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Valve Corrects Steam Survey Data Revealing Latest VR Population Growth

Road to VR

Valve this week updated its monthly Steam Hardware & Software Survey to fix issues resulting in anomalous VR population data. The corrected figures return the survey to being one of the most useful pieces of public data about the trend of consumer PC VR usage. If you’ve been following along closely you might have noticed we haven’t reported on the VR data in Valve’s Steam Hardware & Software Survey data in several months.

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Dead End's Hamish Steele Lifts the Lid on Season 2

GizModo VR

It’s been a rough year for animation—not because of a dearth in quality of material; if anything, there’s more great series and movies to watch in 2022 than ever before. But as the industry faces mistreatment and mishandling by corporate interests, it’s getting harder and harder for ideas to thrive. Which is why it’s… Read more.

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ASRock Announces New AM5 BIOS Design, Promises Faster Booting Times

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In preparation for AMD's Ryzen 7000 series processors, which will launch on September 27th, ASRock has announced that it has developed a new BIOS for its AM5 motherboards. ASRock states that its new firmware has been built to decrease booting times on its motherboards. With every new platform, chipset, and processor launch, firmware is one of the focal points surrounding motherboards.

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SpaceX Starship Prototype Belches Superhot Debris, Causes Literal Dumpster Fire

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SpaceX performed a static fire test of a prototype Starship rocket on Thursday, in which all six raptor engines were engaged. The eight-second test appeared to go well, save for the problematic brush fire that ensued. Read more.

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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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Broken Edge Shows Promise With Unique VR Sword Fighting Mechanics

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The word I keep coming back to with Broken Edge is ‘measurable’ It’s how Guillaume Perreault Roy, Creative Director at Trebuchet, described the thought process behind the game’s design to me – giving players measurable ways to assess their impact on the flow of the fight. A clash of swords in Broken Edge has a clear outcome – if player one slashes through player two’s weapon, it gets broken off at the point of impact.

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Mixed Reality; Everything to Know About MR Technologies

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Mixed reality is often seen as one of the more mysterious forms of extended reality. The technology is still in heavy development. But that also means it's an exciting time to jump on board. New creations and discoveries appear all the time. You'll soon discover what mixed reality (MR) is, who's developing it, and how [.]. The post Mixed Reality; Everything to Know About MR Technologies appeared first on Metamandrill.com.

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These New iPhone 14 Features Were on Android First

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I’m not saying that Apple’s newest smartphone lifted elements directly from the mass of phones already floating around in the Android space, but I noticed some similarities during the Far Out keynote that I couldn’t ignore. The iPhone 14’s new features, like the always-on display and ProRAW mode, seemed similar to… Read more.

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Releases Recap: September 5 – 9

Oculus

This week, we released a bunch of titles and updates across the Quest and Rift Platforms. Here’s a rundown of the highlights.

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Poor Dental Health Linked to Greater Dementia Risk, Large Review Finds

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A healthy mouth may just help keep the brain healthy as well, new research out this week suggests. The study, a broad review of the existing evidence, found that poor dental health was linked to a later higher risk of cognitive decline and dementia. This increased risk was especially apparent for those missing some or… Read more.

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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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VR Streetball Game Blacktop Hoops Kickstarter Is Live

VRScout

Defend your house in this arcade-style sports experience. Are you ready to dominate the court and throwdown like legendary street ballers Bobbito Garcia AKA Kool Bob Love or WNBA All-Star Renee Montgomery? Blacktop Hoops from Vinci Games is an upcoming VR street basketball game that lets you compete against other players in fast-paced multiplayer matchups that will leave you sweating and whooping out loud.

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It Chapter One Made Stephen King Worth Watching Again

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Stephen King is one of the most famous living authors today, and whose bibliography feels like it’s never not being adapted by a streamer or film company. Throughout the decades, those many adaptations have run the gamut of being good, with some caveats, or bad despite the glimpses of potential you can see in the… Read more.

