run in the Men's halfpipe final, Hirano's practically perfect performance had NBC's snowboarding analyst in raptures, confidently predicting a score of 98. But in a highly controversial decision, the judges only granted Hirano a 91.75, leaving him in second place at the end of the run.

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The Transformation Of The iPhone From 2007 To 2022

Slashgear

Apple has released a new model for iPhone almost every year. As technology has evolved and the needs of people have changed, so has the iPhone.

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AMD’s Acquisition of Xilinx Receives Regulatory Go, Expected To Close Feb. 14th

Anand Tech

Although it’s taken a bit longer than planned, AMD’s acquisition of Xilinx has finally cleared the last regulatory hurdles. With the expiration of the mandatory HSR waiting period in the United States, AMD and Xilinx now have all of the necessary regulatory approval to close the deal, and AMD expects to complete its roughly $53 billion acquisition of the FPGA maker on or around February 14 th , 2 business days from now.

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AR/VR Simulations for Sustainable, Regenerative, Circular Cities

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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Apple Updates AirTags To Help Prevent Unwanted Tracking

Slashgear

Apple AirTags receive an update to make the platform ever-so-slightly safer for all parties involved, and Apple gives a special warning to malicious parties.

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The CIA Has a Secret Data Collection Program That Includes Some Records on Americans, Senators Say

GizModo VR

The Central Intelligence Agency has a secret data collection program that includes some information about Americans, according to two U.S. Senators with knowledge of the program. The nature of the collection, how it is conducted, and the extent to which it has occurred isn’t at all clear, though the senators have… Read more.

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Triumph Begins Real-World Testing Of Its First-Ever TE-1 Electric Sportbike

Slashgear

Triumph started rolling with real-world tests of a real-deal physical TE-1 electric sportbike, and it looks every bit as radical as it did in concept drawings.

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Covid-19 Survivors Face a Higher Risk of Future Heart Problems, Large Study Finds

GizModo VR

Some survivors of covid-19 will be dealing with heart-related issues even after their initial infection is over, new research this week suggests. The study found that covid-19 patients were more likely than others to report a variety of heart conditions over the following 12 months. This increased risk was greatest… Read more.

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Who C.A.R.E.S.!? How Learning Got Its Bad Rap & What We Can Do About It

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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Who Created The Telescope And Why Was It Invented?

Slashgear

In the 17th century, a Dutch glassmaker applied for a telescope patent, but his claim was denied. Who really created the telescope and why was it produced?

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Shudder Announces a Queer Horror Series (and Renews Creepshow!)

GizModo VR

Good news for horror fans: at today’s ongoing Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour, AMC Networks announced that spooky-centric streamer Shudder—already our go-to for new international horror , as well as some of our favorite classics —will debut a new limited series focusing on queer horror, in the vein of… Read more.

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10 Defunct Car Brands We Wish Still Existed

Slashgear

The number of automotive manufacturers that have existed since the end of the 19th century is staggering. These 10 deserve a second act.

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Asteroid Sample Brought to Earth Exposes Ryugu's Hidden Interior

GizModo VR

In December 2020, Japan’s Hayabusa2 probe returned to Earth with samples taken from the asteroid Ryugu. New research finds that the asteroid’s subsurface materials are strikingly similar to the ones found up top, in what is an important finding. Read more.

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How Digital Transformation will Bend the Curve of the Linear Economy Toward the Circular

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?