How Google’s New Career Certificates Could Disrupt the College Degree
Each of the new certificate programs is available on the online course platform Coursera, which works with universities and organizations like Google to offer courses, certifications, and degrees in various subjects. Students will need to enroll with Coursera to take the new certificate programs.
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more on microcredentialing in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=microcredential
The Future of Augmented Reality and AI
https://www.thevrara.com/events/2021/3/30/register-for-our-online-event-the-future-of-augmented-reality-and-ai-with-ibm-nueyestech-avatarpartners-vrara-orangecounty
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more on AR in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=Augmented+reality
Why do Americans share so much fake news? One big reason is they aren’t paying attention, new research suggests
a new study in Nature
Lack of attention was the driving factor behind 51.2% of misinformation sharing among social media users who participated in an experiment conducted by a group of researchers from MIT, the University of Regina in Canada, University of Exeter Business School in the United Kingdom and Center for Research and Teaching in Economics in Mexico.
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more on fake news in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=fake+news
Ming-Chi Kuo says it will weigh less than 150 grams
A weight of 150 grams would make Apple’s headset lighter than the Oculus Quest 2 (503 grams), Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 (645 grams), and the Valve Index (809 grams). It would be lighter than Google’s Daydream View, a fabric VR headset designed to hold your phone, which weighed 220 grams. The headset could even be lighter than your iPhone, given that the standard iPhone 12 weighs 164 grams.
The headset, codenamed “N301,” may also have 8K displays, eye-tracking technology, and more than a dozen cameras to both track your hand movements and capture footage that can be displayed inside the headsetapp
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https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims/2021/03/25/tech-cycle-ar-vr/
Defining a Tech Cycle and Where Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality Stand
Defining a Tech Cycle and Where Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality Stand
we have started a new tech cycle, with the combination of augmented reality, virtual reality, and artificial intelligence.
tech cycle definition:
A tech cycle is usually a 30-35 year-long period that begins with the early commercialization of a group of technologies and ends with the mass adoption and daily use of the technologies by consumers, businesses and organizations.
Predictions For the XR Tech Space
Some predict the rise of AR glasses, leading to the death of smartphones. Others dream of a future where VR replaces the need to go to a physical office, with most meetings taking place in virtual environments. AI will come to life with AI-controlled avatars participating in VR worlds and advising as our own AR advisors and consultants.
We are still in the early innings of this tech cycle, we are looking at the beginning of the adoption of AR, VR, and AI (mass adoption is quite a few years out). This inevitable future has been accelerated by COVID-19, as many have turned to virtual reality and augmented reality as ways to socialize while keeping a social distance.
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https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims/2021/03/25/apple-headset/
GESS Education Keynote: How AR/VR is Transforming Learning During the Pandemic
https://www.digitalbodies.net/learning/gess-education-keynote-how-ar-vr-is-transforming-learning-during-the-pandemic/
My ultimate question in the GESS Education keynote: will the global pandemic launch us in the Metaverse?
What Is Starlink? SpaceX’s Much-Hyped Satellite Internet Service Explained
Are you curious about Starlink and whether Elon Musk’s satellite internet technology is right for you? We answer the most pressing questions about the system that’s currently shaking up the ISP market.
Installing fiber in a city, and bringing Gigabit broadband to million of customers is certainly lucrative, but not so much in a rural area home to only a few hundred people.
The satellite internet system from SpaceX is capable of delivering 150Mbps internet speeds to theoretically any place on the planet. All the customer needs is a clear view of the sky.
Starlink currently costs $99 a month. You’ll also have to pay a one-time $499 fee for the Starlink satellite dish and Wi-Fi router, which the company will ship to your home.
Starlink is currently delivering 80Mbps to 150Mbps in download speeds and about 30Mbps in upload speeds, according to users. Meanwhile, latency comes in at around 30 milliseconds, which is on par with ground-based internet. Later this year, SpaceX plans on bumping up the download speeds to 300Mbps, while bringing down the latency to 20ms.
https://youtu.be/5plhVEmHjWE