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Our First Look At ‘Green Hell VR’ On PCVR

VRScout

A new gameplay trailer teases a brutal survival-horror experience set in the dense, unforgiving jungle of the Amazon rainforest. Today, developer Incuvo Games offered us our first look at official gameplay from its upcoming VR adaptation of Creepy Jar’s 2019 PC survival game, Green Hell. Launching later this year on PCVR and Oculus Quest headsets, Green Hell VR will have you fighting for your life as you explore, craft, build, and hunt your way through the Amazonian jungle using a variety

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The 20 Best Rated & Most Popular Quest Games & Apps – May 2021

Road to VR

While Oculus doesn’t offer much publicly in the way of understanding how well individual apps are performing across its VR storefronts, it’s possible to glean some insight by looking at apps relative to each other. Here’s a snapshot of the top 20 Oculus Quest games and apps as of May 2021. Why We Publish This Data. While the SteamVR library already has a comprehensive tracking database thanks to SteamDB , Steam 250 , and more, no similar database exists to track applications on Oculus storefron

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Will Web AR Unlock ‘Camera Marketing?’ Part II

AR Insider

T here’s a growing realization that apps aren’t always the optimal vessel for AR. Yet with mobile AR, it’s born on a device where apps rule. 90 percent of mobile users’ time is spent in apps versus the web. Can AR break that cycle? And if so, could web AR be the answer? As background, Web AR resides within the mobile browser. Advantages include dynamism for AR’s serendipity and short sessions, versus the friction of app stores and downloads.

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Locomotion Vault Catalogs & Compares 100+ VR Movement Techniques

Road to VR

Locomotion is one of the most fundamental elements of any VR experience because it directly influences the sort of experience the user can have and how comfortable the experience can be. Since the inception of the medium, academics and developers have created a staggering number of ways to move around in VR, all with their pros and cons. The Locomotion Vault is a research project which catalogs more than 100 locomotion techniques to help the field codify the space and identify gaps for innovatio

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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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Imint and RealWear Partner on HMT-1 Series AR Headset for Frontline Workers

ARPost

Hardware company RealWear and software company Imint have come together to create an AR headset designed specifically for frontline workers. The headset has multiple affordances and use cases but stresses video quality both for those producing video content and relying on video for remote assistance. The HMT-1 and HMT-1Z1 AR Headsets… RealWear’s flagship AR headset comes in two models, the HMT-1 is the standard model and the HMT-1Z1 is designed specifically for compatibility with PPE.

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Test and comparison: Star Wars Pinball VR-Quest vs. Steam

ARVR

Can the Quest and Steam VR versions of Star Wars Pinball VR convince? We have tested both for you. A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… Okay, this is more about our blue globe and an event not so long ago. That’s when the developers at Zen Studios promised us a terrific Star Wars pinball game, where we can also deck out our own fancave with various Star Wars memorabilia.

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Archivists Want to Make Sci-Hub 'Un-Censorable'

GizModo VR

For roughly the past decade, Sci-Hub—aka, the “Pirate Bay of Science—has been giving researchers, reporters, and open-source advocates unfettered access to countless scientific papers across every discipline you can imagine. In return, it’s been hit with multiple lawsuits , a suspended Twitter account, and an … Read more.

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How to Build a VR Video Chat App Using Unity’s XR Framework

ARVR

Learn how to build a VR app that live streams the VR perspective and allows non-VR user’s live stream into the VR world using a web… Continue reading on AR/VR Journey: Augmented & Virtual Reality Magazine ».

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Mammals Can Breathe Through Their Intestines, Unsettling Experiment Finds

GizModo VR

When pressed for oxygen, some fish and sea cucumbers will use their lower intestines to get a little extra out of their environment. Now, a team of Japanese researchers say that mammals are also capable of respirating through their rectal cavity, at least in a lab setting. 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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A.I. doesn’t usually forget anything, but Facebook’s new system does. Here’s why

Digital Trends

Most A.I. systems are designed to remember absolutely everything they learn. But that's not always ideal, so Facebook decided to build one that forgets.

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Exxon Blames You for Climate Change

GizModo VR

Over the past few decades, oil companies have largely shifted away from climate denial. Now, you can see the energy giants openly acknowledge that climate change is happening, but their new messaging tends to leave a bad taste in my mouth. A new, first-of-its-kind study by Harvard researchers Geoffrey Supran and… Read more.

