The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 31, 2021

We just had our Christmas holidays, and it is common knowledge that Virtual Reality, and especially Quest 2, had its greatest day on Christmas. Many people received a Quest as a gift, and we all developers saw a big spike in sales of our products that day. My Twitter timeline on the 25th and 26th (of December) was filled with videos of kids unwrapping their Christmas gifts, discovering a Quest 2, and being super happy about it.

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DECEMBER 31, 2021

What were the biggest spatial computing trends and events in 2021? A cross-section of the year’s activity can also be seen in the most popular AR Insider posts. We break down the top 21 articles of 2021. The post AR Insider’s Top 21 of 2021 appeared first on AR Insider.

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GizModo VR

DECEMBER 31, 2021

If you’ve spent even a minute on the internet this week, you have surely seen something about Don’t Look Up. The Adam McKay-directed flick is Netflix’s top movie. It’s also perhaps the top reason for people s g their pants online recently. Read more.

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Digital Trends

DECEMBER 31, 2021

To celebrate what's been an extraordinary year in space exploration, we've picked out some of the most striking images released by NASA over the last 12 months.

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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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GizModo VR

DECEMBER 31, 2021

No one really knows how to cure a hangover, a new roundup of scientific studies has found. The review found little good evidence for any one particular hangover cure, with existing studies generally being of low quality. Read more.

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GizModo VR

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Forget quitting booze or starting an exercise regime—the only New Year’s resolution worth making (because it’s the most fun to stick with) is “read more books.” io9's got you covered with a robust list of sci-fi and fantasy releases coming in January, including new titles from James Rollins , Charles Stross , Nnedi… Read more.

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Digital Trends

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Regardless of what your New Year's resolutions might be, these apps will help you achieve your goals, reach your aspirations, and become a better person.

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GizModo VR

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Amid a wave of in-person cancellations in recent weeks from big names ranging from Microsoft to Google and a surge of covid-19 cases caused by the omicron variant, CES 2022, the world’s biggest tech show, is cutting one day from its schedule. Read more.

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Digital Trends

DECEMBER 31, 2021

We watched all the old sci-fi movies that are set in the year 2022. Here's all the wild, crazy, and surprisingly accurate stuff they predicted!

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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.

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GizModo VR

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Scrutinizing Apple’s in-app payment system on the App Store is all the rage among government officials nowadays, with multiple countries taking cards in the matter. A new report claims that India’s competition authority has jumped on the Apple regulation bandwagon, too, a move that’ll no doubt bring more attention to… Read more.

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Digital Trends

DECEMBER 31, 2021

The 11-inch Lenovo Chromebook 3, powered by Google's Chrome OS, is available from Best Buy with a $100 discount that lowers its price to an affordable $119.

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GizModo VR

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's regular round up of all the cool toys we’ve found on the internet lately. This week we’re looking forward to 2022, mostly because there’s only a few more hours of 2021 left, making it very hard to release new toys this year. Check out what’s to come! Read more.

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Digital Trends

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Regardless of what your New Year's resolutions might be, these apps will help you achieve your goals, reach your aspirations, and become a better person.

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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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GizModo VR

DECEMBER 31, 2021

A team of archaeologists and geoscientists just found victims of an ancient tsunami on the Turkish coast. The victims—a human male and a dog, now just skeletons—were likely killed in the aftermath of a gargantuan volcanic eruption 3,600 years ago. Read more.

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Digital Trends

DECEMBER 31, 2021

One of the best bang-for-your-buck smartphones around right now is the Google Pixel 6, and this sale on Best Buy makes it an even better deal.

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GizModo VR

DECEMBER 31, 2021

We’re at episode four of The Expanse ’s six-episode final season , which means all the drama that’s been simmering is about to start boiling over. Thanks to a pair of exclusive clips io9 debuted this week, we know Amos and Naomi are going to confront Holden about one of the biggest shocks in episode three, “Force… Read more.

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Digital Trends

DECEMBER 31, 2021

The past year was full of incredible PC releases, but the coming months are looking to be even better. Here are some of the best upcoming PC games of 2022.

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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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GizModo VR

DECEMBER 31, 2021

I have spent, I would say, a distressing amount of the last month with my eyes streaming tears—not for work obligations, personal reasons, or even really “ still in that Global Pandemic ” reasons. If anything, I’ve been doing it for fun, as I’ve worked my way through Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker , and the reasons it’s… Read more.

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Digital Trends

DECEMBER 31, 2021

From Bioshock to Silent Hill, here are some long-dormant game franchises that could make a comeback in 2022.

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GizModo VR

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Get another look at Rob Zombie’s Munsters reboot. Star Trek: Discovery teases its return in February. Plus, a new clip from the latest season of Cobra Kai , and what’s coming on Outlander for Brianna, and an adorable new clip from We Baby Bears. It’s the last spoilers of 2021! Read more.

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Digital Trends

DECEMBER 31, 2021

The live image reveals the inclusion of an S-Pen, which is likely to be docked inside the phone this time around.

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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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GizModo VR

DECEMBER 31, 2021

And so, it’s come to this—the end of another long and winding year. It’s had ups and downs, things we loved and things we didn’t, and, frankly, Too Much Content. Speaking of which, should you find yourself wanting to look back at io9's 2021, here’s a nice big list of all our year in review pieces from throughout the… Read more.

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Digital Trends

DECEMBER 31, 2021

If you're considering picking up a pair of earbuds, then you need to check out this deal at Amazon that slashed the price of the Beats Studio Buds by $30.

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GizModo VR

DECEMBER 31, 2021

It turns out 2021 wasn’t the mental reprieve we’d all been hoping for after the challenges of 2020, and unfortunately, the finalists of this year’s Best Illusion of the Year Contest aren’t going to leave your brain feeling any less raddled, confused, or exhausted as we quickly approach the new year. As they do every… Read more.

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Digital Trends

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Here's your chance to save up to $700 when buying Samsung's The Frame 4K TV, which comes with Art Mode to showcase paintings and photos in customizable bezels.

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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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