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‘Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time’ Now Fully Playable In VR

VRScout

A new mod brings the classic Nintendo 64 action-adventure game to PC VR headsets for the first time. One of the most iconic video games of all time is now available in VR thanks to a new mod by BrianMp16. This isn’t some 20-minute tech demo; it’s a fully playable Ocarina of Time VR game. You can play the entirety of the legendary campaign from start to finish, all from an immersive first-person perspective.

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Quest 2 Pro and controllers’ appearance may have been leaked!

The Ghost Howls

Reddit user Samulia, that is used to analyze the Quest firmware (and made some “predictions” about the Quest 2 Pro), has found in the Quest runtime some videos that depict a new headset with new controllers, most probably the upcoming Quest 2 Pro! The news has been shared with me by the other great technologist Basti564 (subscribe to his Youtube channel !

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4 Ways AR and VR Can Help Save the Planet

AR Insider

AR and VR can do lots of things, but what about helping to save the planet? We take a look at immersive tech's ability to support environmental conservation and climate change awareness. The post 4 Ways AR and VR Can Help Save the Planet appeared first on AR Insider.

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How and Why Brand Engagement Is Driving XR Development

ARPost

Everybody wins in the world of XR brand engagement. Brands get a unique and dynamic way to interact with customers. Customers get fun and informative ways to interact with their favorite brands. And the rest of us? The most cutting-edge advances in AR graphics and dynamic rendering that will one day build games and other apps are being developed by AR advertisers.

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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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Facebook’s Codec Avatars Look Almost Too Real

VRScout

These 3D human avatars are so realistic you can see the pores on the skin. During today’s Meta (formally Facebook) Connect Keynote event, CEO Mark Zuckerberg walked us through a series of major announcements detailing how the newly branded company is building towards its vision of the metaverse. During a conversation with Reality Labs Chief Science Officer Michael Abrash, Zuckerberg asked Abrash what it was going to take to put Meta on the path to becoming a metaverse company.

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Meta Plans to Reverse Controversial Facebook Account Requirement for Oculus Headsets

Road to VR

Meta ( formerly Facebook ) created quite a stir in the VR industry when it announced last year that it planned to require Facebook account logins for new users. The move didn’t go over well in the VR space or among critics at large. This week the company said it plans to roll-out a non-Facebook option for logging into its headsets starting next year.

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Facebook rebrands to Meta as Zuckerberg makes metaverse promise

Slashgear

Facebook is rebranding, taking on the new name Meta as it tries to lead the metaverse push – and add some distance with ongoing controversy about the social network. “Right now, our brand is so tightly linked to one product that it can’t possibly represent everything that we’re doing today, let alone in the future,” CEO Mark Zuckerberg said during … Continue reading.

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Feature Film ‘We Met In Virtual Reality’ Shot Entirely In ‘VRChat’

VRScout

The experimental documentary showcases how social VR technology can affect our emotional and social relationships. We Met in Virtual Reality is a 90-minute feature documentary that tells the story of five different members of the VRChat community through their own voices as they navigated romance, friendships, and self-discovery in the virtual as well as the real world.

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My predictions for Facebook Connect 2

The Ghost Howls

Every year I make this prediction game about what Facebook is going to announce at Oculus/Facebook connect, and this year won’t be an exception! So here you are what I expect to be announced on Thursday … but before reading, remember that I have no inside info about what is going to happen, and it is all speculation! Some years ago I predicted that “Facebook will never release a cable to connect the Quest to the PC because that would kill the Rift”… well, you can se

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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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Leaked Facebook MR Headset Confirmed as Project Cambria, a “High-end” Device Coming Next Year

Road to VR

Facebook today confirmed Project Cambria, the MR headset which was spotted in a recent leak. The company says it’s a high-end headset designed to roll out more advanced technology before being able to bring it down to the price point of the Quest line. Project Cambria is said to be launching sometime next year. If you followed along earlier this week you’ll already be at least a little bit familiar with Project Cambria; the headset’s look was revealed in leaked videos , but the

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Oculus announces GTA: San Andreas VR, teases big Beat Saber news

Slashgear

We were expecting some news about VR gaming today at Facebook Connect 2021, and that’s precisely what we got. Facebook made several announcements regarding games that are heading to Oculus VR, and while we may not expect a ton from a segment that often still feels like it’s just getting going, there were certainly surprises. If you’re a GTA or … Continue reading.

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Facebook’s Presence Platform Offers New Mixed Reality Tools

VRScout

The company states that its new platform will serve as the backbone for its rapidly-growing metaverse. During today’s Facebook Connect conference, Facebook rolled out its vision of the metaverse in a series of exciting announcements. This includes the Presence Platform, a suite of new tools that will let you build more connected experiences that allow you to move easily between worlds.

