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MAR 10 2017

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VR museums, personable robots, and the One Weekly’s new home

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One Weekly, one place

We’ve all done it. We’re at a party trying to relay the details of an article we read in the One Weekly, but you just can’t quite remember. Next time that happens, rather than sort through your inbox, head to our brand new Weekly Archive page for all of the One Weeklys, all in one place. Plus, it’s easier than ever to send the subscription link to your friends!

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Our kind of town

Got a case of the winter blues? Fighting a losing battle against Chicago’s relentless wind tunnels? Here are 67 reasons why Chicago is the greatest. After all, festival season is only a month in a half away. 

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Meet Mimic

This lil’ robot might not have human-like features like eyes or a voice, but it was programmed to use its personality to interact with people nearby. Using a blend of qualities like trust, interest, and curiosity, the engineers also built an advanced taxonomy for body language for the robot to use to communicate. The result is a robot that gives you the same feels as WALL-E. 

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Loop Dreamz

Want to go to an art museum without leaving your couch? Now you can. Giphy’s freshly launched Museum of Gif Art (MoGa) can only be accessed in VR. Explore the multi-room visual gallery featuring never before seen works from Julian Glander, Phyllis Ma, Stuart Wade, Laura Brothers and Martin Onassis on your VR headset today. 

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User persona overkill

We could talk forever about the right way to construct user stories. From job stories to journey mapping, there’s a seemingly endless amount of formats to use. This is a nice reminder that at the end of the day, constructing user stories should be about intent and not format. 

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How Planet Earth gets that cinematic style

BBC’s Planet Earth is able to tell a much more intimate, immersive story of nature in its latest installment, Planet Earth 2. The cinematic style has allowed BBC to go from telling a great story to establishing an emotional connection between the audience and the animals they are watching because technology has allowed cameras to be closer than ever to animals and their experiences.