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This ‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Mod is the John Wick VR Game We Always Wanted

3 years ago
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Half-Life: Alyx (2020) has been in the wild for a little under two years now, and modders have been busy using it to make cool stuff—just like they did with the original Half-Life (1998). Enter ‘Gunman Contracts’, a multi-chapter mod that scores some serious style points while smartly leveraging Valve’s Source 2 for some John Wick-style […]

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VR’s Biggest Ad Yet Pushed ‘Meta Quest’ to a National Audience During the Super Bowl

3 years ago
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It’s hard to find a single event with a bigger audience than the Super Bowl, which has made it one of the hottest pieces of advertising real estate anywhere. Meta went big this year with a 60 second ad spot that served to both promote VR to a national audience and solidify its rebranding from […]

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Vein, Eye Scans as Russian Cargo Mission Orbits Toward Station

3 years ago
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Vein scans and hardware maintenance kept the Expedition 66 crew busy on Tuesday aboard the International Space Station. Meanwhile, Russia’s 80th space station cargo mission is orbiting Earth and on schedule to arrive at the orbiting lab early Thursday. Three astronauts were scheduled on Tuesday afternoon for a series of vein and eye scans with …
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Russian Cargo Craft Blasts off to Resupply Station

3 years ago
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The uncrewed Russian Progress 80 is safely in orbit headed for the International Space Station following launch at 11:25 p.m. EST (9:25 a.m. on Feb. 15 Baikonur time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The resupply ship reached preliminary orbit and deployed its solar arrays and navigational antennas as planned on its way to meet …
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Russian Cargo Craft Launching to Station Live on NASA TV

3 years ago
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NASA Television, the agency’s website and the NASA app now are providing live coverage of the launch of a Russian cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station. The uncrewed Russian Progress 80 is scheduled to lift off on a Soyuz rocket at 11:25 p.m. EST (9:25 a.m. on Feb. 15 Baikonur time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome …
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Big XR News from McDonalds, Snap, Basemark, and Unity

3 years ago
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Four of the world’s biggest brands made headlines after stepping up efforts to enter the Metaverse and develop next-generation solutions for the future spatial communications platform. McDonald’s, Unity, Snap, and Basemark delivered their use cases for virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (VR/AR/MR), which showcased fresh approaches to immersive technologies. Here are the biggest stories from […]
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VR, Metaverse Insurance Claims Jump 31 Percent

3 years ago
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Aviva, the UK’s biggest insurance firm, revealed in a report that claims on accidents from Metaverse and virtual reality (VR) devices spiked 31 percent last year, the Guardian reported on Monday. According to the London-based company, some injuries have involved people shattering light fixtures, punching ceiling fans, crashing into furniture, breaking televisions, and others, sending […]
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InVeris to Debut AR Trainer at World Defense Show

3 years ago
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InVeris Training Solutions (IVTS) is set to debut its See-Rehearse-Collectively Experience (SRCE) augmented reality (AR) solution at a major upcoming event, it announced on Monday. The defence training firm will unveil its world-first SRCE platform at World Defence Show in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, which will allow military personnel and law enforcement to practice full-scale missions […]
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What Is the Blockchain?

3 years ago
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The blockchain refers to a data storage and transmission protocol based on an architecture of connected ‘blocks’. Cryptographer David Chaum first mentioned the concept of the blockchain in his 1982 dissertation, Computer Systems Established, Maintained, and Trusted by Mutually Suspicious Groups, but at that time, the technology did not exist to make it viable.   […]
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Instagram Adds Stories Likes to Provide Insight on Viewer Engagement

3 years ago
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The option provides a low-touch way to engage with Stories, which could have a big impact.