VRScout
JULY 9, 2021
The same minds behind Lab Surprise return with even more ways to save on indie VR games for the Oculus Quest. With the arrival of VR platforms like App Lab and SideQuest, VR developers have been given new avenues to showcase their games and apps prior to official Oculus Store approval. Unfortunately, finding these titles among the growing catalog of indie games and apps only continues to become more difficult.
AR Insider
JULY 9, 2021
A R continues to prove itself as a shopping tool. It can help consumers visualize products on faces and spaces, to make better-informed decisions. This was amplified in the Covid era as it brought back some of the product essence and dimension that was lost in retail lockdowns. Beyond consumers, AR likewise resonates among brands, retailers, and eCommerce companies.
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Road to VR
JULY 9, 2021
Cyan, the prolific developers behind Myst (1993) and Riven (1997), is giving away Obduction (2016) on the Epic Games Store starting next week. Obduction is Cyan’s first VR-compatible puzzle adventure, and supports SteamVR headsets. The game is set to be free on the Epic Games Store from July 15th – 22nd. Make sure to add it to your wishlist so you don’t miss out.
ARVR
JULY 9, 2021
[link] SuperWorld is the virtual world in augmented reality (AR). What does that mean? Let’s start with the “virtual world.” You’ve perhaps heard of Decentraland or Cryptovoxels , both user-owned virtual worlds who are, like SuperWorld, built on the Ethereum blockchain. One critical difference between the SuperWorld platform and other virtual worlds, is that SuperWorld has created a virtual world by digitally mapping the surface of Planet Earth, which was then divided into 64. 8 billion individu
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.
Road to VR
JULY 9, 2021
French startup Lynx announced its Lynx R-1 mixed reality headset last year. The standalone headset, which is capable of both VR and pass-through AR, was previously said to launch for business somewhere around the $1,500 price point. Now Lynx says it’s pivoting focus to include both enterprise and consumers, and will bring the headset down “below $1,000.” You can expect a Kickstarter sometime in September 2021, the company says.
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Road to VR
JULY 9, 2021
VorpX is a tool which adapts many non-VR games to be played with VR headsets. A new update adds automatic configuration for both GTA V and Red Dead Redemption II , offering an optimized out-of-the-box VR experience with minimal fiddling. VorpX supports a long list of games , allowing users play them using a VR headset along with various adaptations that make them more suitable and comfortable in VR.
GizModo VR
JULY 9, 2021
In 2021, joke cryptos seem to be in a never-ending turf war to see which one can be the most ridiculous. Aside from the classic DogeCoin , crypto-fans can now try to get rich off of CumCoin , PissCoin , ASS Tokens , and god knows what else. Now one South Korean professor is taking the trend one step further, with a… Read more.
VR Fitness
JULY 9, 2021
It can be hard to balance your VR workout routine when you first start out. Here's what you need to know about each critical muscle group! Continue reading on VR Fitness Insider.
GizModo VR
JULY 9, 2021
Binance, the largest cryptocurrency platform in the world, has processed over $5.4 trillion in crypto transactions so far this year. But financial regulators around the globe have recently taken aim at the Cayman Islands-based company and the Wild West attitude of platforms that sell cryptocurrencies like bitcoin,… 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.
Anand Tech
JULY 9, 2021
Samsung Foundry has made some changes to its plans concerning its 3 nm-class process technologies that use gate-all-around (GAA) transistors, or what Samsung calls its multi-bridge channel field-effect transistors (MBCFETs). Based on new information direct from Samsung, it would appear that its first version of 3nm, 3GAE (3nm gate-all-around early), is coming to high volume manufacturing a year later than expected, but also it seems to have removed this technology from its public roadmap, sugges
GizModo VR
JULY 9, 2021
The more teeth you lose over a lifetime, the greater your odds of developing dementia, a new review of existing evidence suggests. However, older adults who get dentures to replace their lost teeth may be better protected against this increased risk. Read more.
Digital Trends
JULY 9, 2021
Google's Chromecast technology is showing up on smart TVs, smart soundbars, and streaming media devices. But what is Chromecast and how does it work?
GizModo VR
JULY 9, 2021
Now when Twitter rejects your request for that coveted blue checkmark, it’ll be personal. The social media platform announced on Friday plans to provide users with a more thorough explanation of why they failed to meet its verification requirements, as opposed to just firing off generic rejection emails. 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.
Digital Trends
JULY 9, 2021
THX certification is the benchmark for audio quality, but what exactly does the company do? And why does that matter when you're buying audio equipment?
GizModo VR
JULY 9, 2021
Life on Earth is a lot like that song by Chumbawamba. It gets knocked down, but it gets up again, often in a very different way. Through time, species have figured out how to get on land from the water, how to fly, how to give birth to live young, and, most importantly, how to persevere through millennia. But some… Read more.
Digital Trends
JULY 9, 2021
Intel, Nvidia, and AMD should be watching their backs -- Apple is gunning for the PC gaming market with a future M-series processor for the Mac.
GizModo VR
JULY 9, 2021
Apple revealed both a new and improved Apple TV remote and its AirTag trackers at the same event back in April: an obvious match made in heaven. Except it turned out the new remote actually lacked a built-in AirTag tracker, which is weird, because the TV remote was one of the most commonly misplaced items in a home.… 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.
Digital Trends
JULY 9, 2021
The new Nintendo Switch OLED system will likely be hard to find at launch. Here, we highlight how to pre-order the device and which retailers will carry it.
GizModo VR
JULY 9, 2021
From the very first scene of the very first episode , it’s been clear Star Wars: The Bad Batch was serving a larger purpose. Primarily it’s a show about a team of enhanced clones but they also exist to explore places, characters, and stories we already know a little bit about. From Order 66 and Grand Moff Tarkin, to… Read more.
Anand Tech
JULY 9, 2021
On our test bench today is one of ASUS ROG's enthusiast models designed for Intel's Rocket Lake processors. The ASUS ROG Maximus XIII Hero brings plenty of premium controllers and connectivity to the table including dual 2.5 GbE, dual Thunderbolt 4 Type-C, Wi-Fi 6E, four M.2 slots, and a robust 14-phase power delivery capable of pushing Rocket Lake above its capabilities.
GizModo VR
JULY 9, 2021
In the vast multiverse of maddening possibilities —where Lokis can be beloved character actor Richard E. Grant or Literally Just a Computer Generated Alligator , where Peggy Carter can be Captain Britain, the Black Panther can guard the galaxy, or Peter Parker can just get a very nice cape—some things are always… 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?
Digital Trends
JULY 9, 2021
Chinese miners are selling off graphics cards amid a wave of new restrictions, and changes to Ethereum could end GPU crypto-mining entirely.
GizModo VR
JULY 9, 2021
Every consumer electronics company has an R&D division constantly cooking up weird gadgets and tech that will potentially help define the future of the industry. For the most part, these devices are produced to explore the practicality of an idea and go unseen by the general public, with only a feature or two… Read more.
Digital Trends
JULY 9, 2021
The ability to revert back to the old Start Menu has been removed in the latest build of Windows 11.
GizModo VR
JULY 9, 2021
Chinese regulators on Friday ordered mobile stores to take down 25 more apps operated by the ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing, saying that the apps violated local laws regarding the collection and use of personal user data. 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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