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Popular VTubers Headline Upcoming VR Concert On Oculus Quest

VRScout

Dance, sing, and cheer shoulder-to-shoulder with some of the worlds biggest VTubers. Popular VTuber personalities Himemori Luna and Natsuiro Matsuri of Hololive Production are jumping into virtual concert platform VARK to headline a killer VR concert series, and with well over 1 million YouTube subscribers between the both of them, the show could end up attracting hundreds of thousands of viewers.

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WhatsApp: Users Who Don’t Accept Our New Privacy Policy Won’t Be Able to Read or Send Messages

GizModo VR

After causing a huge virtual meltdown with the announcement of its new privacy policy, and then postponing the implementation of said policy due to online fury, WhatsApp has spent the last few weeks trying not to stir up trouble. However, it has just revealed what will happen to users who do not accept its new privacy… Read more.

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Why teaching robots to play hide-and-seek could be the key to next-gen A.I.

Digital Trends

Artificial intelligence can do a lot of amazing things these days, but it's still not smart enough to play a simple game of hide and seek. Not yet, that is.

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The Poster for Zack Snyder's Army of the Dead Releases the Zombie Cut

GizModo VR

After years of everyone being all “Marcia, Marcia, Marcia” about his Justice League cut, I almost forgot about Zack Snyder’s return to the zombie genre. But since everything’s coming up Snyder this month, we’ve got a poster and an upcoming teaser. 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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SS Katherine Johnson spacecraft is on its way to the International Space Station

Digital Trends

Yesterday a Northrop Grumman cargo spacecraft named after groundbreaking NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson was launched on a mission to resupply the ISS.

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Tesla’s data advantage. Can Apple, or others, keep up?

Robert Scoble

Do you ever think about what the cameras on a Tesla are doing? Cathie Wood does. She runs ARK Invest and has made billions by investing in disrupting companies, particularly those who use artificial intelligence. Her favorite company, she reiterated again last week on CNBC, is Tesla. I do too, and go even further than she does in studying this industry (I had the first ride in the first Tesla with Elon Musk and had the first video on YouTube of Google’s self-driving car, and have interview

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See a map of 25,000 supermassive black holes in distant galaxies

Digital Trends

It might look like a map of stars, but each dot on this map of the night sky represents a supermassive black hole, each in a different distant galaxy.

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Official Twitch Gaming Stream Replaces Audio From Metallica Performance With… Whatever This Is

GizModo VR

Fans on the official Twitch gaming stream hoping to enjoy Metallica’s virtual performance at BlizzCon , Blizzard’s annual gaming convention, on Friday heard something that was, uh, definitely not Metallica. Read more.

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What’ll happen to your WhatsApp account if you don’t agree to new privacy policy

Digital Trends

WhatsApp has revealed what will happen to the accounts of users who don't agree to its controversial new privacy policy by the May 15 deadline.

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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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Chunks of United Airlines Plane Rain Down on Colorado Suburb Following Engine Trouble

GizModo VR

Huge metal chunks of debris rained down on a Colorado suburb Saturday afternoon after the engine on a United Airlines plane overhead burst into flames. Read more.

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Roborock S7 robot vacuum review: Mopping up at sonic speed

Digital Trends

Few models have the sonic-mopping technology of the Roborock S7.

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Sunday's Best Deals: FIXD Vehicle Diagnostic Tool, Kitchen Solutions Bundle, Skinfood Products, Compact Tire Inflator, and More

GizModo VR

An 18-piece Kitchen Solutions set and a FIXD vehicle diagnostic tool lead Sunday’s best deals. Read more.

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Hubble captures the beautiful ‘tantrums of a baby star’

Digital Trends

This strange-looking sight, captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, is a pair of Herbig-Haro objects which could give clues to how stars are born and evolve.

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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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Enjoy the Outdoors (Someday, Hopefully) with $230 off Tacklife’s Beautiful Fire Pit Table

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Tacklife Fire Pit Table | $270 | Amazon | Use code 40919XJ8 + Clip coupon Read more.

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Flight test for troubled Starliner capsule pushed back to April

Digital Trends

Boeing had been planning to test its upcoming crew capsule, the Starliner, next month. Now the second orbital test flight has been pushed back until April.

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Call of Duty: WW2: Everything you need to know about the headquarters

Digital Trends

The new Headquarters in Call of Duty: WW2 is where you'll take care of most of your multiplayer character-building. Here's all the info about this social space.

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NASA to release actual footage of Mars rover landing. Here’s how to watch

Digital Trends

Followers of the current Mars rover mission are in for a treat as NASA prepares to release actual video of Perseverance's arrival on the red planet last week.

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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 best weapons in Battlefield 5

Digital Trends

As of Summer 2020, Battlefield 5 will not be receiving any further updates. Here are the best weapons to use for each class in Battlefield 5's multiplayer.

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All of the secret exits and warp zones in Super Mario 3D World

Digital Trends

These warp zones can help you speed through the early stages. Here are the locations of every warp zone there is in Super Mario 3D World and how to reach them.

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The best PS4 games for kids

Digital Trends

Gaming can be an amazing experience for kids, especially if they share it with friends and family. If you have a PlayStation 4, these are the best ones to try.

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The best gaming monitors for the PS4 in 2021

Digital Trends

A high-quality gaming monitor can be just what your PS4 needs: Here are the top monitors that play well with a PlayStation and why you should consider one.

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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?