Mon.May 10, 2021

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Researchers Simulate Walking In VR Using Foot Vibrations

VRScout

A new experiment shows how haptic vibrations can have a dramatic impact on VR locomotion. When it comes to simulating movement in VR, you have two primary options: teleportation or free locomotion. New technology, however—such as Cybershoes and omnidirectional treadmills like the Virtuix Omni One —are taking VR locomotion to the next level by allowing players to physically move throughout their VR environments while remaining stationary.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.05.11): Pico Neo 3 launched, HTC may announce Focus 3 and Pro 2, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Welcome to my 200TH ROUNDUP! Yes, it’s 200 weeks (around 4 years) that I try to inform the community every week about the best AR/VR news, at first just by e-mail, and then also on a special column on my website. I don’t know how I should celebrate this moment, but for sure I want to thank all the people that have supported me in this journey , by reading these posts, commenting on them, replying to them.

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Burger King & Rovio Partner On AR Angry Birds Game

VRScout

Scan select Burger King items to access an interactive WebAR experience based on the immensely popular children’s franchise. Rovio Entertainment, the developer behind the hit mobile game series Angry Birds , today revealed a new partnership with Burger King to deliver a brand new augmented reality experience based on the legendary franchise. You can access the interactive mini-game experience by scanning a custom QR code located on various Burger King items, from plush toys and packing to

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Talespin Adds New Content and Desktop Streaming to Its VR Soft Skills Training Platform

ARPost

Training and upgrading skills and abilities is one of the key requirements for people who want to stay successful and find new employment opportunities. The COVID-19 crisis has wiped millions of jobs, leading to an unemployment rate of 14.8% in April 2020. In order to give employees the chance to learn new skills and train for new jobs, Talespin has developed a VR soft skills training platform.

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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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Rovio Reinvents Angry Birds as Web-Based AR Tower Defense Game for Burger King Campaign

Next Reality AR

Angry Birds, one of the first franchises to find success in mobile gaming, continues to shoot its shot at new life in augmented reality gaming. After adapting its slingshot gameplay for Magic Leap with Angry Birds FPS: First Person Slingshot and mobile with Isle of Pigs, Rovio Entertainment has pushed its furious feathered friends into the tower defense genre altogether for a web-based AR mini-game.

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Data Dive: How Many Quest 2s Sold in Q1?

AR Insider

V R appears to be in the midst of a rebound. Covid-inflicted supply-chain impediments caused shipments to decline an estimated 10 percent in 2020, but that could have been worse if not for Quest 2’s Q4 performance. We’ve also seen a strong overall start for VR in 2021. We continue to compile evidence to that effect. But going one level deeper, what market signals can serve as formula inputs to estimate Quest 2 unit sales specifically?

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Zuckerberg: Oculus Quest Pro Could Bring Face & Eye Tracking

Road to VR

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg sat down with CNET for an interview where he speaks about the company’s progress on its next generation of VR devices, namely what it might include in the ‘Oculus Quest Pro’ standalone headset. Zuckerberg previously spoke about how Facebook is preparing a Quest 3 and 4 , saying in March that teams are devoted to building those headsets and exploring things like improved optics, better compute performance, and creating smaller and lighter devices.

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XR Programs?—?a Starter Pack

ARVR

XR Programs?—?a Starter Pack (Dipping your toes into the world of AR development, with a little VR overlap by default) by Alexis Zerafa Are you interested in augmented reality development? Good, you’re in the right place!! The AR/MR (mixed reality)/XR (extended reality) sphere can be intimidating, but as any new ecosystem of mediums grows, so does the crowd of passionate people behind it who want to spread the wealth of knowledge!

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PS5 VR leak hints at massively upgraded next-gen 4K model

Slashgear

In late March, Sony confirmed that it is working on a next-generation PlayStation VR headset that will launch at some point for the PS5 console. Though we’re still lacking many official details at this time, Sony did reveal the controllers that will come with the next version of its VR product, ones that’ll sport the same kind of innovation seen … Continue reading.

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How to Train Employees 65% Faster With Virtual Reality

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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WhatsApp Will Turn Your Account Into a Useless Zombie If You Don't Accept Its New Privacy Policy

GizModo VR

After facing international backlash over impending updates to its privacy policy, WhatsApp has ever-so-slightly backtracked on the harsh consequences it initially planned for users who don’t accept them—but not entirely. Read more.

