Sat.Dec 07, 2019

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NYT Uses AR To Compare The World’s Most Polluted Air With Your City’s

VRScout

NYT app users can view the air pollution levels from their city’s worst day. It’s a sad fact that our Earth is currently suffering from rampant pollution. It’s in our waters, our land, and in the air. It is one of the world’s leading risk factors for death, with air pollution alone being responsible for 9% of deaths globally; that’s 5 million people.

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Qualcomm’s big Snapdragon 2020: The 5G, the chips, the wildcard

Slashgear

It’s been a big week for mobility, and if you’ve been wondering what will be powering your Galaxy S11, Pixel 5, or any number of other Android flagships in 2020, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Summit 2019 probably held the answer. The week-long event kicked off with new chipsets for smartphones before hitting AR/VR and finally computing, with 5G and AI ever-present themes … Continue reading.

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Facebook sells off Oculus Medium to Adobe

TechCrunch VR

Facebook is selling Oculus Medium — a 3D virtual reality sculpting tool for creatives — to Adobe. The team was an expensive effort for Oculus and its sale signifies a broader rethinking within Facebook in what virtual reality projects they tackle in-house. It’s clear that Oculus pumped an awful lot of money into Medium over the years and the sale probably isn’t great for the Oculus Medium team, if only because there is now a proper price tag attached to the effort that wi

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Releases Recap: December 2 – 6

Oculus

This week, we released several titles and updates across the Oculus Platform. Here’s a rundown of the highlights.

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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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Radial-G: Proteus preview: racing at full speed on the Oculus Quest

The Ghost Howls

Today I have been able to try in preview Radial-G: Proteus, a racing game for the Oculus Quest. This name is surely not new for you, since Radial-G: Racing Revolved has been one of the first games for the Oculus Rift CV1. Now, Tammeka Games is back at it, and with the help of the publisher Things3D is releasing a refresh of this game for the popular Oculus Quest.

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