AR Insider
APRIL 2, 2021
T he future of any tech sector can often be seen in its innovation pipeline. And what better place to see that pipeline in action than early-stage startups? This is why “demo days” for accelerator cohorts/classes are always illuminating. It’s a glimpse into the near future. Another attribute that makes this format valuable is brevity.
VRScout
APRIL 2, 2021
You and up to 17 of your closest friends can play together in both War and Squad mode. Population: One developer BigBox VR today launched a Private Room Open Beta for its popular VR battle royale game, allowing players to invite up to 17 of their friends to private servers where they can duke it out in both Squad and War mode or just kick it old school in the pre-game lobby.
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Road to VR
APRIL 2, 2021
For the third month running, the number of VR headsets on Steam has reached a new record high of some 3 million, or 2.4% of Steam users. Monthly-connected VR Headsets on Steam. Each month Valve collects info from Steam users to determine some baseline statistics about what kind of hardware and software is used by the platform’s population, and to see how things are changing over time, including the use of VR headsets.
ARVR
APRIL 2, 2021
Augmented Reality in Insurtech Insurtech, short for insurance technology, is a term used to refer to technology designed to enhance the operations of insurance firms and the insurance industry as a whole. Insurance companies are leveraging technologies such as big data, artificial intelligence, consumer wearables, and smartphone apps to transform the way they do business.
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.
Road to VR
APRIL 2, 2021
Sam & Max is getting ready to make the big leap to VR this summer in its first original game in over a decade. Developer HappyGiant and publisher Big Sugar announced the action adventure game is coming to Oculus Quest this June. Launching first on Quest, Sam & Max: This Time It’s Virtual is also slated to arrive later this year on SteamVR headsets via Steam and Viveport Infinity.
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GizModo VR
APRIL 2, 2021
Reality show host Mike Rowe’s new series Six Degrees , which is currently streaming on Discovery+ and will soon air on television, begins how I expected it would: with him on screen in a t-shirt, jeans, and baseball cap, and smiling wryly. It’s classic Rowe, posturing as an avatar for the “average” American. Read more.
Anand Tech
APRIL 2, 2021
TSMC this week has announced plans to spend $100 billion on new production facilities as well as R&D over the next three years. The world's largest contract maker of chips says that its fabs are currently working at full load, so to meet demand for its services going forward it will need (much) more capacity. Among TSMC's facilities to go online in the next three to four years are the company's fab in Arizona as well as its first 2nm-capable fab in Taiwan. "TSMC is entering a
GizModo VR
APRIL 2, 2021
Most internet service providers impose data caps, and as of today, you can add one more to the list. Ars Technica reports cable company WideOpenWest (WOW!), an ISP that once bragged about its unlimited data plans , is now imposing data caps on its customers. Read more.
Digital Trends
APRIL 2, 2021
NASA’s InSight Mars lander recently detected a couple of sizable "marsquakes" caused not by tectonic plates but by volcanic activity.
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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.
GizModo VR
APRIL 2, 2021
A number of prominent U.S. colleges have become the newest, unlucky recipients of a cybersecurity migraine currently affecting dozens of organizations all over the world. Read more.
Anand Tech
APRIL 2, 2021
Capping off a busy week for fab-related news, South Korea authorities this week gave SK Hynix a green light to build a new, 120 trillion won ($106.35 billion) fab complex. The fab cluster will be primarily used to build DRAM for PCs, mobile devices, and servers, using process technologies that rely on extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUV). The first fab in the complex will go online in 2025.
GizModo VR
APRIL 2, 2021
Let me start right off the bat with the disclaimer that this is not an April Fool’s joke. Atari, or rather, the corporate entity that now runs the shell of the beleaguered video game company, has jumped on the non-fungible token hype train to shamelessly cash in on that arcade nostalgia. Read more.
VR Fitness
APRIL 2, 2021
The VR fitness genre is still relatively new, all things considered. Even though the space is still somewhat niche, it’s absolutely growing at a fast pace as seen by the number of games and players that continue to spring up. How did we get to this point though, you might ask? Continue reading on VR Fitness Insider.
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.
GizModo VR
APRIL 2, 2021
As the past year has painfully made clear, infectious diseases remain one of humanity’s greatest perils. It only took weeks for scientists to identify the cause of our ongoing pandemic—a previously unknown species of coronavirus—but there have been plenty of outbreaks, past and present, whose true cause isn’t so… Read more.
Digital Trends
APRIL 2, 2021
Has OnePlus made the most of its longer than usual development period?
GizModo VR
APRIL 2, 2021
I don’t know about you, but the number of times I’ve signed up for a free trial of an app or service and completely forgotten about it, only to get hit with unexpected monthly charges on my credit card statement is.well, it’s a lot. And while there are a few ways to remind yourself when those free trials end, some… Read more.
Digital Trends
APRIL 2, 2021
The iPhone 6S may be showing its age, but that doesn't mean it can't last a while longer. Here are the best iPhone 6S cases to make sure it goes the distance.
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.
GizModo VR
APRIL 2, 2021
While it might not have generated as much as Beeple’s recent NFT sale , a sealed cartridge of Super Mario Bros for the NES just crushed the record for the most expensive video game auction ever sold going for a whopping $660,000. Read more.
Digital Trends
APRIL 2, 2021
FidelityFX Super Resolution is AMD's answer to DLSS, but how does it stack up? Here's everything you need to know about the upcoming feature.
GizModo VR
APRIL 2, 2021
When my household was just myself and my gray tabby Charlie, a basic water bowl and food bowl was all she (well, me really) needed. But after adopting Katniss, my black and white tuxedo kitty, our daily routines completely changed. I had to worry about Charlie stealing food from her sister , and I had to give her a… Read more.
Digital Trends
APRIL 2, 2021
Privacy shutters provide assurance that your camera is not watching you, but not all privacy shutters are created equal. Some types have clear advantages.
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?
GizModo VR
APRIL 2, 2021
This week, the Clone War begins.again! But we’re not returning to the 3DCG battlefields of Lucasfilm’s beloved, iconic animated series (not until Bad Batch , at least ). Instead, Disney+ is finally taking us back a long, long time ago—to 2003, to re-experience our first animated taste of one of Star Wars ’ most… Read more.
Digital Trends
APRIL 2, 2021
After a few weeks of rumors and a leaked marketing video, the date for Microsoft’s annual is now official. Once again set to be an all-virtual event, Build 2021 will run May 25 through May 27, according to a ZDNet report confirmed by Microsoft. Though Microsoft hasn’t updated its official Build website to reflect the […].
GizModo VR
APRIL 2, 2021
This week, Godzilla vs. Kong stomped into theaters and onto HBO Max to pit two of cinema’s most beloved giant monsters against each other (while some very annoying humans get in the way ). It’s not the first time they’ve fought of course—and likely not the last. But the first time these titans clashed, no matter the… Read more.
Digital Trends
APRIL 2, 2021
Samsung DeX is a great way to get a desktop experience from your phone, and the system is actually pretty versatile. Here are some of the best DeX features.
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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