The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

This week in XR hasn’t had any explosive news, but it was interesting nonetheless: in particular we had cool info on AR glasses, with some news from Kura, Lynx, and Samsung. Among the top 5 news I have chosen, only 1 is about VR. And it also makes me super-happy that no one is about Facebook and Apple… I was getting pretty bored in writing newsletters only about these two companies!

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Project virtual screens, fly drones, and dim the lights with ‘Samsung Glasses Lite.’ During the weekend prolific Microsoft leaker WalkingCat , the same individual responsible for leaking images of the Oculus Quest 2 back in July of 2020, posted two concept videos showcasing what appears to be Samsung’s take on a dedicated AR headset.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

O ne of the attributes that defines AR’s potential is its breadth of applicability. Though use cases like product visualization and social lenses are the early leaders today, we’ll see several others develop in the coming years. That includes both consumer and enterprise applications. Somewhere between those two endpoints is facilities management for commercial spaces.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Manage your ship’s systems via a room-scale cockpit in this fast-paced arcade shooter. Coming this August to SteamVR headsets, Ziggy’s Cosmic Adventures promises a one-of-a-kind arcade shooting experience in which players are tasked with battling a race of deadly aliens and escaping the solar system while, at the same time, keeping their spaceship afloat by managing resources and interacting with the room-scale cockpit.

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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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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Leaked concept video featuring two Samsung AR devices has come to light. Although just concepts and not functioning products as such, it’s clear the Korean tech giant is gearing up to compete with companies like Facebook and Apple as they inch ever closer to releasing consumer AR headsets. Known leaker ‘ WalkingCat ‘ released two videos showing a pair of separate device concepts.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

The Shore (2021) is a first-person horror adventure that recently launched on PC, however now developer Ares Dragonis says the game will soon get a VR version too. Dragonis says in the game’s Steam discussion board that the VR version is slated to arrive in “a matter of 2 months,” however the studio wants to first ensure that the flatscreen game is up to snuff.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

W elcome back to Spatial Beats. This week, we look at XR treatments of the Perseverence Mars landing, Rebecca Minkoff’s new AR collection and other happenings from the spatial universe. Let’s dive in… The Perseverance Mars landing was broadcast in 360 in AltspaceVR. It was also streamed live around the world by every network and every major platform at 4pm EST.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

The headline is unfair. Nreal has just dropped a huge announcement and there is so much to be excited about. This article will cover the nuts and the cherry, but the US expansion this spring might be the sundae. Nreal’s Long Road to the US. Let’s play catch up with Nreal over the past two years quickly, just in case. The China-based company announced the Nreal Light smart glasses in May of 2019.

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ARVR

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

It has been some time since I wrote my last article. I decided to break the silence by compiling another beginner guide for people who are… Continue reading on AR/VR Journey: Augmented & Virtual Reality Magazine ».

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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

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Have you seen those viral videos on TikTok and Twitter where users are burning snow to “prove” that it’s actually fake ? Needless to say, the snow is real. The viral videos actually show a perfectly normal reaction to placing the flame of a lighter or match against a snowball. But that hasn’t stopped these videos from… Read more.

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ARVR

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Augmented Reality (AR) technology has undergone extensive development in recent years by showing promising solutions to businesses through remote support. This AR-based Remote Support makes it possible to ensure business continuity by increasing the efficiency of operations and solving various problems that may arise. AR-based Remote Support demonstrates benefits for different industrial sectors by enabling field workers to connect with remote experts.

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GizModo VR

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

A tiny ear bone belonging to a cave bear that died some 360,000 years ago has yielded the oldest genome not sourced from permafrost. The newly sequenced genome is offering new insights into the evolution of cave bears and how climate change can precipitate the emergence of entirely new species. Read more.

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Digital Trends

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Boston Dynamics doesn't want people to strap guns of any kind on its robots -- but that's exactly what NYC-based idea factory MSCHF has done.

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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

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

A new malware strain has infected Mac devices all over the world—most prominently in the U.S. and parts of Europe—though experts can’t decide where it came from or what it does. Read more.

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Anand Tech

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Some AMD users have been posting on social media, including Reddit, about experiencing intermittent connectivity problems when using USB ports on their 500-series motherboards. In response, AMD has reached out through a Reddit post that it has been made aware of the connectivity issues, and is requesting more information from specific users with the issue to help them resolve it.

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GizModo VR

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Folks across Texas are receiving outrageous energy bills in the wake of widespread utility shutoffs during last week’s cold snap. Thankfully, state officials issued some stopgap measures on Sunday to protect them from those ridiculous financial burdens. Read more.

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VR Fitness

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

With 2021 well underway HTC general manager Graham Wheeler has reflected back upon the state of VR in 2020 and predicts important VR trends for 2021. He covers a variety of topics, including consumer and business VR, as well as the growing importance of emerging technologies such as 5G. Continue reading on VR Fitness Insider.

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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

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

An Arizona law helping people with drug possession convictions earn early release from prison is being effectively ignored in many cases due to flaws in state’s inmate management software, according to a Phoenix-area public radio station citing multiple government sources. Read more.

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Anand Tech

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Today we’re reviewing the Galaxy S21 Ultra in both Exynos and Snapdragon SoC flavours, as well the baseline Galaxy S21 – contrasting two very different devices in Samsung’s new series, coming in at two very different price points.

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GizModo VR

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

The Neanderthal of popular imagination is a hideous, ape-like being, lumbering around with his or her crude spear. Rarely do we picture this person, or pre-person, engaged in any kind of conversation, beyond the occasional grunt-off over a spoiled piece of meat. But—depending on which archaeologist/linguist you happen… Read more.

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Digital Trends

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

A Colorado security firm says it's discovered malware on nearly 30,000 of Apple's new M1 Macs, though its precise purpose isn't currently clear.

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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

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

The Federal Aviation Administration has ended its investigations into SpaceX’s last two Starship prototype tests, dubbed SN8 and SN9, according to CNN’s Jackie Wattles. News of the federal probes threw the launch of SpaceX’s SN10 prototype into legal limbo, but on Sunday CEO Elon Musk seemed confident that the matter… Read more.

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Digital Trends

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Want to play your FLAC music tracks on a device that doesn't support it? You might switch to MP3s which are widely supported. Here's how to convert FLAC to MP3.

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GizModo VR

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

As if gig workers didn’t have it hard enough already, they now have to be on the lookout for possible phishing scams from malicious actors that pretend to represent their company. Read more.

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Digital Trends

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

3D printer prices have had a dramatic drop recently, but cheap doesn’t mean it’s worth buying. Here are cheap 3D printers actually worth spending money on.

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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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