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Will AR Change the Way We Live with Technology?

AR Insider

One of AR's biggest barriers is cultural acceptance. Just like Bluetooth mobile earpieces caused a behavioral shift 20 years ago, AR glasses will require cultural acclimation. We examine the evolutionary path. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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‘Sairento’ Follow-up ‘Hellsweeper VR’ Coming to Quest 2 Soon, Trailer Here

Road to VR

Mixed Realms, developers behind the samurai-style action-adventure game Sairento VR (2018), announced during UploadVR’s Summer Showcase that its follow-up, Hellsweeper VR, is also making its way to Meta Quest 2. The game, which is currently planned for Early Access release on Steam sometime later this year, is also coming to Quest 2, slated to arrive on the standalone “soon,” the studio says.

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Reality Bytes: Apple, Nintendo & DeepMind

AR Insider

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.

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Co-op Shooter ‘Gambit’ Gets First Gameplay Trailer, Coming to Quest 2 & PC VR This Year

Road to VR

Gambit is a VR co-op shooter from the studio behind well known multiplayer VR shooter Zero Caliber. The forthcoming title has been in the works for at least two years now and today saw the reveal of its first gameplay trailer. Gambit is a four player VR co-op shooter heading to PC VR and Quest 2 this year. The game was first revealed all the way back in 2020 and was planned for a 2021 release, but clearly that didn’t happen.

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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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Disney Commits to New Hire in Metaverse Push

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Last week, Disney disclosed its hiring of Mark Bozon, the firm’s new VP of Next Generation Storytelling Creative Experiences, to assist the entertainment giant in creating Metaverse -based services. Previously, Mark worked at Apple for twelve years. He recently worked as a Games Creative Director at its Arcade division. Bozon first announced his departure from Apple in May without disclosing his new place of work.

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Most Innovative XR Collaboration Vendors to Watch in 2022

XR Today - Virtual Reality

The age of XR is emerging at an incredible rate. Increasingly, companies of all sizes are discovering the benefits of extended reality opportunities for virtual interactions, hybrid work, and improved creativity among teams. In the construction industry, professionals can work together on digital twins of schematics, blueprints, and products in a shared VR world.

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Time-looping Puzzle Shooter ‘We Are One’ is Coming to All Major VR Platforms, Trailer Here

Road to VR

Flat Head Studio announced at UploadVR’s Summer Showcase today that its time-bending puzzle shooter We Are One is set to be published by veteran VR studio Fast Travel Games, and is arriving on “all major VR platforms.” We Are One is all about using time loops to blast your way through mechanical enemies hellbent on destroying mother nature. “With cleverly designed action puzzles, We Are One provides beginners and the most seasoned VR gamers with endless challenges.

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AR and Shopping Collide, Part II: Pinterest

ARVR

Shoppability is the new black. There’s a trend towards all things being shoppable. We’re talking buy buttons on everything from YouTube videos to Instagram Stories. This isn’t necessarily a new phenomenon but is one of the many trends that’s been Covid-accelerated. Elsewhere?—?and for similar reasons?—?we see a separate trend: visual commerce. This includes product visualization and visual search.

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Why The European Space Agency Wants To Visit A Comet

Slashgear

How do you learn more about how the solar system was formed? Build a spacecraft to intercept a comet, something the ESA and JAXA will do together.

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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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The Coolest—and Most Frightening—Spacewalks in History

GizModo VR

Hundreds of astronauts have dared to leave the cozy confines of their spaceships and enter into the cold nothingness of space with only their spacesuits to protect them. The spacewalks we present here are among the most memorable to date, though some not necessarily for good reasons. Read more.

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Why Visiting Space Changes Astronauts' Eyesight

Slashgear

NASA anticipates a future in which astronauts will spend long periods of time in space. To make that possible, it has to figure out how to protect their eyes.

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AMD Zen Architecture Roadmap: Zen 5 in 2024 With All-New Microarchitecture

Anand Tech

Today is AMD’s Financial Analyst Day, the company’s semi-annual, analyst-focused gathering. While the primary purpose of the event is for AMD to reach out to investors, analysts, and others to demonstrate the performance of the company and why they should continue to invest in the company, FAD has also become AMD’s de-facto product roadmap event.

