Sat.Aug 06, 2022

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Attend A Metaverse Job Fair In VR Later This Month

VRScout

Connect with immersive technology professionals in VR via Mozilla Hubs. Interested in working in the field of immersive technology? Then you’ll definitely want to check out Active Replica’s inaugural XR Career and Opportunity Fair, a virtual job fair taking place later this month in the metaverse. Those interested can attend the limited-time event in VR using Mozilla Hubs.

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Are the Colors in Webb Telescope Images 'Fake'?

GizModo VR

On July 12, the first full-color images from the Webb Space Telescope showed countless nebulae, galaxies, and a gassy exoplanet as they had never been seen before. But Webb only collects infrared and near-infrared light, which the human eye cannot see—so where are these gorgeous colors coming from? Read more.

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VR Awards 2022 Finalists: Resident Evil 4, Zenith & More Nominated For GOTY

Upload VR

The VR Awards announced the finalists for the upcoming 2022 ceremony, which includes titles like Resident Evil 4, Moss: Book II and Zenith: The Lost City nominated for VR Game of the Year. The nominations opened in April , with release eligibility set between July 2021 and August 2022 for all categories. This year will mark the first in-person show since the start of the pandemic, with a return to London for the ceremony on November 3.

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Bad Bunny's Big Rig and 9 Other Famous Pop Culture Stays on Airbnb

GizModo VR

It is my firm belief that only Bad Bunny could make a black big rig look like an appealing place to stay. And it is cool: A floor-to-ceiling pink bedroom complete with its own mini staircase and flower bed seems pretty dope. 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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NASA gets ready for Artemis lunar launch later this month

Digital Trends

NASA is getting ready for a new era of lunar exploration with the upcoming Artemis I mission launch. Now, teams are working on final testing and preparations.

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Paget Brewster on Hypochondriac and returning to Criminal Minds

Digital Trends

Paget Brewster sat down with Digital Trends to discuss her role in Hypochondriac, and why she's excited to return for the Criminal Minds revival.

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Warner Bros.' DC Comics Problem is Warner Bros. Itself

GizModo VR

The word “plan” in relation to the film industry, particularly as it pertains to IP blockbusters , is a dirty word at this point. Executives have used it so often that it’s not only lost all meaning, it can actively kill any excitement you may have for an upcoming film, because it’s basically advertising that something… Read more.

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Patton Oswalt on mastering the art of cringe comedy in I Love My Dad

Digital Trends

The Sandman's Patton Oswalt and the cast of I Love My Dad talk about their favorite moments making the cringe comedy and why it's ideal to see in a theater.

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Amazon's Lord of the Rings TV Show Almost Involved Peter Jackson, Until.

GizModo VR

Amazon’s upcoming Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power series has a big pedigree to live up to beyond bringing the world of author J.R.R. Tolkien to life. Warner Bros.’ Lord of the Rings film trilogy directed by Peter Jackson during the mid-2000s looms large over both the fantasy genre and this upcoming series… 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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Be honest. Your next laptop doesn’t need a headphone jack

Digital Trends

Thanks to the Dell XPS 13 Plus, the debate over headphone jacks has returned. But this time, it's different.

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The Superheroic Kaiju No. 8 Will Receive an Anime Adaptation

GizModo VR

Every manga these days seems practically guaranteed to receive an anime adaptation before it hits 100 chapters, and it’s especially true for the shonen genre. From Jujutsu Kaisen to Spy x Family earlier this year and the upcoming Chainsaw Man , the popularity of the medium means it won’t be long before the series… Read more.

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Skip tiny solar on your next camping trip. There is a better, easier way

Digital Trends

Solar power is great, but it's not worth spending a long time babysitting a tiny panel just to get a decent charge.

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San Diego Citizens Wrest Control of Surveillance Tech Away From Police

GizModo VR

San Diego is joining a growing list of cities taking official action against the unregulated use of emergent police surveillance technologies. 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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See elements as colors in this galaxy where stars are being born

Digital Trends

A stunning image of the starburst galaxy NGC 4303 shows different elements in different colors, giving a peek into how stars form.

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Meta's New AI Chatbot Loves Anti-Racism and Mean Girls

GizModo VR

If you’ve followed the history of chatbots at all, you’ll know many of them tend to have a pretty pesky racism problem. Read more.

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How engineers fixed Lucy spacecraft’s solar array issue as it whizzed through space

Digital Trends

NASA's Lucy spacecraft had a troubled start to its mission, with a deployment issue affecting its solar power system. Here's how they fixed it.

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Spider-Man is 60, Swinging, and Succeeding

GizModo VR

On August 1, 1962, Marvel Comics’ Amazing Fantasy #15 by Steve Ditko and Stan Lee debuted, and with it, Spider-Man. 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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I built my own gaming keyboard for the price of buying one — and it’s so much better

Digital Trends

Gaming keyboards continue to get more expensive. It's time to ditch mainstream brands and build your own keyboard that will last a lifetime.

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Releases Recap: August 1 – 5

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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Demon Throttle is an awesome retro shooter you’ll probably never play

Digital Trends

Demon Throttle is a brand new physical-only game but will ultimately face some of the same issues that plague lost digital media.

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How the Girls Became the Paper Girls

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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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Light it up like dynamite: South Korea launches first lunar mission

Digital Trends

South Korea began its first mission to the moon this week with the launch of its Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO) mission from Florida.

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Best smart ambient lighting by room

Digital Trends

Trying to make your home more comfortable and relaxing? Smart lighting can help! Here's what to add in every room.

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When did 5G come out? The long, complicated history of its release

Digital Trends

Although 2022 will be heralded as the year 5G went mainstream, we’ve traveled a long and winding road to get here.

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‘Wordle’ today, August 7: Answer, hints, and help for word of the day (#414)

Digital Trends

Trying to solve today's Wordle? If you're stuck, we've got a few hints that will help you keep your Wordle streak alive.

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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?