VRScout

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Battle flying cats, massive dinosaurs, and blood-thirsty chickens in this one-of-a-kind VR tower defense game. Coming soon to the Oculus Quest—or should I say Meta Quest— Captain ToonHead vs. the Punks From Outer Space is a VR tower defense game from developer Teravision Games that’s as outrageous as it is brilliant. Whether it be the action-packed gameplay, zany characters, or comically over-complicated plot, Captain ToonHead is truly one of the most ridiculous games we’

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NOVEMBER 9, 2021

If you’ve followed the Augmented World Expo with ARPost in the past, you know that to provide you with comprehensive coverage and commentary we release our coverage a little later. But we don’t want you to miss out on all of the excitement. This article uses interviews conducted with AWE speakers in advance of the event. Consider it our “curtain-raiser.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

8th Wall’s Reality Engine makes it easier to launch realistic WebAR experiences across multiple platforms. 8th Wall has announced the launch of its all-new Reality Engine that will enable WebAR experiences to immediately work across all devices, including iOS or Android smartphones, tablets, computers, and AR and VR headsets. . Reality Engine reimagines 8th Wall’s original AR engine, rebuilt from the ground up, and optimized to adapt to different devices with ease thanks to the engine’s Me

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Today at AWE 2021, Qualcomm announced Snapdragon Spaces XR Developer Platform, a head-worn AR software suite the company is using to kickstart a broader move towards smartphone-tethered AR glasses. Qualcomm says its Snapdragon Spaces XR Developer Platform offers a host of machine perception functions that are ideal for smartphone-tethered AR glasses.

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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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AR Insider

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Qualcomm has announced Snapdragon Spaces, a developer kit to enable the creation of consumer and enterprise AR experiences. We examine the platform's offerings and how this extends Qualcomm's position further up the AR stack. The post Qualcomm Moves Up the Stack with Snapdragon Spaces appeared first on AR Insider.

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GizModo VR

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Just as the Empire decimated planet after planet with its intimidating fleet of space weapons, Lego continues to decimate responsibly planned budgets with its Ultimate Collector Series Star Wars sets. The latest Lucasfilm creation to lay waste and stomp all over your wallet is the new UCS AT-AT that costs a hefty $800. Read more.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

HP this week announced its ‘xRServices’ program which equips customers of its industrial printers with a HoloLens 2 headset, allowing the company to provide immersive remote support for repairs, training, and more. While many AR companies are focused on building AR products, HP is making an interesting move in using the technology as an add-on to improve an existing line of its business.

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GizModo VR

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

The government of Singapore will stop paying the medical bills of those covid-19 patients who are “unvaccinated by choice,” according to a report from the Strait Times. Singapore previously paid for all covid-19 treatments for citizens, permanent residents, and long-term visa holders. Read more.

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Anand Tech

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

After the publication of the LPDDR5X memory standard earlier this summer, Samsung has now been the first vendor to announce new modules based on the new technology. The LPDDR5X standard will start out at speeds of 8533Mbps, a 33% increase over current generation LPDDR5 based products which are running at 6400Mbps.

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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

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

On Tuesday morning, we got the latest update from key lawmakers’ ongoing tirade against Big Tech: a new bill that would force social media giants to offer versions of their platforms that are free from the obscure, black-boxy algorithms that curate content in a customized way. Read more.

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TechCrunch VR

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Qualcomm today launched a new developer platform for building head-worn augmented reality experiences: the Snapdragon Spaces XR Developer Platform. The only supported hardware for the platform is currently Lenovo’s ThinkReality A3 smart glasses (paired with a Motorola phone), but it will expand to include hardware from Oppo and Xiaomi in the first half of 2022.

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GizModo VR

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

In 2015, two black holes were caught merging when the ripples in spacetime they created were detected on Earth. Since then, gravitational wave detectors have found many more of these mergers, broadening our understanding of the most epic collisions known to science. Now, a team of astrophysicists examining data from… Read more.

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Digital Trends

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Unity will acquire Weta Digital, the VFX company behind Avatar, Lord of the Rings, and more in a $1.625 billion deal.

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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

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Instagram and its top executive, Adam Mosseri, were probably both relieved to learn recently that Mosseri is still alive—both in the real world and the digital one. Read more.

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Digital Trends

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Twitter today announced an expansion of its Twitter Blue subscription service to the U.S. alongside an expansion of its feature set.

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GizModo VR

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

NASA’s historic mission to “touch the Sun” has encountered a heavy bombardment of dust, surprising mission scientists and resulting in some fascinating new data about the Parker Solar Probe’s increasingly hostile environment. Read more.

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Digital Trends

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Normally known for bringing well-established tech to buyers at rock-bottom prices, Monoprice is attempting to make ultra-high-end audio more affordable.

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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

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

It’s not every day a new search engine comes online, but You.com is betting its AI-driven and privacy-focused approach can convince people that it’s better than Google. Read more.

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Anand Tech

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

To support the launch of Intel's latest 12th generation 'Alder Lake' processors, Intel has also pulled the trigger on its latest Z690 motherboard chipset. Using a new LGA1700 socket, some of the most significant advancements with Alder Lake and Z690 include PCIe 5.0 support from the processor, as well as a PCIe 4.0 x8 link from the processor to the chipset.

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GizModo VR

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

It’s been more than three years since Legendary Pictures and Sunrise announced they would collaborate on a live-action movie based on the venerable franchise Mobile Suit Gundam , the giant robot anime whose shadow all others stand in. Today, we have our first look at Netflix ’s film—a sole piece of concept art—and it’s… Read more.

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EON Reality

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Forestry Knowledge Metaverse team session with Spatial Meetings. This XR Session was created in seconds from EON’s XR library with over 1.3 million XR Experiences. Welcome to the Knowledge Metaverse, Join today! The post Forestry Knowledge Metaverse Team Session appeared first on EON Reality.

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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

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

When Wall-E hit theaters in 2008, the roaming robot’s story was a warning viewers of the societal costs of unchecked waste and environmental degradation. Since then, three billionaires have hurled spacecraft to the edge of space. The United Nations climate reports have only gotten more apocalyptic. E-waste has only… Read more.

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EON Reality

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Mobile Phone based Spatial Meetings surgical procedure teamwork with Audio conversation. This XR Session was created in seconds from EON’s XR library with over 1.3 million XR Experiences. Welcome to the Knowledge Metaverse, Join today! The post Mobile Surgical Procedure Teamwork appeared first on EON Reality.

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GizModo VR

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Kimberly Unger’s The Extractionist is about a woman who does just that: extracts people. From virtual space , that is. But while her hacking skills are second to none , sometimes her targets don’t want to be removed—and sometimes her clients prove dangerously treacherous to deal with. io9 has a first peek inside this… Read more.

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EON Reality

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Spending time in Knowledge Metaverse Prison is the easy way to learn a lifelong lesson. This XR Session was created in seconds from EON’s XR library with over 1.3 million XR Experiences. Welcome to the Knowledge Metaverse, Join today! The post Spending time in Knowledge Metaverse Prison appeared first on EON Reality.

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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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