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Wednesday, November 12, 2014

$200 turns your Galaxy Note 4 into a VR headset

by Nicole Lee | @nicole | 36 minutes ago November 12th 2014 7:43 pm

Moments after Samsung announced that you could get a Gear VR as early as next month, Oculus released an all-important detail: its price. Oculus and Samsung are selling two versions of its Gear VR Innovator Edition -- the headset alone is $199, but the bundle that includes the Bluetooth gamepad will cost you $249. Also, do note that this particular Gear VR is designed for the Galaxy Note 4, which you will have to supply yourself in order to get that whole virtual reality experience. Seeing as a Note 4 will likely cost you around $300 on contract and upwards of $800 without, the total Gear VR experience is looking to be quite expensive -- starting at around $500 and almost $1,000 if you decide to go off-contract. That's considerably more than the $350 Oculus Rift DK2, though bear in mind that Oculus has yet to announce the consumer retail price of its Rift headset just yet.

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Thursday, September 25, 2014

A new project turns NYC subway ads into art... with an app

byEdgar Alvarez|@abcdedgar| 23 minuten geleden

Als je een inwoner van de Big Apple, of ooit hebt bezocht, dan weet je dat metro platformen zijn gevuld met advertenties--zelfs enkele van de auto's volledig in hen verpakt zijn. Dit is waar een nieuwe app geroepen No Ad komt. Gebouwd door Re + publiek, een team dat zich richt op het gebruik van technologie om te "veranderen de huidige verwachtingen van stedelijke media," is No Ad een vergrote werkelijkheid-toepassing die advertenties op de New York City metrosysteem vervangen door kunst. Het is simpel, echt. Alles wat je hoeft te doen is het downloaden van de app, beschikbaar voor iOS en Android, brand het omhoog, punt uw apparaat op een advertentie en, net als dat, ziet u een stuk van kunst te zien waar je anders zou zien corporate propaganda. Zoals het er nu ligt, heeft Re + publiek draaide 100 advertenties over de NYC subway compatibel met de No Ad app, met 50 kunstenaars hun werk aan het project bij te dragen. We hebben een voorgevoel Don Draper zou niet houd van dit idee teveel-- maar laten we eerlijk zijn, hij is waarschijnlijk te dronken te verzorgen.

Via: Co.Exist

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Tags: Advertenties, reclame, AR app, ARapp, Augmented Reality, AugmentedReality, mobilepostcross, geen advertentie, NYC, Subways verbergen opmerkingen 0Comments

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Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Touch+ turns any surface into a gesture controller for your PC

BYJon Fingas @jonfingas10 hours ago

Haptix (now Ractiv) promised a cheap sensor that would turn any surface into a multi-touch PC controller, and it's making good on its word today by shipping the device worldwide. The $75 add-on has received a new Touch+ name and a sleek redesign, but it otherwise uses the same basic concepts we saw when the project got its crowdfunding a year ago. Put the device on a desktop stand or a laptop and its dual cameras turn your finger movements into gestures; you can play a first-person shooter by swiping across your keyboard, or sketch in Photoshop using your desk as a drawing tablet. It's definitely not for everyone, but it might be up your alley if you'd rather not reach out to a touchscreen (or use Leap Motion's in-air tracking) just to get more advanced input than a run-of-the-mill mouse or trackpad.

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Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Government turns to robots for security interviews

BYTerrence O'Brien @TerrenceOBrien17 hours ago

National Center for Credibility Assessment is looking to bring the process of doling out national security clearances into the future. As it does more often than not, "the future" in this case means robots. Alright, well not robots exactly but a virtual avatar powered by a computer program. When you apply for security clearance, you first have to fill out a form that requires you to disclose all past drug use, crimes and mental health issues. Those same subjects are then revisited with an actual human, but the NCCA thinks it might be more effective to jump straight to an interview with a computer. In a study Army trainees were put through a mock interview with a racially ambiguous avatar. Turns out the pretend applicants were much more likely to admit to mental health problems or alcohol abuse when speaking to the computer than they were when filling out a form. Not only that, but at the end of the interview they simply volunteered additional info after being asked if their was anything else they'd like to talk about.

