VRScout
MARCH 31, 2022
REK.tv looks to revolutionize VR spectator sports. Cix Liv , founder of VR fitness app YUR and mixed reality software LIV , and Bart Trzynadlowski , who won the 2021 OpenCV Spatial AI Competition for North America with his at-home VR laser tag experience , are launching a sports metaverse they hope will set the stage for a new generation of VR-powered spectator sports.
AR Insider
MARCH 31, 2022
Though the current wave of VR excitement got its start 7-8 years ago through tethered PC-based headsets, there's been a clear trend towards an untethered form factor. April Miller examines the evidence. This post appeared first on AR Insider.
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Road to VR
MARCH 31, 2022
Wendy’s is more than a chain restaurant that serves square-shaped burgers. It’s also a marketing powerhouse that’s known for kicking off the trend of companies openly roasting their competitors (and other people) on Twitter. Now Wendy’s is taking a big first step into VR April 2nd with its upcoming ‘Wendyverse’, which will be hosted on Meta’s Horizon Worlds.
AR Insider
MARCH 31, 2022
What are the biggest insights and observations in immersive tech & media this week? Welcome to Reality Bytes, featuring lightning-round video commentary from AR Insider partner, M7 Innovations. This post appeared first on AR Insider.
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
MARCH 31, 2022
Apple's big iOS 15.4 update brought a bunch of new features, as well as one problem: rapid battery drain. Now the company's back with a new update to fix it.
Virtual Reality Pulse brings together the best content for VR professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Slashgear
MARCH 31, 2022
Samsung is embracing the right-to-repair movement in a big way, announcing a new collaboration with iFixit that'll help consumers get official phone parts.
Mashable VR
MARCH 31, 2022
A new laptop is a big investment, one that you'll likely need to make every few years to keep up with ever-changing technology. But shopping for one can get overwhelming fast once you see just how pricey new laptops can be (on top of the sheer number of options out there). The good news is you don’t always need to break the bank to get a suitable laptop — there are plenty of affordable models out there for less than $300.
Slashgear
MARCH 31, 2022
Technology is meant to make our lives easier, and most of the time it does. But there have been instances when technology doesn't go as planned.
GizModo VR
MARCH 31, 2022
It’s not pleasant seeing a once-beloved laptop (or desktop) computer slowly slide into obsolescence as it gets too old and tired to keep up with the demands of modern-day computing, but Google has now provided an option for these ailing machines in the form of Chrome OS Flex. 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.
Slashgear
MARCH 31, 2022
Elon Musk recounts the two times Tesla was on the verge of bankruptcy before rising up to be one of the most successful car companies in the world.
GizModo VR
MARCH 31, 2022
We can’t get over how cool this looks: a stage adaptation of Studio Ghibli’s Spirited Away with live actors, costumed creatures, and incredible puppets? While legions of Hayao Miyazaki fans will have to make do with these new glimpses of the production —since the Toho Co., Ltd. production is only touring Japan for… Read more.
Slashgear
MARCH 31, 2022
It's official: E3 2022 has been canceled. The ESA has provided a statement on the matter, promising to make up for the change with an explosive 2023 event.
GizModo VR
MARCH 31, 2022
A “massive ranking failure” in the Facebook News Feed promoted content it pegged as bad for the past six months. The flaw in the News Feed’s ranking algorithm elevated misinformation, violence, and the Russian state media outlets Facebook pledged to downrank in response to President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of… 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.
Slashgear
MARCH 31, 2022
BMW unveiled specs for its forthcoming i3 eDrive35L, and the vehicle looks immaculate. But it could be a while before you get your hands on one.
GizModo VR
MARCH 31, 2022
Star Trek: Picard has made much this season of trying to evoke the feel of what Star Trek could be like in its past—classic premises like evil alt realities and retro-contemporary time travel. This week, a chaotic bit of stage setting managed to turn it into a Borg horror, a prelude for a heist movie, and even a… Read more.
Slashgear
MARCH 31, 2022
Even by modern standards, performing skull surgery on a living person is a complicated procedure, which is why ancient surgeries are so fascinating.
GizModo VR
MARCH 31, 2022
Climate change is bringing rain and humidity to usually dry and arid Northern Chile, causing ancient mummies to decompose as they are exposed to increased moisture and the elements. The phenomenon puts some of the world’s oldest known mummies at risk of deteriorating after thousands of years of artificial and natural… 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.
Slashgear
MARCH 31, 2022
A new leak claims Microsoft is preparing to update its Xbox Game Pass subscription with a new plan for family and friends to share. Here's what we know so far.
Digital Trends
MARCH 31, 2022
NASA is back with its regular update on what to look out for in that vast open window above our heads. This month four particular planets take center stage.
Slashgear
MARCH 31, 2022
YouTube has rolled out picture-in-picture support for Apple users, but don't get too excited. The new mode is limited to YouTube TV subscribers.
GizModo VR
MARCH 31, 2022
Michael Bay has regrets. During a press interview for his upcoming film Ambulance , the director revealed that the significantly better director Steven Spielberg once advised him to stop making Transformers films, advice I desperately wish Bay had taken. What’s surprising to me is that Spielberg only told him this… 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?
Slashgear
MARCH 31, 2022
You've no doubt used Bluetooth many times to connect your devices, but do you know where the unusual term comes from and how it became the name for this tech?
GizModo VR
MARCH 31, 2022
A UK Twitter user with few followers was sentenced to 150 hours of community service for an anti-military tweet deemed “grossly offensive” by a court. The sentence highlights fundamental differences in online speech protections in the UK and U.S. at a time when both countries are considering new legislative efforts to… Read more.
Slashgear
MARCH 31, 2022
The OnePlus 10 Pro 5G is the most advanced smartphone released by the brand to date. Here's how it stands up to the market.
GizModo VR
MARCH 31, 2022
If you have a Wyze security camera , my suggestion would be to rip it out of the wall and throw it in the nearest trashcan. For the past three years, a glaring security vulnerability has sat festering in the company’s V1, V2, and V3 internet-connected cameras—the likes of which would have allowed hackers to access… 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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