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We can all explore Zimbabwe on Google Maps Street View, thanks to one person

Digital Trends

Google Maps' Street View offers detailed views of some of the most beautiful landscapes in Zimbabwe -- and it's all thanks to one man.

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In Our Star Wars: The Rising Storm Excerpt, the Mystery of the Nihil Deepens

GizModo VR

The High Republic is no longer in a time of peace. After the events of Charles Soule’s Light of the Jedi , the first adult book set in Lucasfilm’s new wave of Star Wars stories set some 200 years before the events of the movies, the galaxy is under attack by the marauders of the Nihil and suffering from the Great… 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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AMD and GlobalFoundries Update Wafer Supply Agreement: Orders Through 2024, Now Non-Exclusive

Anand Tech

In a brief Securities and Exchange Commission Form 8-K filing, AMD this afternoon has revealed that it has once again amended its wafer supply agreement with US fab (and AMD fab spin-off) GlobalFoundries. Under the terms of the amended seventh amendment, AMD will see out its existing commitment to use GlobalFoundries through 2024, with the latest amendment setting purchase targets for 2022, 2023, and 2024.

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The Inventor of the Post-it Note—The Worst Thing to Happen to Password Security—Has Passed Away

GizModo VR

Despite creating security headaches for IT departments around the world as the password manager of choice for boomers, the Post-it Note is one of the most clever and ubiquitous office accessories ever created, and this past weekend the world, unfortunately, said goodbye—to their creator, Spencer Silver , who passed… Read more.

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LG’s 2021 soundbars boast Meridian hi-res audio and Dolby Atmos

Digital Trends

LG has released its first batch of 2021 soundbars. They feature Dolby Atmos and DTS:X, along with hi-res audio and Meridian-tuned drivers, starting at $180.

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Scientists Want a Serious Investigation Into the Origins of the Coronavirus

GizModo VR

Scientists in several countries are calling for a serious investigation into the beginnings of SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that gave rise to the covid-19 pandemic. In an open letter released Thursday, the group says that there are still too many unanswered questions about how the pandemic started and that the… 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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IBM president confirms that the chip shortage will last ‘a few years’ more

Digital Trends

IBM President Jim Whitehurst says the ongoing semiconductor shortage will last a few years more, as supply chains try to rebuild from the pandemic.

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Albert Einstein Ponders Birds and Bees in Previously Unpublished Letter

GizModo VR

In 1949, a 70-year-old Albert Einstein shot off a message to England-based radar researcher Glyn Davys. The topic wasn’t physics or radar—it was birds and bees and the way those animals navigate. Read more.

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Syng’s transparent floating orbs promise immersive sound for $1,800

Digital Trends

There's no shortage of expensive, odd-looking speakers out there, but we're still intrigued by Syng's $1,800 Cell Alpha, the world's first "triphonic" speakers.

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Doctor Who Audio Adventure Starring John Barrowman and David Tennant Canceled

GizModo VR

It’s only been two days since the Doctor Who immersive experience Time Fracture announced actor John Barrowman’s role as Jack Harkness would be removed from the exhibition. Now, another upcoming Barrowman project has disappeared. The audio adventure publisher Big Finish has canceled the upcoming series Torchwood: … 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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Corsair’s DDR5 RAM is up to four times better than DDR4 — and it’s coming soon

Digital Trends

Corsair is releasing the new DDR5 RAM this year in anticipation of Intel's 12th generation of processors. DDR5 RAM is said to be four times better than DDR4.

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They're Here

GizModo VR

The march of the horny bugs has begun. Brood X cicadas have started to emerge, though slowly thanks to spring temperatures that are slightly cooler and wetter than normal. After 17 years underground, the cicadas are coming up to a world both familiar and radically different. Read more.

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Watch this incredible drone fly-through of Man City’s Etihad Stadium

Digital Trends

Recently crowned Premier League champion Manchester City has just posted some incredible footage of a drone zipping through its soccer stadium.

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DarkSide, We Hardly Knew Ya: Ransomware Gang Behind Pipeline Hack 'Quits' the Business

GizModo VR

Less than 24 hours after President Joe Biden announced that the U.S. would seek to disrupt the operations of those responsible for the Colonial Pipeline attack, the gang in question seems to be ducking for cover—and claims it will shut down its criminal operation, at least for now. Read more.

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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?