AR Insider
MARCH 4, 2022
Though the metaverse is more often discussed in a VR context, AR could help unlock a more rich and meaningful real-world metaverse. What are the underlying technologies required to make it happen? This post appeared first on AR Insider.
ARPost
MARCH 4, 2022
Enquire AI , a Washington, D.C.-based firm specializing in AI and data science business intelligence solutions, has recently acquired virtual land in the Sandbox metaverse. Enquire AI’s AI-powered expert knowledge platform helps companies gather deeper insights from industry experts. The platform operates using Natural Language Processing (NLP), powering its algorithm to accurately match client requests with the appropriate expert from its network.
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VRScout
MARCH 4, 2022
Meta wants to turn Tuesday nights into VR game nights. Meta has officially announced Quest Night, a weekly game night dedicated to all things Quest. Starting next Tuesday and every Tuesday following, the company is encouraging Quest players to meet up online for some good old-fashioned multiplayer gaming. Obviously, the company hopes you and your friends log on to your favorite games and apps throughout the week.
Road to VR
MARCH 4, 2022
ByteDance, parent company to TikTok and VR headset creators Pico Interactive, announced at MWC 2022 that it’s partnering with Qualcomm, something that could help the chipmaker better diversify as the XR industry continues to expand. During Qualcomm’s keynote at this year’s MWC, company CEO Cristiano Amon said that Meta brought “significant scale” with the release of its popular standalone VR headset Quest 2, which houses Qualcomm’s Snapdragon XR2 processor.
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.
ARVR
MARCH 4, 2022
We’re often asked to project the size of the metaverse. This is a fair question as our research arm ARtillery Intelligence is all about market sizing. But doing so for the metaverse eludes most disciplined market-sizing methods for one simple reason: it doesn’t exist yet. For example, as we discussed in a recent AWE presentation, the bottom-up approach represents best practices in revenue projections.
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GizModo VR
MARCH 4, 2022
We’ve been hearing about LiFi technology for a while now, but it’s taken a while to roll out. Now companies like pureLiFi already have everything they need ready to bring this electricity connection to homes. It will be very useful for the home Wi-Fi to finally cover that corner where there is never coverage. Read more.
Slashgear
MARCH 4, 2022
Russian government officials take action to ban the use of Facebook inside the borders of the country in response to Facebook's block of state-led news media.
Mashable VR
MARCH 4, 2022
The Russian government is tightening its grip on social media as it attempts to control the message over the war in Ukraine. Russia is now moving to block access to Facebook across the entire country, according to a March 4 official press release , translated by Google. Notably, only the Facebook platform itself appears to be the target of Russia's ire — Meta-owned apps like WhatsApp and Instagram look to remain unscathed (at least for now).
Slashgear
MARCH 4, 2022
Elon Musk issued a warning about use of Starlink internet inside the Ukraine as the internet service becomes a last line of communication for citizens.
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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.
Digital Trends
MARCH 4, 2022
As Russian tanks parade down the streets, many Ukrainian IT workers at outsourcing firms cling to coding as a vital source of income and reminder of normalcy.
Slashgear
MARCH 4, 2022
Google paused advertising online inside Russia, appearing to do so in response to Russia's demands for information control through Google's platforms.
GizModo VR
MARCH 4, 2022
I confess that when I saw Mictic’s colorful musical bracelets at Mobile World Congress I was not very impressed. These are two simple bands very similar to a FitBit-style sports tracker, but without any type of screen or button. Of course, when you put them on and they come to life in your arms, you can’t help but… Read more.
Slashgear
MARCH 4, 2022
Samsung's secret decision to throttle tens of thousands of apps on its Galaxy S22 series left owners furious. Now, it's promising to make things right.
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.
GizModo VR
MARCH 4, 2022
As I continue to delight in the deranged conspiracy theories surrounding Wordle, following its purchase by the New York Times , I’m equally thrilled to discover those making increasingly difficult versions of the game. Quordle , a version where you solve four Wordles at once, has become pretty popular, in the wake of … Read more.
Slashgear
MARCH 4, 2022
Despite hopes for a more affordable Apple-branded display, what may next arrive could be even more expensive than the Pro Display XDR already on sale.
GizModo VR
MARCH 4, 2022
The market around children’s cardboard continues rocketing into uncharted territory. Earlier this week, auction outfit Goldin announced a holographic “Illustrator” Pikachu Pokémon card from 1998 sold for $US900,000 (over $1.2 million in Aussie money). No one knows who bought it for that much, or why, but the winning… Read more.
Slashgear
MARCH 4, 2022
The 2022 Lincoln Navigator feels like an eminently pleasant way to carry a big family. After a first drive, here's how it stacks up to the Cadillac Escalade.
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.
GizModo VR
MARCH 4, 2022
On March 1, shortly after Vladimir Putin activated his nuclear forces, the Nightwatch took flight from an Air Force base in Nebraska. The plane is a modified Boeing 747 that is sometimes popularly known as The Doomsday Plane. Read more.
Slashgear
MARCH 4, 2022
Disney+ has seen some of the biggest streaming debuts since it launched. Now, it could be getting even cheaper if you're willing to sit through commercials.
Mashable VR
MARCH 4, 2022
Airbnb is suspending all operations in Russia and Belarus, according to a tweet from CEO Brian Chesky posted Thursday. Tweet may have been deleted. Mashable has reached out to Airbnb for further comment and what this means for the company. The move comes after efforts from the company to support Ukrainian refugees, with Airbnb offering free, short-term housing to 100,000 Ukrainians in need.
Slashgear
MARCH 4, 2022
Taking a look back at what made BMW's V12 engine so special - starting with the first-generation M70 SOHC V12 produced from 1987, all the way to the N74.
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?
GizModo VR
MARCH 4, 2022
When Google started out it offered just the search engine, slowly adding features over time. Today, it dominates the search engine world, but it also has a habit of tracking you across the web. Read more.
Slashgear
MARCH 4, 2022
There's a missing link in Apple's Mac desktop line-up, but that could soon be filled. The long-anticipated "mini Mac Pro" might give prosumers a cheaper option.
Mashable VR
MARCH 4, 2022
Tesla is getting another competitor. Japan's Sony and Honda have signed a deal to jointly develop and sell battery-powered electric vehicles (BEVs), the two companies announced on Friday. The joint venture hasn't been formed yet; the companies have signed a memorandum of understanding that outlines their plan to establish it later in 2022. According to a press release by Sony , the idea is to combine Honda's car-building prowess with Sony's expertise in the fields of imaging, sensing, telecommun
Slashgear
MARCH 4, 2022
Lincoln's hands-free driver assistance goes head-to-head with Super Cruise and Autopilot, but ActiveGlide isn't quite smooth sailing yet.
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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