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1,000-Year-Old Gold Mask Found in Tomb Was Painted With Human Blood

GizModo VR

A team of researchers recently investigated the paint coating a 1,000-year-old gold mask taken from an elite tomb of a community in western Peru that is today known as the Sicán. They were intrigued to find that the bright red paint contained human blood. 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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Facebook’s First Full AR Glasses are Code Named ‘Project Nazare’

Road to VR

It’s clear Facebook is working on all-day AR headsets, and although they still aren’t showing any hardware just yet, company CEO Mark Zuckerberg mentioned today at Facebook Connect 2021 that it’s indeed still full steam ahead on its first “fully-fledged augmented reality glasses,” revealing the code name ‘Project Nazare’ “The ultimate goal here is true augmented reality glasses.

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Meta is axing Oculus, but there’s good news too

Slashgear

Earlier today, Facebook revealed that it’s changing its name. Facebook, the corporation, will now be known as Meta. While Meta will continue to offer separate brands like Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, the company will no longer share its name with its most popular app offering. As it turns out, this restructuring isn’t just changing things at the corporate level, as … Continue reading.

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Everything We Know About Project Cambria, Facebook’s New XR Headset

VRScout

The company is working on a “higher-end” Oculus headset that features a variety of game-changing technology. During today’s Facebook Connect conference, the company, now called ‘Meta,’ revealed a new addition to its lineup of Oculus hardware. Code-named ‘Project Cambria,’ this mysterious XR device will feature a variety of game-changing features that will, according to Meta, provide a “higher-end” experience compared to the Oculus Quest 2.

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New Squid Game Cryptocurrency Launches as Obvious Scam

GizModo VR

Have you heard about the new Squid Game cryptocurrency? It’s up over 2,000% in the past two days, prompting news outlets like the BBC and Business Insider to write about the token. But unfortunately, it’s a total scam. 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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Facebook’s Latest Avatar System is Finally Rolling Out to All Quest Developers in December

Road to VR

At Facebook Connect today the company announced it’s finally making the SDK for its latest Oculus Avatars available starting in December, which will allow any developer to integrate the company’s avatars into their third-party apps and games. Facebook began rolling out its latest avatars in the Oculus Avatars 2.0 update in March, which creates new default avatars for the company’s first-party social VR platform, Facebook Horizon.

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Apple's M1 Pro, M1 Max SoCs Investigated: New Performance and Efficiency Heights

Anand Tech

Last week, Apple had unveiled their new generation MacBook Pro laptop series, a new range of flagship devices that bring with them significant updates to the company’s professional and power-user oriented user-base. The new devices particularly differentiate themselves in that they’re now powered by two new additional entries in Apple’s own silicon line-up, the M1 Pro and the M1 Max.

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Facebook Reveals Customizable ‘Horizon Workrooms’, Work Accounts

VRScout

Facebook unveils new updates to its VR coworking platform as well as a new-and-improved Oculus for Business program. Facebook Connect 2021 continues to deliver, with the company today announcing several exciting business-related features for the Oculus Quest 2. In addition to the new Horizon Home workplace environment, the company today announced that you’ll soon have the ability to customize your Horizon Workrooms.

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A Cheap Antidepressant Can Keep Covid-19 Patients Out of the Hospital, Large Trial Finds

GizModo VR

A cheap and widely available drug used as an antidepressant now also appears to be a lifesaving covid-19 treatment. In a newly published, large-scale clinical trial, the drug fluvoxamine was shown to reduce the risk of prolonged hospitalization as well as death in high-risk patients treated at an emergency room.… Read more.

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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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Facebook’s 2021 XR Investments to Total $10 Billion, Even More in 2022 & Beyond

Road to VR

In the company’s Q3 2021 earnings call Facebook today said it expects its XR investments this year to top $10 billion, and advised investors that it plans to spend even more than that in subsequent years. Facebook’s top brass believe so deeply that XR and the metaverse will be a transformative computing platform that they are dropping tens of billions of dollars in investments aimed to give them a head start in the space.

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Does listening to languages in your sleep help you learn them faster?

Digital Trends

Can you learn a language by listening to it in your sleep? The science isn't clear-cut, but recent research suggests sleep-listening might indeed be beneficial.

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‘Horizon Home’ Social Spaces Announced For Oculus Quest 2

VRScout

Design your own virtual home and invite your friends to hang out, watch videos, or party up before a game. Facebook today unveiled Horizon Home, a custom social space where you can invite friends to hang out and watch videos before jumping into an experience. Launching soon on Oculus Quest 2 headsets, Horizon Home will serve as your personal home in the company’s continually-growing metaverse.

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Why a Gun Loaded With Blanks Can Still Kill You

GizModo VR

The phrase “shooting blanks” has passed into colloquialism. But, literally speaking, what does it mean to shoot blanks? And why can people who get shot with blank ammunition still die? We’ll explain what blanks are, why they’re used, and why they can still kill you. Read more.

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The Key to Getting the Best Out of Video-Based Practice & Coaching

Speaker: Micah Eppler, Account Executive for Rehearsal of eLearning Brothers

Did you know that companies such as Paychex, 3M, and Honeywell are getting better results by incorporating video-based practice and coaching within their L&D strategy? From sales pitches to soft skills, learners are becoming top performers by applying and validating knowledge transfer using the unique benefits of video. Whether used as a stand-alone application or integrated with a learning platform, video-based practice and coaching platforms give learners the ultimate opportunity to repeatedly