VRScout

APRIL 25, 2021

Monkey around with friends in NYC, aboard the ISS, and across Minecraft -themed worlds. Everyone’s favorite VR ape-simulator Gorilla Tag this week added dozens of new environments courtesy of the Monke Map Loader. Brought to us by the same team behind Custom Notes —a popular VR mod that allows players to compose original Beat Saber tracks—this custom map loader allows Gorilla Tag players on both PCVR and Oculus Quest headsets access to over a dozen custom multiplayer environmen

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GizModo VR

APRIL 25, 2021

Rascally beavers took down internet service for about 900 customers in a remote Canadian community this weekend after gnawing through crucial fiber cables, the Candian Broadcasting Corporation reported Sunday. The outage, which has since been resolved, also affected 60 cable TV customers and disrupted local cell phone… Read more.

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Digital Trends

APRIL 25, 2021

Whereas most anti-drone systems in use today rely on radio frequency interference, this new system uses beamformed microwaves to overwhelm approaching UAVs.

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GizModo VR

APRIL 25, 2021

Simon McQuoid is a former commercial director who was won over by Greg Russo’s Mortal Kombat script. However, he wasn’t sold on directing a video game film—at first. As he recalls telling his agent: “The first movie out, I think it shouldn’t be a video game.” Clearly, that didn’t age well. Read more.

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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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Digital Trends

APRIL 25, 2021

The 93rd Academy Awards have arrived. Here are our predictions for the winners in the biggest categories, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor.

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Digital Trends

APRIL 25, 2021

It’s pretty crowded on the space station just now, with a total of 11 astronauts currently enjoying the comforts of the orbiting outpost 250 miles above Earth.

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GizModo VR

APRIL 25, 2021

It goes without saying that NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter has delighted the world in recent weeks, and it’s not done yet. NASA has released the first color aerial photos of the surface of Mars taken by Ingenuity in its successful second test flight earlier this week. They are quite a sight, although I must admit… Read more.

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Oculus

APRIL 25, 2021

Ever since I was a kid, I’ve known that video games were special. From constantly evolving game mechanics, art styles that challenge technical constraints, immersive.

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GizModo VR

APRIL 25, 2021

On Sunday, Ingenuity demonstrated once again that it was the little Mars helicopter that could. NASA reported that Ingenuity had successfully completed its third test flight earlier in the day, flying further and faster than it ever had in tests conducted on Earth. 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.

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Digital Trends

APRIL 25, 2021

New research suggests that the area beneath Mars's surface, called the subsurface, might be potentially hospitable for life.

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GizModo VR

APRIL 25, 2021

India’s government reportedly ordered Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter to censor dozens of posts criticizing the administration’s response to the pandemic, arguing that they were misleading or could hinder emergency response efforts. The crackdown comes amid an unprecedented surge in covid-19 cases and deaths in India… Read more.

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Digital Trends

APRIL 25, 2021

On Wednesday, a SpaceX Crew Dragon will depart from the International Space Station carrying four astronauts on a journey home to Earth. Here's how to watch.

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GizModo VR

APRIL 25, 2021

Fans of the Fast and Furious on “Fast Fridays” can watch all eight films leading up to the summer release of F9 for free! Read more.

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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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Digital Trends

APRIL 25, 2021

Mars helicopter Ingenuity has aced its third test flight, traveling a distance of 50 meters at a top speed of 2 meters per second.

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GizModo VR

APRIL 25, 2021

How does one go from directing mobster movies to directing fantasy? Alan Taylor might have the answer. Read more.

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Digital Trends

APRIL 25, 2021

These 10 celebrated films and franchises broke new ground with their innovative use of visual effects, but they still didn't take home an Academy Award for VFX.

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Digital Trends

APRIL 25, 2021

Our neighboring star, Proxima Centauri, has emitted a stellar flare is 100 times more powerful than any solar flare from our sun.

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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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Digital Trends

APRIL 25, 2021

It's perfect for hard floors, but carries with a hefty price tag.

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Digital Trends

APRIL 25, 2021

NASA has posted a video showing its Ingenuity Mars helicopter successfully performing its third and most complex flight yet over the Martian surface.

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