Tue.Feb 22, 2022

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Sony has unveiled the design of the PSVR 2 headset

The Ghost Howls

With a blog post just published, Sony has finally unveiled the design and some features of the upcoming PSVR 2 headset. Here you are the amazing pictures that have just been shared: Hero view of PSVR 2 (Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). Lateral view of PSVR 2 (Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). Inner view of PSVR 2 (Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment).

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How To Play Minecraft In VR On The Quest Without A PC

VRScout

Here’s how to get started playing Mojang’s bestselling game on Meta’s bestselling VR headset. Minecraft is now available to play on the Meta Quest and Meta Quest 2 without the need of a PC thanks to an unofficial port developed by a team of independent developers. This is a full port of Minecraft 1.18, allowing you access to your existing worlds as well as select fabric mods.

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How the XR Community Celebrates Black History Month (Black Futures Month?)

ARPost

XR has the potential to help us walk a mile in someone else’s shoes, whether that’s someone with different lived experiences from you or someone who lived at a different time than you. It can also bridge the physical gap by having these experiences available to everyone everywhere. For these and other reasons, it’s a great tool for Black History Month.

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Our First Look At The PlayStation VR2

VRScout

Sony’s next console VR headset features an “orb” design heavily inspired by the PS5. After months of teasing, Sony has officially unveiled the design of its latest VR headset, the PlayStation VR2. The highly-anticipated VR device was originally announced almost a year ago to this day. Since then the company has released new information about the official specs.

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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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How is AR Monetization Materializing?

AR Insider

One of the most popular forms of consumer AR is lenses that are distributed through social channels like Snapchat and Facebook. This has been a foundation for AR monetization. We examine drivers & dynamics. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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This Uniquely Upgraded Tesla Is Turning Heads On TikTok

Slashgear

A customized Tesla Model 3 was revealed with an interior that looks more like a space shuttle from Star Trek than it does your everyday average EV.

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VR’s Favorite Melee Combat Sim is Making a Killing on Quest

Road to VR

If you take a look at the most reviewed apps on Quest over time you’ll notice there isn’t a whole lot of movement happening. The chart is dominated mostly the same group of apps, and all are growing at fairly similar rates… with one exception. Beat Saber has been a Quest staple ever since the headset launched. It’s the most reviewed app on the headset by nearly a factor of three.

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At Long Last, This Is The PS VR2 Headset

Slashgear

Sony revealed their PlayStation 5's own virtual reality headset, also known as the PS VR2, with a smooth industrial design and comfort-aimed features.

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'The Birds Outsmarted Us’: Magpies Help Each Other Remove Scientists' Tracking Devices

GizModo VR

Scientists in Australia thought they had developed an innovative new tracking device to help them monitor magpies, but these crafty birds had other ideas. Read more.

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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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Google Has A Fix For The Pixel 6 Wi-Fi Bug, But You'll Have To Wait

Slashgear

Some Pixel 6 owners were hit by an annoying Wi-Fi bug with the most recent update. Google says it already has a fix ready, but you'll have to wait a bit.

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Joseph Gordon-Levitt reacts to footage of Uber founder being heckled on 'Colbert'

Mashable VR

It's been a couple of years now since Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick left the company for good , leaving behind a controversial legacy outlined in Mike Isaac's book Super Pumped , which has now been made into a series starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt , premiering Feb. 27 on Showtime. But what does Gordon-Levitt actually think about the man he's playing in the series?

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Fourth iOS 15.4 Beta Now Open: What's Inside?

Slashgear

The fourth beta release of iOS 15.4 was released to developers, complete with features that'll eventually make their way to the final build for all new iPhones.

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The Marines Need Billions for Climate Prep

GizModo VR

The Marine Corps says it will need to spend $5 billion over the next 30 years to update two recruit depots for both climate resiliency and the integration of women into boot camp, the Marine Corps Times reported. This move comes as the U.S. military is pushing for better preparation for climate change-fueled… Read more.

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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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Does Your Galaxy S21 FE Have This Annoying Bug?

Slashgear

Users of the relatively new Samsung Galaxy S21 FE are experiencing a bug that seems to throttle the refresh rate of the display at random times.

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Peloton Sold Rusted Bikes to Customers and Allegedly Tried to Hide It

GizModo VR

Peloton’s stock value is spiraling downward , it recently laid off 20% of its workforce and replaced its CEO , and demand for its products has dropped off a cliff. As if things couldn’t get worse, we’re now learning that as Peloton’s business was corroding, so were its bikes. Read more.

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12 Tech Disasters That Lost Millions

Slashgear

The annals of tech abound with failure. These 12 examples highlight everything from mismanagement to bad marketing to products that simply came too late.

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NFT Trader Sues OpenSea for $1 Million Over Stolen Ape With Baby's Bonnet

GizModo VR

An NFT trader from Texas has filed a lawsuit against trading platform OpenSea, saying the company was responsible when his Bored Ape image was stolen from his crypto wallet. The trader is asking for the return of his ape and $1 million in damages. Read more.

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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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What Is Markdown, And Why Should You Use It Instead Of Microsoft Word?

Slashgear

Markdown is easy to learn and makes writing on your computer or smartphone a breeze. Here's how it stacks up against other word processers.

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I chatted with a hologram, but holographic meetings aren’t here yet

Mashable VR

If hologram meetings catch on, you're going to have to put on some pants — or at least swap out the slippers for shoes. Two companies are attempting to make remote video conferencing more holographic, realistic, and life-size, but without the spectacle associated with Tupac's 2012 Coachella appearance or Kim Kardashian's father's resurrection.

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Polestar Is One Step Closer To An EV Like No Other

Slashgear

Polestar's goal of creating a proper climate-neutral car has found its first partners, paving the way for its first model with truly zero carbon emissions.

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Tesla SUV named best EV on Cars.com

Mashable VR

The Tesla Model Y just snagged the top EV title on car shopping site Cars.com. The $58,990-electric SUV was named the best electric vehicle of 2022 on Monday. The "best of" winners will continue rolling out this week for five other categories like " best luxury car." Just last week Tesla was snubbed in Consumer Reports top auto picks with the Ford Mustang Mach-E being the only EV to make the list.

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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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China's Skeptical About Origins Of Rocket On Crash Course With Moon

Slashgear

Experts believe the rocket debris that'll hit the moon next month originates from the 2014 Chang'e-5 mission, but China has formally disagreed.

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The true stars of 'Love Is Blind' are the gold wine glasses

Mashable VR

Love Is Blind invites you to watch strangers fall in love with each other, sight unseen. But it's hard to focus on those love stories when all you can think about is a massive set of gold wine glasses. Allow me to explain. Season 2 of Netflix's intriguing, well-intentioned, deeply unhinged dating show premiered on Feb. 18, and fans watched contestants fall in love in "the pods," private rooms with speakers where they can converse with but not see each other.

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Amazon Targets Fake Reviews With Two New Lawsuits

Slashgear

Amazon suggests they've taken action against groups that offer fake review services that artificially boost product rankings in their online store.

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Our Flag Means Death Will Explore 'the Outsider Artist of Pirates'

GizModo VR

Based on the trailers and the fact that producer Taika Waititi co-stars as Blackbeard , we were already extremely pumped for HBO Max’s new pirate comedy Our Flag Means Death. But then we got a chance to see the first few episodes, and our enthusiasm has reached outrageous heights—a sentiment shared by the show’s own… Read more.

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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?