What do Family Guy and smart refrigerators have in common? Not much, you’d think, but Samsung and London-based advertising agency BBH found inspiration in the strangest of places. They today launched Doorways, an augmented reality (AR) experience at IFA 2018 that lets users step into a Griffin house outfitted with Samsung smart home appliance…Read More Source:...
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Microsoft announces Windows 10 October 2018 Update
Microsoft today revealed that the next free Windows 10 update is called the Windows 10 October 2018 Update. For those keeping track, this is Windows 10 version 1809. Although the company had not announced this update before today, Windows Insiders have been getting builds from Windows 10’s RS5 branch since February. Windows 10 October 2018...
Stop your gamers from screwing themselves and you over (VB Live)
VB LIVE: With every instance of fraud, your game’s reputation takes a nose dive, driving away customers and directly impacting your bottom line. But fraud has always been notoriously difficult to combat — until now. To learn how machine learning and AI can keep your game and players safe from online criminals, don’t miss this...
GPU shipments confirm that the crypto-mining craze is behind us for now
One day, you’ll have the chance to look a young person in the eye and tell them that you lived through the GPU drought of 2017. And that young person will turn up the volume on their brain-implanted computer and ignore you. But forget about Generation Omega or whatever we’ll call them — now is...
Osmo Super Studio makes kids’ hand-drawn Mickey Mouse art come to life
Classroom walls and refrigerators are home to so many kids’ hand-drawn works of art, and now those drawings can come to life with Osmo Super Studio featuring Disney’s Mickey Mouse & Friends. Augmented reality kids app maker Osmo has teamed up with Disney for the first time to combine its reflective artificial intelligence system wit…Read...
Apple’s Akonia Holographics deal will redefine the weak AR market
ANALYSIS: It’s no surprise at this point that Apple is actively working on augmented reality glasses. A secretive project has been underway for years under the management of former Dolby executive Mike Rockwell, and Apple has broadly hinted that its AR ambitions extend beyond the iPhone’s and iPad’s ARKit software. While Apple…Read More Source: Apple’s Akonia...
Battlefield V delay: No longer the meat in the Red Dead/Black Ops sandwich
Electronic Arts announced today that it has delayed Battlefield V from October 19 to November 20. The World War II military shooter is Electronic Arts’ only major holiday release, and it originally intended to launch it October 19. That would have put it between Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 on October 12 and Red...
Apple acquires Akonia Holographics, a startup that makes lenses for AR glasses
(Reuters) — Apple has acquired a startup focused on making lenses for augmented reality glasses, the company confirmed on Wednesday, a signal Apple has ambitions to make a wearable device that would superimpose digital information on the real world. Apple confirmed it acquired Longmont, Colorado-based Akonia Holographics. “Apple buys smaller…Read More Source: Apple acquires Akonia...
GamesBeat Decides 94: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Simulator 2018
GamesBeat PC gaming editor Jeffrey Grubb hurt his hand after 80 hours of Dead Cells and poor posture, and now he’s going to whine to you about it. If that sounds like your kind of content, you can tune into this week’s GamesBeat Decides podcast with co-host Mike Minotti to listen in. On this episode,...
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles leads vast expansion of medical VR training for doctors
Virtual reality is starting to pay off in the medical field, as one major VR pilot test is being expanded to train more doctors. In 2016, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) partnered with Facebook and Oculus and developers AiSolve and BioflightVR to create and deploy medical VR simulations that replicate pediatric emergencies difficult to train…Read...