The program behind the interrogator is able to recognize responses from the subject and follow multiple branches of conversation, but it's not quite a proper artificial intelligence. It's more like a menu triggered by vocal cues. But by turning to machines, the government could reduce gender or cultural bias in interviews while also eliciting more honest responses from subjects. Though, the current system still includes connecting people up to traditional polygraph equipment and follow up interviews would need to be conducted with actual human beings. But the NCCA is still hopeful that they can save the government both time and money. We can only assume future iterations will include a proper AI and the ability to recognize human emotion. 0 Comments

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Oculus Rift turns 'X-Men' into a VR head trip

BYSteve Dent @Stevetdent3 hours ago

If you've every wanted to try X-Men-style telepathic brainwave amplification, Cerebro isn't real (yet) -- but the Oculus Rift is a damn good surrogate. 20th Century Fox will let you step into Charles Xavier's mind and don the futuristic headgear (the Rift, that is) at Comic-Con in San Diego, starting tonight. Each participant will be immersed in a three minute, panoramic VR presentation on a quest to find nudest of all mutants, Mystique, with the best reactions recorded on a GoPro for Facebook posterity. On top of the VR experience, Fox is offering a limited-edition, thousand-run of X-Men: The Cerebro Collection in a replica Cerebro helmet on pre-order for $80, or $90 with X-Men: Days of Future Past. The latter will also be up for pre-order at $23 alone and both will arrive October 14th, with the Digital HD version set to come on September 23rd. X-men Oculus VR Experience Press Gallery See all photos 13 Photos

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Monday, May 26, 2014

SmartGlass turns any surface into a touch-screen with heat AR and the tips of your fingers

A developer named Metaio believes it can an interface of Smartglass far more interesting than what Google is doing so far: who each surface can turn into a touchscreen. Unlike Disney INDULGENCE or this $ $ app Ubi Kinect, that can do similar things, Metaio technology follows the warmth of fingers, with infrared and a normal camera. When you touch something, the system ends the experiment with augmented reality – for example, 'by clicking on' as on a physical magazine shows an animation of the action by your Smartglass. While the distant future technology on the market the company said that it has many uses. People can use it to play virtual games, designers can show their creations in 3D it before the actual versions and it can add digital content for toys, among many other possibilities. Sounds interesting? You are in Santa Clara, California, you will see "touch" prototype at the World Expo the heat increased 27 to 29 may otherwise head shows after the break a video can make the interface in the future.

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Saturday, May 10, 2014

CNN turns Google Glass owners into citizen journalists

"An employee demonstrates how a pair of Google Glass connected glasses are capable of reading barcodes on day three of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014. Top telecommunication managers will rub shoulders in Barcelona this week at the Mobile World Congress, Monday, Feb. 24 - 27, a traditional venue for showcasing the latest products for dealmaking. Photographer: Angel Navarrete/Bloomberg via Getty Images" data-credit

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Tuesday, April 29, 2014

'Relics of Technology' turns dated gadgets into beautiful things

Photographer Jim Golden's latest project takes yesterday's daily drivers out of thrift stores bargain bins and puts them in the spotlight in gallery-quality photographs and GIFs. The series, titled Relics of Technology, which includes floppy disks, projectors and game controllers, elevates forgotten formats and form factors while underlining the ephemerality of technology. As Golden puts it, "These photos are reminders that progress has a price and our efforts have an expiration date."Jim Golden's Relics of Technology

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Tuesday, April 22, 2014

This onesie turns you into a walking WiFi hotspot

Forget carrying a separate hotspot router to have a local network wherever you go -- what if you were the hotspot? Fashion designer Borre Akkersdijk has come very, very close to making that vision a reality with his experimental BB.Suit. The goofy-looking cotton onesie is knitted using a special 3D technique that leaves space for WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS and NFC connections, turning the owner into an access point. Akkersdijk showed off the potential of the suit at South by Southwest, where it became a roving jukebox: attendees could both track it on Google Maps and upload songs through it to create a special playlist.

There are only two prototypes of the BB.Suit, and Akkersdijk knows that it has room to evolve; he'd like to work with technology companies to create a smart clothing platform. To him, smartwatches and other current head- and wrist-worn wearables are too ungainly. It may be a while before connected apparel is more stylish than this puffy design, though. They'll need slim, flexible electronics that can survive a washing machine. Until then, intelligent garments will likely remain too fragile and bulky for the fashionistas among us.

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Nintendo's Game Boy turns 25 today

Now we feel really old.

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