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Minecraft VR Is Now Available On The Meta Quest

VRScout

Mojang’s best-selling video game arrives on Meta’s best-selling VR headset. QuestCraft is a standalone VR port of Minecraft: Java Edition that offers players access to the full Minecraft experience in VR without the need for an expensive gaming PC. This includes support for motion controls as well as cross-platform multiplayer. Developed by a team of independent developers, the unofficial port was built using MCXR and PojavLauncher and is capable of running certain Fabric mods (an ex

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Spatial Beats: Meta, Beem & Talespin

AR Insider

Welcome back to Spatial Beats, AR Insider's weekly series that features observations and insights of author and futurist Charlie Fink. This week, we look at Meta's Super Bowl ad, Beem's launch, and Talespin's latest funding round. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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Sword Art Online VR Event Immerses You In The Hit Anime

VRScout

Sword Art Online is heading to VR in a special limited-time event that kicks off this week exclusively online. Starting tomorrow fans of the critically-acclaimed animated series Sword Art Online (SAO) can log into Sword Art Online -EX-CHRONICLE- Online Edition and explore a sprawling virtual world featuring memorable locations from the show. Attendees begin their journey in the “Town of Beginnings,” a free area featuring interactive weaponry as well as a giant screen displaying the show.

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How Will AR Play into the Attention Economy?

AR Insider

For 200 years, brands have found new ways to capture consumers’ attention. We’ve always come up with new ways to engage users to create brand and product awareness. How will AR become part of that evolving toolbox? This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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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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You Can Now Try Green Hell VR For Free On PC VR Headsets

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Developer Incuvo drops a new gameplay trailer alongside a free demo as part of Steam Next Fest. Steam Next Fest, an annual celebration of upcoming games, is officially underway and as part of this year’s festivities VR developer Incuvo is offering a brief demo of its highly-anticipated VR port of the widely-celebrated survival crafting game Green Hell.

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What Is LiDAR And How Does It Work?

Slashgear

LiDAR technology, while relatively new, has infiltrated various facets of scientific research and everyday life, from archaeology to ocean mapping.

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Survival Sim ‘Green Hell VR’ Demo Releases on Steam Today, Gameplay Trailer Here

Road to VR

As a part of Steam Next Fest, Incuvo Games is today releasing a free demo of its upcoming VR adaptation of Green Hell (2019) , the popular open-world survival game. The studio says Green Hell VR is officially launching on Steam and Meta Quest in the first half of 2022. Like the original, the VR version has been confirmed to feature co-op , although it’s likely to come in a postlaunch update.

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Why NASA Rejected The Idea Of Making NFTs

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Because non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are uniquely owned assets, NASA has opted to prevent its public domain imagery from being coined in this fashion.

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Separation anxiety in dogs can be difficult. Here's how you can help.

Mashable VR

If you have a dog you're probably familiar with the term separation anxiety. Over 23 million households in the U.S. welcomed a new dog into their home during the pandemic , according to The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. With many of us spending way more time at home, it's no surprise that our dogs may be having a hard time as we start to leave the house more.

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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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10 Most Groundbreaking Apple Product Innovations

Slashgear

Apple has long been famous for its amazing product lineup. These ten Apple breakthroughs changed the entire game in computing and productivity.

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Apple mixed reality headset may launch in 2022 after all

Digital Trends

Apple's mixed reality headset has passed another design milestone. This puts the device on track for a potential 2022 release, but there are still hurdles.

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Waze Tips And Tricks That Will Improve Your Driving Experience

Slashgear

Waze is one of the most popular navigation apps on the market due to its vast set of features. Here are key ways to customize the app to improve your trips.

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Howard Shore's Videodrome Score Is Ready to Mess With Your Head

GizModo VR

Almost 40 years after its release, David Cronenberg’s Videodrome still rings true. A sci-fi horror thriller about a TV channel that might just be murdering people as a way to corrupt perverted Americans somehow now, in an era of streaming, social media, and 24/7 news, feels more modern an ever. And while the film has… Read more.

