VRScout
JANUARY 3, 2022
LG Display’s concept fitness bike is straight out of The Jetsons. LG Display recently unveiled the LG Virtual Ride, a next-gen stationary bike designed to immerse riders in their workouts. The indoor fitness device is equipped with three vertical 55-inch OLED displays which connect to form a large curved screen that extends from the ceiling above the rider.
Road to VR
JANUARY 3, 2022
Wolf3D, the Estonian startup behind web-based avatar creator Ready Player Me , has closed a $13 million funding round. The company says it will use the funds to further build out its avatar creation tools and eventually allow developers to earn money through the sale of in-game assets and non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Ready Player Me studio Wolf3D has secured a $13 million Series A funding round, which was led by Wise and Teleport co-founders Taavet+Sten, and features participation from GitHub co-
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AR Insider
JANUARY 3, 2022
Welcome back to Spatial Beats, AR Insider's weekly series that features observations and insights of author and futurist Charlie Fink. This week, we look at Quest 2's holiday spike, Mawari's $20 billion codec and more XR funding. The post Spatial Beats: Meta, Mawari & Rec Room appeared first on AR Insider.
Road to VR
JANUARY 3, 2022
QuestHaven is an upcoming tabletop simulator that wants to bring VR and PC users all of the tools they need to play tabletop games like Dungeons & Dragons. The team behind the project says the simulator will let you build environments and import game rules so you can play any essentially any roleplaying tabletop game, such as D&D , Pathfinder , or Shadowrun to name a few.
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.
AR Insider
JANUARY 3, 2022
Last week, we predicted that Meta Quest 2 will hit its 10 million lifetime sales target in 2022. Now it appears it could hit the mark very early in the year. We break down all the evidence of the device's holiday sales spike. The post 5 Signs of Quest 2’s Holiday Surge appeared first on AR Insider.
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Digital Trends
JANUARY 3, 2022
Apple’s two-year transition away from Intel chips is nearing completion, and one report says the company will wrap things up by its WWDC event in June.
GizModo VR
JANUARY 3, 2022
A lot of people complain about how dark and gritty the Star Trek franchise has become nowadays, having moved away from the idealistic future presented by the original series and The Next Generation. But the first time Star Trek revealed the shadows hiding in the cracks of that future, the result was one of its most… Read more.
Digital Trends
JANUARY 3, 2022
Today's A/V receivers are packed with lots of technology: From understanding watt ratings to Wi-Fi, we explain how to buy one that will last you for years.
GizModo VR
JANUARY 3, 2022
Of all the iPhone features Apple has upgraded over the years—from the camera to the screen to the software—the built-in speaker remains disappointing at best. A good pair of headphones solves that problem, but so does Scosche’s new BoomCanMS Portable Speaker, a tiny Bluetooth boombox that secures itself to modern… 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.
Digital Trends
JANUARY 3, 2022
GM will unveil the new Chevrolet Silverado EV at CES 2022, alongside many other EV and technology announcements. It's happening live on Wednesday, January 5.
GizModo VR
JANUARY 3, 2022
It’s no secret that we here on io9 love Hasbro’s Black Series of Star Wars toys. We write about them every chance we can, often in serious news breaking fashion , other times with heartfelt yearning , and even sometimes with silly adoration. Basically, if we can cover these 6-inch beauties, we will. Read more.
Digital Trends
JANUARY 3, 2022
Home Depot's new Kidde WiFi smart alarm isn't the only smart home device like it, but it costs way less than its competition. Here's what's included.
GizModo VR
JANUARY 3, 2022
If you’ve ever attempted to color your hair using a home kit, you get why salons charge an arm and a leg for good color. In an attempt to take the mess out of the process and make the results a little more salon-quality, L’Oréal has created a handheld device that sounds as easy to use as simply combing your hair. 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
JANUARY 3, 2022
Home Depot just launched its Kidde WiFi smart alarm. Here's everything you need to know about it and why you might want one for your smart home.
GizModo VR
JANUARY 3, 2022
The last season of Doctor Who , subtitled Flux , had more downs than it did ups —a mess of plot threads, unconvincing resolutions , and nebulously high stakes that never really lived up to the series’ attempt to return to a serialized story format. Thankfully, its return on New Years Day was pretty much the exact opposite. Read more.
Digital Trends
JANUARY 3, 2022
The internet is rife with dangers, but McAfee Total Protection has all you need to keep your family safe.
GizModo VR
JANUARY 3, 2022
Acer’s place in the laptop industry is a strange one. For a long time, the brand was associated with budget laptops and often shared design elements with its Taiwanese rival, Asus. Recently, though, the company seems to have found its niche, and in an unlikely place. 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
JANUARY 3, 2022
Nvidia is holding a keynote during CES 2022 where it will reveal its future plans, including upcoming releases and more. Find out how to watch the keynote live.
GizModo VR
JANUARY 3, 2022
The set-up for Claude Cloutier’s animated short Bad Seeds is very simple: two hungry carnivorous plants wage a turf war over the flies that enter their shared airspace. But the execution—a surreal series of gorgeous drawings that change as the battle heats up—is simply brilliant (and often hilarious). Check it out! Read more.
Digital Trends
JANUARY 3, 2022
Aptiv is using machine leaning technology to help self-driving cars see objects, even if they're out of sight.
GizModo VR
JANUARY 3, 2022
Composer and lyricist Marc Shaiman is unquestionably talented. Over his long career, he helped create John Waters’ long-running musical Hairspray , scored films like Sleepless in Seattle and Mary Poppins Returns , and has won a Grammy, an Emmy, and a Tony for his work (meaning he only needs an Oscar to complete his… 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
JANUARY 3, 2022
Scosche is kicking off 2022 with new MagSafe versions of its MagicMount lineup, allowing iPhone owners to easily anchor and charge their devices on the road.
GizModo VR
JANUARY 3, 2022
Cobra Kai season four is now out in the world and it’s another exciting, surprise-filled ride through the world of The Karate Kid. Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) and Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka) have teamed up to take down Cobra Kai and its sensei, John Kreese (Martin Kove). Kreese has recruited his best friend… Read more.
Digital Trends
JANUARY 3, 2022
The second-generation AirPods Pro is rumored to come equipped with a premium design and improved noise-canceling technology.
GizModo VR
JANUARY 3, 2022
When you think of the smart home, you think of obvious gadgets like lightbulbs, thermostats, and robotic appliances like vacuums. But there are decidedly less cool ways to smarten up your home that could actually help you save money and do some good for the environment. 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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