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How Much Would It Cost To Actually Live In Space?

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Accounting for the advances in private space travel and the current state of space-faring technology, how affordable would it be to live away from Earth?

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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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This Week In XR: Neal Stephenson Launches Lamina1, Imverse Raises $4.8 M For Holo-Conferences, And Looking Glass Intros New 65” 3D Display

Charlie Fink

Neal Stephenson unveiled his plan to build a carbon-neutral metaverse based on open web3 protocols.

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Xbox Gaming Skips The Console And Lands On Smart TVs

Slashgear

Xbox Game Pass is about to launch on Samsung Smart TV sets. It's likely this subscription-based cloud gaming system will expand to other smart TV systems too.

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Heatwave Brings Dangerous Temperatures to Southwest

GizModo VR

It’s currently very hot in the Southwest. In parts of California, Nevada, Utah, and Texas, today’s predicted highs are well above 100 degrees. Those scorching three digit temperatures are expected to increase and persist across the region through the weekend, in the first heatwave of the season for some parts of the… Read more.

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Fisker Teases $30k PEAR Electric Car As Ocean SUV Gets An Update

Slashgear

Fisker revealed a little more information about their next-gen EV, the PEAR (Personal Electric Automotive Solution), along with an update on the Ocean.

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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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Xbox is coming to Samsung smart TVs, no console required

Mashable VR

Now you really don’t need an Xbox to enjoy Xbox games. Microsoft announced on Thursday that, starting June 30, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers will be able to stream their games through the cloud using a new, dedicated app for Samsung smart TVs and monitors released in 2022. Simply called the Xbox App, you’ll be able to install it on Samsung screens (just like you’d install Netflix or HBO Max) and play Xbox games without the need for an actual Xbox Series X/S console or PC.

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Here Are The Science Experiments That NASA Wants To Send To The Moon

Slashgear

NASA is working harder than ever at returning to the moon in the biggest way possible, planning everything from scientific missions to crewed launches.

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Family Blames Instagram for Teen’s Eating Disorder in Lawsuit Challenging Section 230 Protections

GizModo VR

A personal injury lawsuit filed in California federal court on Monday alleges Instagram’s parent company Meta purposely crafted products to addict young users, steering one 11-year-old girl down a years-long path of physical and psychological harm. Read more.

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The Real Reasons The 3D TV Was A Failure

Slashgear

Though you can still watch movies in 3D at select theaters, the 3D TV home experience quickly faded away and is no longer an option. What went wrong?

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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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Uh oh, the internet is thirsting over Chris Evans again

Mashable VR

Remember the infamous Chris Evans Sweater incident ? It was sparked by none other than former Mashable senior editor Nicole Gallucci and Decider's Anna Menta (both of whom are friends, hello friends!). It was a moment of seemingly endless internet thirst for Evans, simply for donning an (admittedly good-looking) sweater in the film Knives Out. Well, guess what, folks, the internet is swooning over Evans once again.

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NASA Is Officially Joining The Hunt For UFOs

Slashgear

NASA has announced that it is setting up a team to conduct a detailed study covering Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAPs), more commonly referred to as UFOs.

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LIGHTSPEED Presents: 'The Crowning of the Lord Tazenket, Vulture God of the Eye' by S.G. Demciri (Part 1)

GizModo VR

io9 is proud to present fiction from LIGHTSPEED MAGAZINE. Once a month, we feature a story from LIGHTSPEED’s current issue. This month’s selection is “The Crowning of the Lord Tazenket, Vulture God of the Eye” by S.G. Demciri. We’ll be presenting this novelette in two parts; part two will be available on June 16. … Read more.

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The Xbox Team Just Revealed A Huge Gaming Roadmap

Slashgear

Microsoft just revealed a whole bunch of details about the future of the Xbox gaming universe, including everything from new controllers to new platforms.

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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?