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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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GPU prices could fall dramatically in a matter of weeks

Digital Trends

New leak suggests that the current graphics cards prices may dramatically drop in a matter of weeks. In addition, new information about next-gen GPUs emerged.

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Happy 30th Birthday to Zyuranger, the Japanese Show That Transformed Into Power Rangers Mania

GizModo VR

The Power Rangers have been around for 29 years now, giving generations of superhero fans nearly three decades of giant robot fighting, evil moon witch cackling, and the inherent joy of color-coded superhero transformation sequences. But they’d be in a very different place without, of course, the series that helped… Read more.

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John Oliver's deep dive into critical race theory is well worth a watch

Mashable VR

If you were anywhere near the internet or the TV last year, chances are you would have seen the phrase "critical race theory" at some point — an academic theory that ended up becoming a major point of contention among shouty conservatives as well as a regular Fox News boogieman in 2021. But what actually is critical race theory , and what's its role in the education system?

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The Peacemaker Gag Reel Has John Cena Literally Crying With Laughter

GizModo VR

Did the Peacemaker cast have fun together making the show? Did they flub their lines? Did they do silly little dances on camera? Did John Cena laugh so much a member of the set crew had to come over and dab away Cena’s tears from his face because it was during the scene where Judomaster had Peacemaker tied up? As this… Read more.

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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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SpaceX successfully launches another 46 Starlink satellites

Mashable VR

SpaceX launched another round of satellites for its Starlink system on Monday, weeks after a bunch burned up in Earth's atmosphere. After Sunday's launch was delayed "due to recovery weather," the mission successfully launched on Monday at 9:44 a.m. ET, with a Falcon 9 rocket lifting off from the Space Launch Complex (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

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Marvel to Deal Out George R.R. Martin's Wild Cards Comics

GizModo VR

Yes, yes, we might all still be waiting for The Winds of Winter to get finished sometime this decade, but that doesn’t mean more George R.R. Martin content isn’t on the way. There’s of course HBO’s upcoming Game of Thrones TV spin-off House of the Dragon , but now the author’s other novelized passion project is jumping… Read more.

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Apple is developing a foldable MacBook with a 20-inch screen

Digital Trends

Despite delays in the development of its foldable iPhone, a new report says Apple has set its sights 0n creating a “foldable notebook” with a massive 20-inch display. The claim comes from fairly reputable Display Supply Chain Consultants (DSCC) analyst Ross Young, who has been correct about future Apple products a number of times. If […].

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Patrick Stewart Talks About Those Doctor Strange Rumors

GizModo VR

Brie Larson talks the madness of The Marvels. The cast of The Batman tease the latest Dark Knight , via the medium of Little Caesars. The CW rounds out more cast for its Nancy Drew spinoff, Tom Swift. Plus, what’s coming on Star Trek: Discovery. Spoilers, away! 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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HP Presidents Day Sale 2022: Up to 75% OFF laptops and more

Digital Trends

HP is bringing its A-game to its Presidents Day sale offerings, which feature some great laptop deals, gaming desktop deals, and 4K display deals, among others.

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10 Excellent Eternals Facts Revealed During Its Making of Documentary

GizModo VR

Set over 7000 years and starring almost a dozen new heroes, it’s no surprise making Marvel Studios’ Eternals was an epic task. The film is now on Blu-ray and to celebrate, Disney dropped a surprise episode of their fun Disney+ series Assembled, documenting huge parts of the process. Usually, these Assembled episodes,… Read more.

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Luxury cars continue to burn on abandoned cargo ship

Digital Trends

The consignment of luxury cars aboard a vessel ablaze in the Atlantic is thought to be worth around $400 million, according to an estimate published on Monday.

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How to add a cryptocurrency address to your Twitter profile

Mashable VR

Twitter gives cryptocurrency some prime real estate, so you might as well take advantage of it. The social media platform lets users add their Bitcoin and Ethereum cryptocurrency wallet addresses to their profile pages — making it easy for people to send them crypto payments. However, as users can only make the additions on iOS or Android, it's easy to overlook the unassuming feature.

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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?