Archive for the ‘entertainment’ category: Page 69
May 19, 2019
MIT Prof: If We Live in a Simulation, Are We Players or NPCs?
Posted by Quinn Sena in category: entertainment
May 17, 2019
New “Minecraft” Game Will Let You Build Stuff in the Real World
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: augmented reality, entertainment, mobile phones
“Minecraft Earth,” announced today, will allow users to collect items, blocks, and creatures while roaming around in the real world with other real-world friends — think of it as a “Minecraft”-themed “Pokémon Go” experience, but with more fishing, building and resource management.
While the extremely popular smartphone game “Pokémon Go” relied on augmented reality only minimally, the new “Minecraft” title will double down on the technology. A new feature called Azure Spatial Anchors will allow users to plop down objects in augmented reality — and persist indefinitely. Other users will also be able to interact with those same objects.
The goal is to eventually have players build their own “Minecraft” worlds for others to experience in augmented reality through their phones.
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May 17, 2019
Jet Engine VS Captain America Shield (MAKE IT BREAK)
Posted by Quinn Sena in category: entertainment
Battle your way through a visually-stunning realistic fantasy RPG with hundreds of Champions from 16 playable factions.
To save the world of Teleria, you will recruit its most legendary warriors from the forces of Light and Darkness. You must train these champions to fight together, mold them into living weapons, and assemble the most epic raiding parties ever seen.
Your path to victory will see you will master strategies to defeat dozens of boss battles, slay dragons, and crush opponents in the PVP Arena.
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May 17, 2019
XPS 15 2-in-1’s maglev keyboard may find its way into other Dell laptops — Frank Azor
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: computing, entertainment
Much ado has been made of Dell’s new maglev keyboard, currently exclusive to the XPS 15 9575 2-in-1. Utilizing rare-earth magnets to repulse the keys back up once depressed, the keyboard still provides a decent amount of feedback despite its meager 0.7mm of travel.
In a late March webcast for Dell’s new products, the company’s Vice President & General Manager Alienware, Gaming and XPS, Frank Azor, mentioned that the keyboard could be adopted in more of Dell’s laptops — if it proves popular.
The major advantage of design is that it allows the laptop to be thinner, but not everyone is a fan. Though it provides more travel and feedback than Apple’s much-maligned “butterfly” keyboard, initial reviews suggest that the keyboard is basically tolerable, but it isn’t going to replace a ThinkPad’s keyboard anytime soon.
May 17, 2019
Drone Could Help Firefighters
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: drones, entertainment
Latvian company Aerones created the machine, which — according to the company — can fly up to 984 feet, compared to 100-foot-height that firefighter ladders can reach. The drone is fitted with a water hose from a fire truck, and is controlled by a pilot on the ground remotely. However, the drone does suffer from low battery life, providing only 30 minutes flight time from a 90-minute charge. It’s still in development, but Aerones hopes to use the machine for real-life operations soon.
See more from Aerones: https://www.aerones.com/eng/
May 15, 2019
INVADER ZIM and ROCKO’S MODERN LIFE Films Coming This Summer to Netflix
Posted by Quinn Sena in category: entertainment
The Nickelodeon films for Invader Zim and Rocko’s Modern Life are both coming to Netflix this summer.
May 14, 2019
Artificial intelligence is helping old video games look like new
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: entertainment, robotics/AI
May 13, 2019
US Army to test radical ‘Iron Man’ bullet-proof liquid armour
Posted by Quinn Sena in category: entertainment
Circa 2016
U.Scientists are working on next-generation combat wear for soldiers inspired by the nano suit worn in the Iron Man films — and say it could be just two years away.
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May 12, 2019
Dream-recording tech is set to begin human test trials next year
Posted by Carse Peel in category: entertainment
Scientists want to capture your dreams like a movie — and human trials of the technology will start next year…
Recording and watching people’s dreams has been the subject of mind-bending films like ‘Until the End of the World,’ ‘Total Recall,’ ‘Strange Days’, ‘Minority Report’ and more recent hits like ‘Inception’ and ‘Captain Marvel’.
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