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VR Simulator Lets You Experience Life As A Dolphin And Shark

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Help protect the ocean while exploring a growing catalog of marine species in this VR ocean simulator. Ever wonder what it’s like to live beneath the surface of the ocean? How is the Water , an educational VR experience from developer Cyan Planet, looks to offer users just that—an opportunity to step into the shoes (fins?) of various marine species and experience life beneath the waves.

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Z2 Comics is Turning the Life of Freddie Mercury in to a Graphic Novel

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The life and times of one of the world’s greatest singers, Freddy Mercury, is soon coming to bookshelves from Z2 comics! Freddy Mercury: Lover of Life, Singer of Songs , will chronicle his life from his childhood in Zanzibar, growing up in England, to becoming beloved by millions of fans the world over. Read more.

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Virgin Galactic spaceplane makes it to boundary of space on third test flight

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After a few stumbles, Virgin Galactic has succeed in its third test flight of its spaceplane, which will be available for space tourism flights in the future.

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Tig Notaro Returns as Jett Reno in Season 4 of Star Trek: Discovery

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Season four of Star Trek: Discovery started production in November 2020. While writing for the series has wrapped, filming still continues. And returning for the new season is comedian Tig Notaro. Notaro’s character Jett Reno debuted in season two episode “Brother” and has been a recurring character since her debut. Read more.

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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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NASA orbiter photo shows Curiosity rover on desolate Mars surface

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A new image captured recently by a NASA Mars orbiter shows its car-sized Curiosity rover looking tiny and isolated on the desolate Martian surface.

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Detecting organic salts on Mars is key to finding evidence of life there

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Finding evidence there was once life on Mars isn't as simple a flipping open a tricorder to scan for life signs. It's a matter of careful, painstaking research.

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India Asks Social Media Platforms to Take Down References to 'Indian Variant' of Coronavirus: Report

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India’s information technology ministry has reportedly sent notices to social media platforms asking them to censor content that refers to an “Indian variant” of the coronavirus. Read more.

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See a glittering gang of galaxies in this week’s Hubble image

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This week's Hubble image shows a glittering host of galaxies or all shapes and sizes, dominated by the galaxy cluster ACO S 295.

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Titans Season 3 Premieres in August With New Villains and New Heroes

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HBO MAX confirms season three of Titans will hit streaming in August 2021. One could say the show is somewhat connected to the CW/DC universe as Greg Berlanti helped develop the show as Berlanti is responsible for the expansive DC universe at the CW network. Greg Walker and Sarah Schechter act as executive producers… 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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China’s Zhurong rover rolls onto Martian surface for first time

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Mars is getting busy, with NASA's rovers joined by China's Zhurong rover. Zhurong has now rolled onto the Martian surface for the first time.

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Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead is Good Until.

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Zack Snyder’s new Netflix Zombie action flix Army of the Dead premiered Friday, May 21, on the streaming service. Read more.

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7 things you didn’t know robot vacuums could do

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Robot vacuums can keep your floors clean, but they can also keep an eye on your home, empty themselves, and much more.

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Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity Nails Its First Space Flight in Two Years

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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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Here’s how to watch the lunar eclipse this week, live or online

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This Wednesday will see this year's only total lunar eclipse, and we've got the details on how to watch the event live in person or online.

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Mount Nyiragongo, One of the World’s Most Active and Dangerous Volcanoes, Blows in a Surprise Eruption

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On Saturday, the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Mount Nyiragongo volcano suddenly erupted, forcing thousands to flee to neighboring Rwanda to seek shelter. By Sunday, reports stated that the speed of Nyiragongo’s lava had slowed and that the nearby city of Goma, home to more than one million people, had been spared. Read more.

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Knockout City is a kid-friendly ‘shooter’ that trades guns for dodgeballs

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Knockout City is a delightful multiplayer game that proves shooters don't need guns to be fun.

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Watch this ground view of Virgin Galactic’s spaceplane soaring toward space

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Virgin Galactic has released dramatic footage showing its rocket-powered plane soaring toward space in a successful test flight on Saturday.

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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.