VRScout

JULY 8, 2022

“Don’t make a girl a promise, if you know you can’t keep it.” Information has surfaced online regarding 343’s rumored canceled Halo VR game. In a recent Twitter post, video game informer Rebs Gaming shared supposed concept art from the canceled project, codenamed ‘Reverie.’ Based on the details provided, the game would have had players traveling to different locations using a “floaty” physics system reminiscent of the original Halo: Combat Ev

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JULY 8, 2022

Meta is kicking off a summer-long series of VR concerts and community activities called Horizon Block Party next week. Headlining the event is nine-time Grammy-nominated artist Post Malone, who is holding a prerecorded virtual concert on July 15th. The Post Malone concert, which will feature tracks from his latest studio album Twelve Carat Toothache , is slated to last 40 minutes and will also feature The Kid Laroi, Fleet Foxes, and Roddy Ricch during the event.

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AR Insider

JULY 8, 2022

Among AR sub-segments that we track, AR marketing is one of the most revenue-producing today. But What’s driving it? Who's leading the way? And what are best practices in the AR marketing playbook? The latest AR briefs episode dives in. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 8, 2022

This Thursday, Enrique Tromp, the Co-Founder and CTO of VRMADA , took to his LinkedIn account to announce UltimateXR (extended reality), a free and open-source framework for creating enterprise-grade immersive training scenarios, collaboration environments, and interactive gaming experiences. Operated by parent company VRMADA, the service employs Unity’s software agnostic toolkit to secure cross-platform distribution of virtual reality (VR) training environments for frontline workers.

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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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ARVR

JULY 8, 2022

In January, 2015, amid a mounting wave of critical sentiment, Google withdrew Glass from the consumer market, with the promise of returning with a revamped product in 2017. In fact, they did release an enterprise edition in that year. But, since then, no major tech company has offered AR glasses for consumers, and wearable AR has turned into a market that is perpetually ‘three years away’.

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GizModo VR

JULY 8, 2022

On Friday evening, Tesla CEO Elon Musk finally made it crystal clear that he has no interest in adding “owner of Twitter” to his list of titles. The move was months in the making. Twitter is planning to sue in response. Read more.

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Slashgear

JULY 8, 2022

The Chevrolet Corvette is one of the most iconic American-made cars of all time. Through all of its adaptations, these 10 stand out.

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GizModo VR

JULY 8, 2022

The summer of superheroes and pop culture conventions is upon us! Fans can now glimpse the Mighty Thor from Thor: Love and Thunder at Avengers Campus, take a booze cruise on the Disney Wish with Marvel and Star Wars- themed drinks , visit the fictional Nope amusement park at Universal Studios, and preview what’s on the… Read more.

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Slashgear

JULY 8, 2022

Electric kettles are nothing new, but they are rare in the United States because of the electrical system put in place in the late 1800s.

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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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JULY 8, 2022

Meta Platforms announced on Thursday it will offer Meta-exclusive accounts for virtual reality (VR) users in a bid to provide a united platform for the Metaverse, it was announced on Thursday. The new Meta account setup will allow users to log into their devices rather than manage social media accounts currently under Facebook logins. The move aims to represent a user’s “social presence in VR and other surfaces where you use your meta Horizon profile, like the web,” the company

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Slashgear

JULY 8, 2022

The 2022 Volkswagen Amarok pickup truck has arrived at last, complete with a design that looks less like its predecessor than it does a new Ford Ranger.

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GizModo VR

JULY 8, 2022

Residents of Los Angeles and San Francisco each have awesome pop culture art shows to visit this weekend—but if you don’t live in those cities, io9 is bringing the shows to you, right here, right now. Read more.

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Slashgear

JULY 8, 2022

Apple may soon be bringing next-level feature improvements to AirPods that'll allert their wearer of oncoming danger or atmospheric threats.

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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

JULY 8, 2022

As the Game of Thrones television universe expands with the upcoming prequel show House of the Dragon, George R.R. Martin, creator and author of the A Song of Ice and Fire book series, has provided a sort-of update on his long-awaited Winds of Winter. Read more.

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Slashgear

JULY 8, 2022

Elon Musk has officially and rather unsurprisingly decided to back out of the deal to purchase the social media platform Twitter.

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GizModo VR

JULY 8, 2022

Standing at 30 feet tall, with a trunk scarred by fire and a severe fungal infection, is the Chisos Mountains oak, or Quercus tardifolia , a species thought to be extinct. The tree is likely one fire or drought away from death. Researchers are now keen to protect this lonely survivor. Read more.

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Slashgear

JULY 8, 2022

Many of the things we buy on a regular basis are expensive, but these 10 gadgets will set you back a small fortune for the privilege of ownership.

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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

JULY 8, 2022

“If you were presented with a life threatening situation, would you make an effort to save yourself?” That’s a question a therapist might ask you after you disclose suicidal ideation. It also happens to be the thesis statement of Max Mayfield’s journey through grief in the fourth season of Netflix’s Stranger Things. … Read more.

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Slashgear

JULY 8, 2022

BMW's cheapest coupe punches above its weight, taking keen drivers back to basics and reminding us how the Ultimate Driving Machine first earned its reputation.

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GizModo VR

JULY 8, 2022

A team of researchers say they’ve found some building blocks of RNA in a molecular cloud close to the center of the Milky Way. The discovery has implications for theories about how life began on Earth—and perhaps elsewhere. Read more.

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Slashgear

JULY 8, 2022

Quarterback Tom Brady's long career of wins has allowed the football player to become rich, famous, and able to afford just about any vehicle he could want.

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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

JULY 8, 2022

Marvel Studios has found the man who’ll bring Captain America back to the big screen and it’s director Julius Onah. Onah, who made The Cloverfield Paradox , has been tapped to direct the next Captain America film which will star Anthony Mackie as the hero. Malcolm Spellman, who helped Mackie’s character become Captain… Read more.

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Slashgear

JULY 8, 2022

Opera GX already has a number of built-in security features, but you can take them further with a few simple tricks.

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GizModo VR

JULY 8, 2022

News coverage of wildfires tends to focus on the acute events: A blaze erupts, people are evacuated, homes burn down, sometimes lives are lost. And rightfully so—it’s important to know what’s happening as it’s happening. As a result though, there are lots of articles and images out that describe and show flames… Read more.

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Slashgear

JULY 8, 2022

A trusted tech leaker has predicted that Samsung will employ Qualcomm to supply the processor for the Galaxy S23.

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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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