VRScout
APRIL 26, 2022
Could VR-powered humanoid robots be the future of heavy construction? Over the years we’ve seen a number of major corporations try their hands at marrying VR technology and robotics, from VR convenience store employees and a remote-controlled bomb squad bot to a rather unsettling headset that uses a robotic arm to hand-feed delicious candy. And that’s just the tip of the proverbial iceberg.
ARPost
APRIL 26, 2022
Things like display, graphics, and rendering tend to get a lot of love in AR. One under-rated technical ability? Positioning. Accurate positioning helps to make sure that AR assets appear convincingly in the world. It also helps to ensure that assets tied to a specific geographic location appear where they are supposed to. Finally, it makes or breaks multi-user experiences.
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AR Insider
APRIL 26, 2022
One of AR's early-standout use cases is to make shopping more immersive. But what should brand marketers know before they dive in? We tap into the ad agency perspective in the latest guest post. This post appeared first on AR Insider.
VRScout
APRIL 26, 2022
“ We want to make a game for the gaming community with the gaming community.” Developer MyDearest, the same team behind popular VR titles like Tokyo Chronos , ALTDEUS: Beyond Chronos , and the upcoming Dyschronia: Chronos Alternate , today announced plans to develop its first multiplayer VR experience and they need your help deciding on which direction they should take.
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
APRIL 26, 2022
MyDearest, the Japan-based studio behind the Tokyo Chronos VR series, announced it’s holding a community vote to determine which game it’s going to develop next. The studio has offered up three choices, all of which notably stray from its usual brand of VR manga with branching storylines. Called Project: Gathering, the studio released three concept trailers today for three different VR multiplayer games; ostensibly the winning title would move into production and arrive sometime i
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Road to VR
APRIL 26, 2022
Axon, the company best known for its Taser stun guns, has announced the acquisition of VR studio Foundry 45 which it says will bolster its VR training offerings. Founded in 1993, Axon is the company behind the well known Taser stun guns which are employed by police and military forces around the world. In modern times the company has also focused on body cams and software for administration and management of public safety organizations.
Slashgear
APRIL 26, 2022
Cadillac is an iconic carmaker known for large, luxurious vehicles. These models stand out from the rest, from the Presidential Limo to its first sports car.
Road to VR
APRIL 26, 2022
Little Cities, the upcoming city simulator for the Quest platform, is delayed until May 12th. Despite a pushback on launch plans, the team has released a 10-minute gameplay video and post-launch roadmap to get prospective city-builders excited. Little Cities is fundamentally ready to ship, although release has been a bit of a sticky wicket. Late April was set to the be the month of dueling VR city games, with Little Cities previously scheduled to come out just one week before Cities: VR , the
Slashgear
APRIL 26, 2022
The Large Binocular Telescope is part of an international observatory in Arizona, but its construction wasn't without controversy that remains to this day.
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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.
Mashable VR
APRIL 26, 2022
Second graders are learning about furries in school? That's what the prominent right-wing Twitter account Libs of TikTok (@LibsofTikTok) said in a tweet on Monday. However, it turns out that Libs of TikTok fell for a troll. The accusations she tweeted were faked. Tweet may have been deleted. "A second grade teacher in @AustinISD allegedly gave students worksheets on furries," the account, which is run by conservative activist Chaya Raichik, claimed.
Slashgear
APRIL 26, 2022
Back in the year 1900, Porsche build a hybrid electric and gasoline vehicle so ahead of its time that it's taken over 100 years for the rest of us to catch up.
GizModo VR
APRIL 26, 2022
In 2020, Justine Haupt came up with a brilliant design for a mobile phone that was free of productivity-killing distractions. Even better, it was made to look like a 40-year-old rotary phone. Two years later, a promised purchasable DIY kit allowing anyone to build their own , complete with a working rotary dial, is … Read more.
Slashgear
APRIL 26, 2022
Tesla revolutionized the world of electric vehicles, producing multiple top-selling models. Here how the company has transformed since its inception.
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
APRIL 26, 2022
If you didn’t think automation could get any more soul-crushing, a Canada-based health-food company is testing out if it can replace cashier workers with foreign call center employees, allowing them to pay them next to nothing in the process. Read more.
Slashgear
APRIL 26, 2022
Reports suggest Netflix is about to release a whole bunch of games before the end of 2022, along with the possibility that IP will spread beyond said games.
Mashable VR
APRIL 26, 2022
Across the United States, efforts to ban books skyrocketed to unprecedented levels in 2021. A startling number — 729 — of materials were challenged last year, according to the American Library Association , with most of the targeted books featuring Black or LGBTQ characters. Think: Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe , a memoir about adolescence and gender identity ( banned/challenged in schools in Florida, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Ohio, Washington, and Texas).
Slashgear
APRIL 26, 2022
LG is back with a new batch of ultra-slim laptops. The 2022 LG gram lineup includes unique privacy features designed for remote workers, among other things.
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
APRIL 26, 2022
New research finds evidence that per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, known as PFAS, can damage people’s livers over time. The study, a review of the evidence in both rodents and humans, might also show that PFAS exposure can contribute to nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, a chronic metabolic condition that’s become… Read more.
Slashgear
APRIL 26, 2022
The world's oceans are slowly rising and it doesn't look like that'll change anytime soon. Floating cities may be one tool to help address the problem.
GizModo VR
APRIL 26, 2022
The protoculture must flow. finally? The live-action Robotech movie, which has been in development since 2007 and has switched multiple writers, directors, and even studios over the years, took a step toward actually happening by hiring Hawkeye ’ s Rhys Thomas to direct the film. Read more.
Slashgear
APRIL 26, 2022
There's a new fitness system on the market, and it comes in the form of a large smart mirror, offering consumers an alternative to the local gym.
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
APRIL 26, 2022
This week, Final Fantasy architect Square-Enix went absolutely bananas and thought that it’d be a great idea to sell a “Masterline” 1/6 scale statue of Final Fantasy VI ’s protagonist, Terra Branford. Based on Yoshitaka Amano’s iconic artwork from the game, it depicts Terra in her Magitek mech suit from the RPG’s… Read more.
Slashgear
APRIL 26, 2022
Jack in the Box is the latest restaurant to test robotic assistants, though whether they'll become a regular part of the kitchen is yet to be seen.
GizModo VR
APRIL 26, 2022
CERN’s Large Hadron Collider came back online last week after a three-year break for maintenance and upgrades; yesterday, the collaboration announced that two proton beams had been accelerated to a record energy of 6.8 tera-electron volts (TeV) per beam. Read more.
Slashgear
APRIL 26, 2022
An upcoming OnePlus smartphone model has appeared on a Chinese regulatory website, shedding light on some details about the potential "Lite" variant.
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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