Archive for the ‘virtual reality’ category: Page 54
Dec 2, 2015
Samsung gives you a new way to browse the web — virtual reality
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: internet, mobile phones, virtual reality
Samsung Mobile is building a virtual reality browser.
Maybe it’s my game industry roots talking, but when I think of virtual reality, the last thing I imagine is checking updates on Facebook or poking through a Reddit thread.
Yet come tomorrow, December 2, Samsung is going to provide proof of this concept with a virtual reality web browser called the Samsung Internet for Gear VR. Users of the Samsung S6 family of mobile phones and the Samsung Note 4 or 5 — coupled with the Samsung Gear VR unit — will be able to shake their head in disgust watching Black Friday fight videos and scan for offensive tweets on Twitter from the glorious world of virtual reality. The app will support HTML5 based videos, as well as 3D streaming and 360-degree content.
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Nov 26, 2015
Apple Confirms Faceshift Acquisition
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: virtual reality
A spokesperson from Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) has confirmed that Apple has acquired face motion capture software developer Faceshift, TechCrunch reports. Though Apple hasn’t disclosed its strategic objectives, it seems likely that Faceshift’s technology can enhance several Apple products.
“Apple buys smaller technology companies from time to time, and we generally do not discuss our purpose or plans,” was Apple’s stock comment. However, the previously rumored acquisition has been confirmed, and it appears that several Faceshift employees are now working for Apple.
Note: You might be interested in ‘10 reasons why Apple stock is underpriced’
Nov 23, 2015
This is the first commercial for a mainstream virtual reality headset
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: virtual reality
Nov 21, 2015
Why it matters that you realize you’re in a computer simulation
Posted by Odd Edges in categories: entertainment, futurism, philosophy, virtual reality
What if our universe is something like a computer simulation, or a virtual reality, or a video game? The proposition that the universe is actually a computer simulation was furthered in a big way during the 1970s, when John Conway famously proved that if you take a binary system, and subject that system to only a few rules (in the case of Conway’s experiment, four); then that system creates something rather peculiar.
Nov 20, 2015
A Virtual Reality Revolution, Coming to a Headset Near You — By Lorne Manly | The New York Times
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: business, hardware, innovation, journalism, media & arts, virtual reality, wearables
Nov 16, 2015
#24 AVATAR TECHNOLOGY DIGEST / Get a Virtual-Reality Punch
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: 3D printing, biotech/medical, mobile phones, robotics/AI, virtual reality
Welcome to #24 Avatar Technology Digest! We provide you with the latest news on Technology, Medical Cybernetics and Artificial Intelligence the best way we can. Here are the top stories of the last week!
1) Did you know that Disney does more than shoot box office hits and sell toys to your kids? They also have a very active Research Department that specializes in a variety of applications that can be used throughout the Disney empire. And now another interesting innovation has come out of the Research Department, as they have developed a method for generating those 3D printable robots without the need for time and energy-consuming work at all.
2) Being able to identify problems with a person’s body without subjecting them to invasive procedures is the fantasy of all Star Trek doctors. There’s even a prize offering a fortune to anyone who can effectively recreate the tricorder technology out in the real world. Now, Stanford scientists think that they’ve developed a system that, in time, could be used to spot cancerous tumors from a foot away.
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Nov 16, 2015
Researchers suggest that the universe could be a computer simulation: Is it possible?
Posted by Andreas Matt in categories: alien life, computing, robotics/AI, virtual reality
It‘s older, but interesting!
The year is 2050 and super-intelligent robots have emerged as the masters of Earth. Unfortunately, you have no idea of that fact because we are immersed in a computer simulation set decades ago. Everything you see and touch has now been created and programmed by machines that use mankind for their own benefit. This radical theory, demonstrated in numerous books and science fiction films, has been, and is currently regarded by science as possible; Moreover, scientists are taking this theory to a cosmic level and even believe that if only one extraterrestrial civilization in the universe go the technological level to “emulate” an entire “multiverse,” then even our probes and space telescopes, which are out there exploring the universe, belong to that “creepy simulation.”
Nov 12, 2015
Simulation startup Improbable wants to make The Matrix possible
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: virtual reality
Improbable unveils Spatial OS platform that can simulate cities and could one day predict the future.