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Andor's Final Trailer is the Awakening of a Revolutionary

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At Saturday’s D23 Expo, the joint presentation for Lucasfilm, Marvel, and 20th Century Studios began with a look at the upcoming Star Wars: Andor series. Diego Luna’s Cassian Andor from 2016's Rogue One takes center stage in a prequel that details his life up to joining the Rebellion and eventually giving his life to… Read more.

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Get a New Look at The Fantastical World of Willow

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During the Lucasfilm presentation, actor Warwick Davis was on hand to present the trailer for the Willow series coming to Disney+. The actor reprises his role as Willow Ulfgood from the 1988 film. Joining him are a new ensemble of faces, which include Ellie Bamber, Ruby Cruz, Erin Kellyman ( The Falcon and the Winter … Read more.

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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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The Mandalorian's Season 3 Trailer is a Welcome Return

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The last season of The Mandalorian ended with Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) sending his son Grogu away to learn the ways of the Force by Luke Skywalker. But after being reunited in Book of Boba Fett , the duo are back to doing what they do best: making money in the galaxy, and occasionally getting pulled into situations… Read more.

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Marvel Reveals Secret Invasion, Thunderbolts, and More

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Mutants and fantastic families didn’t grace Saturday’s D23 presentation, though Kevin Feige had other snippets of information to reveal for the various Marvel projects in production. With the slate of Phases 5 and 6 still fresh in our minds from San Diego Comic-Con, Feige took the time to pull back the curtain a… Read more.

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Hendrick's Gin Wants You to Know It Saved These Rare and Near-Extinct Cucumbers for Capitalism

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I must admit, I’m not a big fan of cucumbers. However, I certainly don’t want to see cucumbers go the way of the dodo. That’s why, when Hendrick’s Gin informed me that it had “brought some of the most rare and peculiar cucumbers from around the globe back from the brink of extinction,” I thought it was cool. Read more.

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Inside Out 2 Leads Major Pixar News, Including First Disney+ Series

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Pixar has a pretty stellar track record when it comes to feature films, and at the D23 Expo the studio pulled back the curtain on the next three, as well as revealing a first in the company’s history: a TV series. Read more.

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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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The Lion King Prequel, Mufasa, Isn't What You're Expecting

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Two years ago, news that Oscar-winning filmmaker Barry Jenkins was making a prequel to The Lion King made everyone scratch their heads. What the heck would that be and who asked for that? Well, finally, at the D23 Expo , Jenkins showed up to explain what it was about Mufasa: The Lion King that makes it unique. Read more.

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Disney's Live-Action Little Mermaid Shares Its First Teaser

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Just when you thought you’d never get “ Part of Your World ” stuck in your head ever again, The Little Mermaid ’s live-action remake is here to remind you that an earworm can last over three decades. We’ve got the first peek at the highly anticipated film courtesy of the D23 Expo, and while it doesn’t showcase much of… Read more.

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Disney's New Haunted Mansion Movie Brought Friendly Frights and Familiar Faces to D23

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Last night at Disney’s D23 Expo 2022, we got our first look at the new Haunted Mansion movie , directed by filmmaker Justin Simien ( Bad Hair ). Simien was on hand to show attendees a teaser of what to expect from his happy haunt adaptation of Disney Parks’ beloved ride. Read more.

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A Short List of Texas' Wildest, Most Nonsensical Investigations and Laws Against Big Tech

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The Lone Star State is indeed going at it alone against big tech, or at least that’s how it seems by the piles of threadbare allegations, lawsuits, and investigations against the likes of Google, Facebook, and GoFundMe, just to name a few. Read more.

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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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Demand for Electric Cars Is Threatening Chile's Flamingos

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The gorgeous pink flamingos that inhabit one of Chile’s most unique habitats are declining—and demand for electric cars may be partly to blame. Read more.

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Black Panther & Captain America Fight Nazis in Marvel's Next Game

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Over the last several years, Marvel has managed to have a run of solid, mostly single player games starring heavy hitter comic book characters like Spider-Man , the Guardians of the Galaxy, and so on. Last year, the news broke that Marvel had another game in the works from Skydance New Media , run by Amy Hennig, the… Read more.

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