VRScout

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

A company spokesperson confirmed that Horizon Worlds and Horizon Venues have a combined user base of over 300,000. Meta (formerly Facebook) launched the official open beta for its still-in-development VR social metaverse Horizon Worlds late last year on Meta Quest and Meta Quest 2 headsets. Roughly three months later and the much-talked-about platform already boasts an impressive catalog of user-created worlds and games.

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Mashable VR

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Looking to fuel up your Netflix queue with some high-octane action? Whether you're a fan of science fiction or secret intelligence, car chases or rooftop combat, The Old Guard or James Bond, there's an action movie for every kind of adrenaline seeker now on Netflix. The streaming service has classics as well as fresh installments — plus a smattering of original projects all their own.

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GizModo VR

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, after being accused by Tesla CEO Elon Musk this week of conducting a “harassment campaign” against him, has responded with a reminder to Musk that this level of federal scrutiny was part of the deal he agreed to after his shitposting landed him in hot water. Read more.

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Mashable VR

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

We've finally made it to the long weekend, and not a moment too soon, am I right? Well, it's long weekend if you happen to live in the U.S. and your employer recognizes President's Day and, well, you get the picture. I hope you have a long weekend. You deserve it. Anyway, do you like to laugh? Of course you do. Laughing rules. It's laughing, who doesn't like laughing?

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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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GizModo VR

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

You can tell that Apple is absolutely thrilled with its record-breaking six Oscar nominations this year for CODA and The Tragedy of Macbeth. To celebrate, it is re-releasing CODA , which premiered last August in theaters and on Apple TV+, for free in major cities across the U.S. and London from Feb. 25 to Feb. 27. Read more.

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GizModo VR

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Back in 2020, AMC announced that The Walking Dead would live on after its 11th and final season through various spinoffs and follow ups. One of them is Tales of the Walking Dead, an anthology series featuring characters both new and old in AMC’s zombie universe. And as it gets closer to its planned summer release,… Read more.

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Mashable VR

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Did you catch that video game moment on the beach in Uncharted ? This isn't really a spoiler since Sony Pictures revealed the surprise in an ad, but there's a fun cameo that ties directly to PlayStation's hit Uncharted series, which was the inspiration for the new Tom Holland-led action movie. Knowledgeable viewers no doubt spotted it themselves, but Nolan North, the acclaimed video game voice actor who has played Nathan Drake in every Uncharted game, makes an appearance.

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GizModo VR

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Slowly but surely, the actors of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia have been trying to branch out from the vulgar FX series. For Charlie Day , that shift mostly began back in 2013 with Guillermo del Toro’s cult classic mecha movie, Pacific Rim. Read more.

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Mashable VR

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Several months ago, I learned that I could make shows disappear from Netflix. Word Party was the first to go, followed later by Boss Baby. The former got booted because it was inane, and made my kid talk like a baby. The latter’s crime was that everyone was mean to each other. In both cases I told my child that those shows weren’t appropriate for her and it was too hard for her to skip watching them if they were available, so I put them on hiatus.

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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 19, 2022

After his solo film made some pretty big waves back in 2018, DC’s been building out Aquaman’s corner of the DC universe with various event books and miniseries framed around his supporting cast. For Arthur Curry’s newest title, DC is bringing the King of Atlantis over to their prestigious Black Label in a miniseries… Read more.

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Mashable VR

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

If you listen closely, you'll hear it. The wind is whispering, vibe shift. Predicted all the way back in June 2021 by trendcaster Sean Monahan , the aforementioned vibe shift — known as that period in time when one trend dies and another emerges — has been teasing us for months with the TikTok revivals of twee culture and indie sleaze. And just this week, The Cut's Allison P.

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GizModo VR

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

While The Batman is treading fairly well worn ground with its title hero having some experience into his career as a superhero detective , its chief villain is another story. Paul Dano’s serial killer take on the Riddler is something of new ground for the green baddie, and it’s a new angle that Dano apparently nearly… Read more.

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Mashable VR

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Salesforce is jumping on the NFT train, but its employees aren't along for the ride. So reports Reuters , which notes that hundreds of Salesforce employees have signed an internal letter protesting the company's leaked plans to launch an "NFT cloud" service. Employees say the NFT cloud, which would reportedly let Salesforce customers mint and sell non-fungible tokens , violates the company's " core values " — and they're pissed.

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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 19, 2022

Maddie Phaneuf , an Olympic biathlete (she does a combination of cross-country skiing and rifle shooting) from Upstate New York has watched this year’s Winter Games with mixed enthusiasm. She’s saddened—but not surprised—that the event has had to use fake snow, as snowfall is becoming harder to predict around the… Read more.

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Mashable VR

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Whether you're constantly mining for hidden gems or just looking for a change of pace, Sundance Now is an excellent option for when you want a great movie you haven't seen before. The streaming service boasts a collection of artful titles in a wide array of genres. There are as many intimate family dramas as there are thrilling true-crime documentaries and deeply quirky comedies.

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GizModo VR

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Another horrific winter of the covid-19 pandemic in the U.S. has once again come with a silver lining: barely-there influenza. CDC data this week continues to show little flu activity in what’s already been an incredibly mild season. Though it’s not realistic to expect that the seasonal flu will always remain this… Read more.

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Digital Trends

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

It's been one year since NASA's Perseverance rover made its remarkable landing on Mars. Twelve months on, NASA has shared a roundup of the rover's achievements.

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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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Mashable VR

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

SAVE 84%: CyberGhost VPN is a high-speed service that can reliably unblock top streaming sites like Netflix. A three-year subscription to CyberGhost VPN is on sale for £62.01 with an extra three months for free — save 84% for a limited time. Looking for the best VPN for streaming? Aren't we all. There are plenty of VPNs that claim to be the best for unlocking top sites like Netflix and Prime Video, but which services can back it up with strong connection speeds and reliable unblockin

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Digital Trends

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

A new series of experiments on the International Space Station (ISS) aim to study fire in space to better understand how to protect future space explorers.

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Mashable VR

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Getting enough sleep is a vital aspect of any healthy lifestyle. But it's tough to ensure that. According to Sleep Health , sleep-related problems affect tens of millions of Americans every day, and the New York Times reported that as many as "20 to 30 percent of people in the general population sleep poorly." Sleeping in general can be difficult, but falling asleep is a particularly tough problem to solve.

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Digital Trends

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment are bringing Gru and his family back to movie theaters when Despicable Me 4 arrives in Summer 2024.

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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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Mashable VR

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Even in the typically eyebrow-raising world of cryptocurrency, the BuyTheBroncos DAO stands out. As the name suggests, this loose collective of blockchain enthusiasts is setting out to buy the Denver Broncos — and they're hoping to raise $4 billion worth of crypto to make it happen. That's according to CNBC , which spoke with one of the organizers behind the Herculean effort.

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Digital Trends

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Solar Orbiter, a mission to study the sun from NASA and ESA, recently took an image of the sun showing a dramatic solar prominence as it happened.

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Mashable VR

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

You can now call on emergency services from Skype. All you need to do is dial 911. You can also enable 911 emergency location sharing in the app, which allows Skype to capture your location and share it with emergency operators when you make a 911 call. Skype says it will only share your location to route your call and provide info to an emergency operator.

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GizModo VR

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

This fall, you may be able to get a second covid-19 booster shot along with your annual flu vaccine. Read more.

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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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