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Roblox, Facebook See the ‘Metaverse’ as Key to the Internet’s Next Phase

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Read Meghan Bobrowsky explain why Facebook and Roblox see The Metaverse as the key to the Internet’s next phase on Wall Street Journal : A new tech-industry battle is taking shape over the “metaverse” as companies such as Facebook Inc. work to shape a virtual realm that most consumers don’t yet know […].

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Virtual Bookshelf: Your All-You-Can-Read Digital Library

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What is a virtual bookshelf? As the name suggests, a virtual bookshelf is an online space that allows you to store the books you are reading or track the ones that you want to read in a virtual environment. A virtual bookshelf is a programmatic method to create an interactive bookshelf to store and read digital books online.

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Google Acquires Drone Maker Titan Aerospace

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Two examples: this year, Facebook acquired virtual reality firm Oculus in an effort to develop new communication lines, and Google purchased DeepMind, pushing into the artificial intelligence sphere. Like Google’s hot air balloons, the drones can beam the Internet down to Earth, but unlike balloons, the drones are not disabled by bad weather.

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‘That rhythm is gone’: Washington state legislators on the pros and cons of virtual government

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The Washington State Capitol is quiet amid the pandemic as legislators work virtually. But the capitol grounds were eerily quiet in Olympia as the committee hearings took place virtually, like nearly all of the legislature’s proceedings this session. It’s not really working,” Barkis concluded of virtual legislating.

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Interactive eBooks: The Future of Digital Textbooks Unveiled

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Future Trends in Interactive Digital Textbooks Virtual and Augmented Reality Artificial Intelligence Mobile Learning IV. Learners are engrossed and retain more while watching video demos, virtual experiments, participating in interactive quizzes, and more, than passively reading through the lines of a book.

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Pedal to the metaverse: This Seattle techie found real-world pain driving on a simulated racetrack

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“I’ve never been there so I wanted to kind of learn the track and drive it in the virtual world before I drive it in the real world,” Chang said of his COTA practice session. With interest in virtual reality devices growing, “so is their reputation for being a source of pain and embarrassment,” the Journal said.

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Coca-Cola Names Alan Boehme CTO, Replacing Jim Scholefield

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The Wall Street Journal reported that Coca-Cola has named Alan Boehme as CTO: Mr. Boehme has led Coke’s enterprise architecture, innovation and emerging technologies for the past four years. If you look at what the challenges are in corporations today; it’s agility, speed to market,” he said at the time.

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