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I had a blast playing ‘Squid Game Virtuals’ at a VR arcade — but here’s why I likely won’t return

GeekWire

(Sandbox VR Photo) After years of hype, virtual reality still hasn’t achieved mainstream consumer adoption. We spent a weeknight at Sandbox VR in Seattle, one of more than 45 locations worldwide where the San Francisco-based startup offers virtual reality experiences for groups of 2-to-6 people. ”

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Facebook’s new virtual meeting app is ‘great news’ and ‘validating’ for these Seattle entrepreneurs

GeekWire

Facebook today unveiled its vision for the future of work: a virtual reality experience called Horizon Workrooms that uses avatars and VR headsets to replicate in-person collaboration. “It will cause more people to experiment with virtual workspaces and consider using them as a key part of their remote or hybrid teams.”

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Balancing Creativity and Curriculum: The Art of Innovative Content Development

Kitaboo

To create dynamic eLearning content for online learners, managing editors should implement innovative curriculum development strategies. In this blog post, we will discuss a few principles of curriculum development strategies in eLearning to help you globally design effective and engaging K12 educational content for learners.

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UW student projects highlight how WebXR ‘levels the playing field’ with remote VR/AR development

GeekWire

University of Washington students this week presented demos of their augmented, virtual and mixed reality apps developed over the last quarter, ranging from a game of virtual dodgeball to a customizable zen garden. Like last year, the UW’s Allen School and Reality Lab held the capstone course virtually.

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The box is open: AWS Center for Quantum Computing is definitely alive at Caltech

GeekWire

” The center will bring together AWS developers and academic researchers, not just from Caltech but from other institutions around the country, to solve problems standing in the way of a quantum computing revolution. Another Caltech luminary, John Preskill, joined Amazon’s quantum research effort last year. ”

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After outcry, Apple will let developers challenge App Store guidelines

The Verge

Apple today announced two major changes to how it handles App Store disputes with third-party developers. The first is that Apple will now allow developers to appeal a specific violation of an App Store guideline, and that there will also be a separate process for challenging the guideline itself. Apple has approved HEY for iOS 1.0.2

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Corporate Training & Development Trends to Watch Out for in 2020

Kitaboo

What employees require is growth and development opportunities; the lack of which compels them to leave the organization. Leveraging the latest trends in learning and development is therefore, the need of the hour. The last few years have witnessed a tremendous change in training and development techniques. Virtual Reality.