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Build Your Own VR Metropolis In ‘Little Cities’ On Oculus Quest

VRScout

The bigger your city, the more residents you’ll attract! Just be on the lookout for any catastrophic emergencies. Little Cities is a cozy VR world-building game from nDreams that allows you to create intricate cities from the ground up on an island, which is basically a blank slate. If you’re successful your city and the population will burst with life and turn into a thriving metropolis, but all of that growth also brings new problems!

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‘Little Cities’ for Quest Looks Like ‘Cities: Skylines’ in VR, Coming Spring 2022

Road to VR

Little Cities is an upcoming city creation game for Quest that looks to bring much of the same city simulator flair to VR of prolific series such as Cities: Skylines and Sim City. Little Cities is currently under development by UK-based studio Purple Yonder , and is the first game published by nDreams’ recently announced third-party publishing arm.

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Chicken Waffle Launches XR Creator Fund For Indie Devs

VRScout

The Indie XR Creator Fund will provide smaller developers with the funds and support needed to bring their projects to life. XR developers, Chicken Waffle have announced a new Indie XR Creator Fund intended to assist AR and VR creators by giving them the necessary resources and publishing support needed to launch XR games, experiences, and gamified NFT projects.

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Will Enabling Tech Unlock AR Commerce?

AR Insider

One gating factor to the overall camera commerce opportunity is the graphical elements that comprise its experiences. These require a certain degree of production and distribution rigor which we examine in the latest report excerpt. The post Will Enabling Tech Unlock AR Commerce? appeared first on AR Insider.

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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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Highly Anticipated Launch Event Debuts VIVE Flow

ARPost

A highly anticipated live online event last Thursday, October 14, announced the VIVE Flow. Images of the headset had been aggressively leaked in the days leading up to the launch, leading to much speculation. Most of our questions were answered during the event. Introducing the VIVE Flow. The only purpose of the event was to launch the VIVE Flow , “the immersive VR glasses made for wellness and mindful productivity.

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The Dream of Scooping Plastic From the Ocean Is Still Alive—and Problematic

GizModo VR

This week, one of the world’s most-watched plastic clean-up projects will announce victory. The Ocean Cleanup, a nonprofit that has set out to solve the huge problem of plastics in the ocean, will hold a press event Wednesday where it will review the success of its latest system. The group has already said the… Read more.

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Google Announces Pixel 6, Pixel 6 Pro: The New Real Flagship Pixels

Anand Tech

Today, after many weeks, even months of leaks and teasers, Google has finally announced the new Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro – their new flagship line-up of phones for 2021 and carrying them over into next year. The two phones had been teased quite on numerous occasions and have probably one of the worst leak records of any phone ever, and today’s event revealed little unknowns, but yet still Google manages to put on the table a pair of very interesting phones, if not, the most interestin

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Physicists Trap Ultracold Neutrons in a Bottle to See How Long They Live

GizModo VR

An international team of researchers recently measured the lifetime of a neutron outside of an atomic nucleus with extraordinary precision. By their measurements, the neutron survived for 14.629 minutes, or 877.75 seconds, give or take a third of a second. Read more.

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The Arm DevSummit 2021 Keynote Live Blog: 8am PT (15:00 UTC)

Anand Tech

This week seems to be Arm's week across the tech industry. Following yesterday's Arm SoC announcements from Apple, today sees Arm kick off their 2021 developer's summit , aptly named DevSummit. As always, the show is opening up with a keynote being delivered by Arm CEO Simon Segars, who will be using the opportunity to lay out Arm's vision of the future.

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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 Marathon Race Toward Fusion Power Could Be Reaching a Sprint

GizModo VR

In September, a very large, incredibly powerful magnet was unloaded in Saint-Paul-lez-Durance in Southern France to be incorporated into the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), a major international collaboration that is attempting to prove the economic and technical feasibility of nuclear fusion. Read more.