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Watch Tesla’s Cybertruck cruising the streets of New York City

Digital Trends

Watch Tesla’s futuristic Cybertruck pickup cruise the streets of NY City on Saturday night -- just hours before Tesla CEO Elon Musk hosted Saturday Night Live.

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It's Official: Mystery Science Theater 3000 Lives Again

GizModo VR

Last month, when MST3K creator Joel Hodgson announced a Kickstarter to fund the cult-favorite show’s 13th season, I guaranteed it would get funded and make its third resurrection. But even I didn’t expect this. Read more.

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How crowdsourced lidar could give your car X-ray-like superpowers

Digital Trends

Currently, self-driving cars can only see as far ahead as their onboard sensors can scan. But what if they could use the sensors in the car ahead of them too?

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Are You Still Watching? How to Create Engaging Presentations for Virtual Learning

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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Why Am I Still Embarrassed About Things That Happened 10 Years Ago?

GizModo VR

It’s a nice day, you’re strolling along, music’s queued up, prospects looking good, your sweater’s matching your pants, the person you’re seeing just sent you a cute text, no one you know is actively sick or angry at you, your dreams are, if not on the brink of actualization, not impossibly far from it, and yet here… Read more.

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AMD's Wi-Fi 6E Module: The RZ608

Anand Tech

One of the elements of building a complete end-to-end solution means having all the components under one brand. The complexity of modern gadgets means that having everything made under one company is near-on impossible - especially with the wealth of IP and patents in every small segment of the modern electronic device. To facilitate the appearance of uniform branding, companies will often rebrand the components under their own name.

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The FDA Just Approved a Smart Insulin Pen Cap That Might Make the Life of Diabetics Easier

GizModo VR

The Food and Drug Administration has granted approval for an innovative smart pen cap system to help those with both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes better manage their insulin dosage. This is huge news, as the system could help diabetics eliminate the guesswork when it comes to figuring out how much insulin to take, using… Read more.

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Amazon removes popular tech accessory brands amid fake review scheme leak

Digital Trends

Amazon is removing listings from many popular tech accessory brands, as a massive leak uncovered a huge pay-for-play review scheme.

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AR/VR Simulations for Sustainable, Regenerative, Circular Cities

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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Zack Snyder Owns Up to Provoking His Fans for Clicks and Charity

GizModo VR

Zack Snyder’s Justice Leagu e is a perfectly passable, unquestionably long comic book movie whose existence can be attributed to a number of factors beyond its director’s firm belief in his vision of what DC’s superheroes should look and act like on the silver screen. Read more.

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Intel’s 12th Gen Alder Lake desktops may have a new release date

Digital Trends

It looks like Intel's Alder Lake-S platform for the desktop could debut this November, and gamers could potentially begin upgrading their rigs by the holidays.

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This Gaming Laptop Would Be Solid Without the Gaming Part

GizModo VR

Adata is a company best known for its SSDs, DRAM modules, and peripherals, which it markets under its gaming moniker XPG, but the company has also recently stepped into the world of gaming laptops. I loved the first ever XPG gaming laptop , impressed by the choice of components, the mechanical keyboard, and the way its… Read more.

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Sony expects PS5 shortages to last into 2022

Digital Trends

Five months later, finding a PS5 has been tough, and Sony fully expects system shortages to continue into 2022. This is according to Sony's CFO Hiroki Totoki.

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Who C.A.R.E.S.!? How Learning Got Its Bad Rap & What We Can Do About It

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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Leaked Apple Documents Inadvertently Helped the Right-to-Repair Movement

GizModo VR

Cyberattacks are rarely useful to anybody except cyber-attackers, but a recent ransomware incident has had some unexpected upsides for those in the right-to-repair community, new coverage from Motherboard suggests. Read more.

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How to unlock Neymar Jr. in Fortnite

Digital Trends

The Neymar Jr. challenges are now available to complete in Fortnite. Players must venture around the island talking to soccer players and completing quests.

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Man Caught Three Whole Diseases From a Single Tick Bite

GizModo VR

Doctors in Oregon have described what might be one of the unluckiest encounters between man and tick ever documented. They report treating a 70-year-old man who became sick with three entirely different infections after a single tick bite. Read more.

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10 essential tips for getting started in Resident Evil Village

Digital Trends

There are plenty of surprises in store for you in Resident Evil Village. Before you head out to locate your missing daughter, check out these essential tips.

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How Digital Transformation will Bend the Curve of the Linear Economy Toward the Circular

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?