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Free VR Games For The Oculus Quest 2 – 2021 Edition!

VRScout

We’re back with a fresh batch of killer VR games for the Oculus Quest 2 that are 100% free of charge. Yes you heard the correct, each of the five games on our list come at the low low price of zero dollars and zero sense. But don’t let the price tag fool you, the following games offer hours of entertainment. That being said, some of the games included on the list can only be accessed via sideloading.

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Part Terminator, part Tremors: This robotic worm can swim through sand

Digital Trends

Remember the "Graboid" worm monsters from Tremors? Well, thanks to some brilliant engineering, there's now a robotic version that can burrow through sand.

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Apple Wants You to Keep This Long List of Products Away From Your Medical Devices

GizModo VR

Apple has expanded its guidance on the potential magnetic interference of its gadgets with medical devices. In recent days, it released a long and detailed list of products that it says should be kept a “safe distance away” from medical devices. Read more.

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Largest comet ever discovered is 1,000 times the typical mass

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Comets are typically are 6 miles across, but scientists have recently discovered a mega comet which is 10 times that diameter.

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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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Lenovo Reveals an Android Tablet That Doubles as a Portable Monitor

GizModo VR

For anyone asking themselves about who is still making Android tablets look no further than Lenovo. The company introduced various new Android tablets, one of which features the famed HDMI port that was rumored a while back. The tablet lineup includes the Lenovo Yoga Tab 13, Yoga Tab 11, and Tab P11 Plus. Lenovo also… Read more.

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Quentin Tarantino Wants to Remind You He's Still Quitting The Business

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As you know Quentin Tarantino has thrown around rumors of retirement for years, and he still wants to. However, he has one more film to make before he considers his film career to be complete. Read more.

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How engineers for NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter do tech support on another planet

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Ever wondered how NASA fixes software glitches on its explorers? Here's how engineers are fixing problems with the Ingenuity helicopter on Mars.

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A Year Later, Telegram Finally Launches the Group Video Calls It Promised

GizModo VR

The day that Telegram gets into group video calling has finally arrived. In case you forgot, that’s OK. It has been more than a year since the company announced it was working on the feature. But hey, better late than never, right? Read more.

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Lenovo’s cute Smart Clock 2 now comes with a wireless charger for your phone

Digital Trends

Lenovo's new Smart Clock 2 with Google Assistant has a cute new design and a helpful new feature: A wireless charging plinth with a built-in night light.

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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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Venmo Will Start Letting You Sell Stuff Through Your Personal Account (for a Price)

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Soon you won’t have to set up a separate profile just to sell stuff through Venmo, though you’ll still be on the hook for the same transaction fee that business profiles already pay. The new policy will take effect on July 20, according to a Sunday email to users announcing the app’s updated terms of service. Read more.

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Elon Musk’s desired 50th birthday gift may be hard to get on the driveway

Digital Trends

Elon Musk could treat himself to pretty much anything for his 50th birthday on Monday, but the one thing he's asked for he won't be able to have just yet.

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'Historic' Heat Wave Shatters Record Highs Across the West Coast, and Temperatures Are Still Rising

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Record-breaking temperatures are scorching the West Coast amid what the National Weather Service is calling a “historic and unprecedented heat wave”—and the summer sizzle hasn’t even reached its peak yet, AccuWeather reports. Read more.

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Facial recognition tech for bears aims to keep humans safe

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A town in Japan is planning to use facial recognition on local brown bears as part of efforts to reduce the number of bear attacks.

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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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Volkswagen Will Say Goodbye to the Combustion Vehicle Business in Europe by 2035

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Volkswagen will say goodbye to combustion engine vehicles in Europe between 2033 and 2035, one of the company’s board members said. It plans to do the same in the U.S. and China a little later and in South America and Africa further down the line. Read more.

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The PomaBrush exposes a problem I have with silicone toothbrush heads

Digital Trends

Toothbrushes that have silicone brush heads are all the rage right now, but there's one major problem that'll make you think twice about using one.

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Loki's Tara Strong Discusses the Audition Process for Miss Minutes

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Voice actress Tara Strong and her legendary voice are in our households once again. This time she’s starring in the Disney+ original series Loki as Miss Minutes. However, despite having nearly 600 voice roles on her resume, she still had to audition for the part. Read more.

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Researchers use satellites to track ocean microplastics from space

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Environmentalists have been raising awareness about microplastics in the oceans. Now, researchers are using a NASA satellite to track the problem.

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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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Fast and Furious 9 Hits Big At the Weekend Box Office

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The first film to revitalize box office sales this year was A Quiet Place II which debuted at $48 million during the Memorial Day weekend. Read more.

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This astronaut dance is more than a simple space boogie

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Shortly before embarking on Friday's spacewalk, ISS astronauts Thomas Pesquet and Shane Kimbrough performed what looked like a little dance.

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Halo Showrunner Steven Kane to Exit When Post Production Is Complete

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Halo showrunner Steven Kane stepped down after the show’s first season for Paramount Plus. Read more.

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See and hear China’s Zhurong rover exploring the surface of Mars

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The China National Space Administration has shared video and audio footage of the Zhurong rover in action on the surface of Mars.

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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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Harold Halibut impressions: Claymation brings a charming city to life

Digital Trends

Harold Halibut is more than the animation and the mystery around it. It is a game full of character and charm.

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