Watch & Learn: Network Upgrades Connect Students to Immersive Experiences

January 18, 2023

Interactive and immersive technologies, like augmented and virtual reality and esports, are trending in K–12 schools. Educators and IT teams are working together to bring these elements to students as a way to engage them in learning and prepare them for future STEM careers.
At Compton Unified School District in California, staff quickly found that introducing these advanced technologies strained the school’s bandwidth. The resulting slow speeds made VR feel less immersive and eliminated the option to compete in esports leagues.
Michele Dawson, the district’s senior director of educational…

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The hype around esports is fading, as teams and organizations shrink due to a weak sponsorship and ad market, falling VC investment, and the crypto meltdown (Cecilia D’Anastasio/Bloomberg)

Cecilia D’Anastasio / Bloomberg:
The hype around esports is fading, as teams and organizations shrink due to a weak sponsorship and ad market, falling VC investment, and the crypto meltdown — The once-thriving esports industry has fallen on hard times as funding sources dwindle and signs abound that athletic competition via video games …

December 9, 2022

CITE 2022: Where Should Schools Start When Building an Esports Program?

Esports is growing in schools around the country, and organizations are working with districts to build this activity into curricula and after-school programs.
“We’re working to legitimize esports,” said Carolyn Navarro, an executive assistant for the North America Scholastic Esports Federation, during the California Esports Roundtable at the California IT in Education conference.
Heidi Baynes and Steve Hickman, educational technology coordinators for the Riverside County Office of Education, also spoke on how their office is supporting schools’ implementation of esports programs.
“We’re…

December 3, 2022

A look at HoloLens’ development, as Microsoft spurned an early lead in AR to cede ground to Meta and others; one executive blames a lack of money and people (Aaron Tilley/Wall Street Journal)

Aaron Tilley / Wall Street Journal:
A look at HoloLens’ development, as Microsoft spurned an early lead in AR to cede ground to Meta and others; one executive blames a lack of money and people — Problems plagued development of its HoloLens augmented reality headset; ‘we had the opportunity to own this market’

October 26, 2022

A US judge dismisses an indictment against Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou, formally ending a criminal sanctions case that strained US-China relations (Reuters)

Reuters:
A US judge dismisses an indictment against Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou, formally ending a criminal sanctions case that strained US-China relations — A U.S. judge on Friday dismissed an indictment against Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of Huawei Technologies Co [RIC:RIC:HWT.UL] …

December 3, 2022

Mark Cuban’s interactive streaming app Fireside acquires streaming platform Stremium and plans to launch on smart TVs, Amazon Fire TV, Roku, and other devices (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Mark Cuban’s interactive streaming app Fireside acquires streaming platform Stremium and plans to launch on smart TVs, Amazon Fire TV, Roku, and other devices — Mark Cuban-backed streaming app Fireside, which today offers podcasters and other creators a way to host interactive …

November 23, 2022

Ookla says download and upload speeds for SpaceX’s Starlink have seen a sharp drop from Q1 to Q2 globally, amid network congestion due to soaring popularity (Michael Kan/PCMag)

Michael Kan / PCMag:
Ookla says download and upload speeds for SpaceX’s Starlink have seen a sharp drop from Q1 to Q2 globally, amid network congestion due to soaring popularity — Median download speeds for Starlink users in the US reached only 62.53Mbps during the second quarter, a significant decrease from 90.55Mbps in Q1, according to Ookla.

September 22, 2022

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