VRScout

MAY 17, 2021

After hosting a rooftop show in Altspace, one hip-hop artist/producer sees potential in VR live performances. COVID-19 took its toll on the live concert industry with up to $9 Billion being lost in the U.S. alone. To keep live shows going, many artists were forced to embrace new forms of technology to connect with fans remotely. Over the last year, we’ve seen countless musicians/artists perform on social media through live streams, as well as bigger acts—such as Grammy-winning artist

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MAY 17, 2021

With social distancing precautions in place to prevent the spread of coronavirus , many indoor venues have had to close their doors. That includes art galleries. While galleries would love to simply put the art outside for people to see, that’s not exactly an option. Except, of course, through augmented reality. What Is The Augmented Gallery? This time of year has traditionally been the start-of-season in London’s West End.

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VRScout

MAY 17, 2021

Facebook’s latest update introduces several long-awaited features designed to improve how we work and play on the Oculus Quest. While many of us are still wrapping our heads around the many exciting updates presented as part of the v28 update, Facebook today unveiled yet another batch of game-changing improvements on their way to Oculus Quest headsets, including mixed reality capture, in-headset notifications, and much more.

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AR Insider

MAY 17, 2021

S napchat is the engagement and revenue leader in consumer AR. This is driven largely from the high-frequency lens usage it’s been able to generate….and its ability to monetize. This stems from Snap’s AR focus, and the technology’s alignment with its core “ camera-company ” ethos. Its leading AR position also continues to be validated by performance indicators, including the volume of lenses created and consumed.

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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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Next Reality AR

MAY 17, 2021

Currently, the COVID-19 pandemic is showing signs of winding down, nevertheless, Google will still hold its annual I/O developer conference as a virtual affair, with keynotes and sessions available as live streams and on-demand videos starting Tuesday, May 18 and concluding on Thursday, May 20. As a consolation prize, Google has a web-based AR treat for attendees and observers to bring a taste of the conference into their own home offices.

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MAY 17, 2021

Oculus today announced its v29 software update, which includes new features for gaming and for the company’s Infinite Office suite. In a lot of ways, this can be seen as a direct follow up to the big update Oculus launched in February, in large part because this is expanding on the Multi-User Accounts and App Sharing features that rolled out … Continue reading.

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GizModo VR

MAY 17, 2021

Working too long is a major contributor to early death across the globe, according to new research from the World Health Organization. The study, based on data from nearly 200 countries, estimates that over 700,000 people died in 2016 from heart disease and stroke linked to long working hours. Around half a billion… Read more.

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Anand Tech

MAY 17, 2021

Today we're reviewing Intel's new Tiger Lake-H 8-core Core i9-11980HK: 8 Willow Cove cores on the newest 10SF process node, we find the chip in Intel's reference platform laptop, and it delivers quite the performance, but also demands quite some power:

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GizModo VR

MAY 17, 2021

SpaceX has demonstrated its ability to land Starship, but the company still needs to send the prototype rocket into space and have it survive reentry. Here’s how SpaceX envisions the first orbital test of its futuristic system—and what could go wrong. Read more.

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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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Digital Trends

MAY 17, 2021

Want a great-sounding Bluetooth speaker but need to work within a limited budget? We've identified five different models, each with its own unique strengths.

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GizModo VR

MAY 17, 2021

While other companies continue to play catchup, at Samsung’s annual display conference, the Korean tech giant just showed off its next batch of futuristic screens that can do a lot more than bend and flex. Read more.

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Digital Trends

MAY 17, 2021

Sony has released fresh footage shot by its new Airpeak drone using a couple of its professional-level cameras and a new 14mm wide-angle lens.

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GizModo VR

MAY 17, 2021

If it feels like Dracula -inspired movies are coming out of the woodwork lately, it’s because that’s exactly true, with projects currently in various stages of production from Karyn Kusama , Chris McKay , and Chloé Zhao. Now you can add Jessica M. Thompson (The Light of the Moon) to that list of directors. Read more.

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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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Digital Trends

MAY 17, 2021

Blue Origin is about to send its first-ever customer on a sub-orbital space trip. But the seat can only be secured via an auction.

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GizModo VR

MAY 17, 2021

In the latest privacy woe to hit security cam owners, folks using Anker’s EufyCam products are reporting unwarranted access to random people’s camera feeds. Eufy hasn’t addressed any specific issues but acknowledged there’s a bug and a fix. Read more.

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Digital Trends

MAY 17, 2021

By equipping sidewalk-roving delivery bots with additional sensors, urban planners are hoping to capture useful data on the health of their cities.

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GizModo VR

MAY 17, 2021

Are you a human? It’s an age-old question made more pressing by the ability for millions of computers to shut down websites or snipe auctions out from under regular, non-robotic buyers. What’s more, proving you’re a human reduces spam, abuse, and even theft. Read more.

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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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Oculus

MAY 17, 2021

Today we'll begin rolling out the new Oculus v29 software update—and a few tweaks to the Oculus mobile app as well. Quest owners will get.

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GizModo VR

MAY 17, 2021

California’s wildfire season is already underway (well, it may never have actually stopped ), and state investigators are looking into what ignited a 1,325-acre brush fire that’s currently burning through Los Angeles’ Pacific Palisades and Topanga Canyon neighborhoods. Read more.

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Digital Trends

MAY 17, 2021

After years of sticking with the lossy AAC format, Apple Music is adding support for spatial audio, Dolby Atmos, and lossless music at CD and hi-res quality.

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GizModo VR

MAY 17, 2021

The covid-19 pandemic is clearly and rapidly losing ground in the U.S. Daily new cases have continued to drop over the past few weeks, even as much of the country has begun to lift restrictions on distancing and mask-wearing. And while the vaccine rollout had slowed since its peak in April, it’s more recently picked… Read more.

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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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Digital Trends

MAY 17, 2021

A new set of animation files found in iOS 14.6 leave little doubt that Apple will release a new set of Beats true wireless earbuds. Here's what we know so far.

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GizModo VR

MAY 17, 2021

When Kermit the Frog was revealed to be one of The Masked Singer ’s contestants this past season, it was meant to be a delightful surprise twist in an already ridiculous show in which well-known celebrities dress up as unlicensed mascots. But instead, Kermit’s unmasking only underscored how far the Muppets have fallen… Read more.

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Digital Trends

MAY 17, 2021

You can get an Amazon Echo Dot for less than $1 -- and a free month of Amazon Music tacked on for good measure. This deal is so good it's immune to buyer's remorse.

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GizModo VR

MAY 17, 2021

It’s J. Jonah Jameson ’s eternal question : Spider-Man—threat or menace? Now you can pretend to write your own scathing op-ed about New York City’s misunderstood webslinger with help from this absolutely amazing, four-story Daily Bugle skyscraper set from Lego, complete with 25—not a typo, twenty-five —figures, some of… 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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