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We just got a preview of what Android apps on Windows 11 will look like

Digital Trends

Windows 11 was rumored to support Android apps, but it was launched without that capability. Leaked screenshots show what this feature may look like.

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Koalas Have a Big Chlamydia Problem—but a New Vaccine Could Save Them

GizModo VR

A new experimental vaccine could put a serious dent in the widespread epidemic of chlamydia that has devastated populations of koalas. This month, scientists in Australia announced the start of a large clinical trial that will vaccinate hundreds of koalas against the bacterial disease, which also sickens humans around… Read more.

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Jabra Elite 7 Pro vs. Bose QuietComfort Earbuds

Digital Trends

The Jabra Elite 7 Pro are Jabra's latest wireless buds, touting premium sound and excellent features. But can they stack up to Bose's QuietComfort Earbuds?

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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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Convinced Your Dog Is a Genius? Scientists Want To Hear From You

GizModo VR

If you’ve ever thought that your precious pup was a true genius, now you’ll have the chance to prove it. Researchers in the UK and Germany have launched a new citizen science project this week, hoping to find dogs that are extraordinarily good at human communication and object recognition. Read more.

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Scary robot vacuum horror stories that’ll make your skin crawl for Halloween

Digital Trends

Robot vacuums do amazing work, but they can also do some horrific things. We have a few robot vacuum horror stories that'll make your skin crawl for Halloween.

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Netflix's Dogs in Space Isn't Lying About the Dogs or the Space

GizModo VR

In 1957, the Soviet Union launched a dog named Laika into orbit. It was a major milestone in the space race, but it did not end well for Laika. Hopefully, the canine stars of Netflix ’s new animated series Dogs in Space will fare better. Read more.

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The Pixelbook Go desperately needs an update, and Google continues to ignore it

Digital Trends

Another Google Pixel event has come and gone, and the Pixelbook lineup remains untouched. Is there any hope for a new Pixelbook?

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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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Disney's 8 'First Openly Gay' Characters, Ranked (by How Embarrassed Disney Should Feel)

GizModo VR

Disney’s history with queer representation on-screen is, diplomatically, dicey at best. The company’s slow arc toward introducing LGBTQIA + characters in major roles and tentpole films has laid the groundwork for eventual substance, but here and now, they’re mostly half steps—half steps that, more often than not, are… Read more.

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Here’s everything Google didn’t announce at the Pixel Fall Launch event

Digital Trends

The Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro are official, but what about the Pixel Fold and Pixel Watch? Here's what Google didn't announce at the Fall Launch event.

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Instagram Finally Lets You Post From Your Desktop

GizModo VR

Instagram users everywhere, rejoice (I know I am). The social network is finally allowing folks to post photos and videos through a browser rather than relying on the phone app. The feature will launch globally later this week. Read more.

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Dell just knocked $230 off its curved 34-inch gaming monitor

Digital Trends

Black Friday deals are popping up early over at Dell, with the computer giant marking down one of its most popular curved 4K gaming monitors from $680 to $450, a total savings of $230.

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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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15 Winning Photos From the 2021 Close-Up Photographer of the Year Competition

GizModo VR

The annual Close-up Photographer of the Year contest asks us to slow down and view the world through a more discerning lens. It’s sage advice, as these incredible zoomed-in images attest. Read more.

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New HomePod Mini colors expose how stale Apple’s smart home lineup has become

Digital Trends

Apple's HomeKit lags needs more than just new accessory colors if it hopes to compete with Amazon and Google in the smart home space.

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The Fossil Fuel Industry Is Killing Pennsylvania Twice Over

GizModo VR

GREENE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA— Last weekend, I found myself standing in a cemetery beside one of the largest processing plants in the country. The plant is fed by the largest underground mining complex in the country. The plant stood massive and tall beside the gravestones an oppressive shadow, its smokestacks like… Read more.

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The best iPhone XS Max wallet cases and covers

Digital Trends

Don't want to lug your wallet and phone around on the go? With our picks of the best iPhone XS Max wallet cases and covers, you can leave your wallet at home.

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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?