Have you ever been in a VR conference call and thought, well, I know what everyone looks like from the front, but what about the other sides? The Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications has your back — and theirs. Researchers there have created a powerful multi-camera setup that captures every aspect of someone in 3D and dumps it straight into a VR experience. Read MoreDaily Archives: September 1, 2016
Have you ever been in a VR conference call and thought, well, I know what everyone looks like from the front, but what about the other sides? The Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications has your back — and theirs. Researchers there have created a powerful multi-camera setup that captures every aspect of someone in 3D and dumps it straight into a VR experience. Read More
Zume Pizza founder Julia Collins and her Elon Musk-esque approach to pizza doesn’t care much for the rest of the pizza industry. In her mind, the pizzavations of the previous decades are irrelevant if the pies arrive soggy, cold and packed with chemicals. She is taking on the pizzastablishment with robots, a truck, 56 ovens, a passionate staff and some predictive analytics.… Read MoreRobots and on-board ovens deliver on Zume’s promise of better ...
Samsung is looking into reports from multiple users that the recently released Galaxy Note 7 has issues wherein a few phones have exploded during charging. A Samsung spokesperson told TechCrunch that they’re “conducting a through inspection,” and Korean news agency Yonhap reported earlier that a potential recall of the all Note 7 devices is one option on the table.… Read MoreSamsung investigating reports of Galaxy Note 7 explosions
Today in part 23 of our series entitled Goofy Rich Person Gadgetry, we present the MB&F Balthazar, a posable robot that tells the time and has a “dark side.” First, a little context. This is basically a “novelty” designed by a watchmaker to sell to rich people. It’s entirely hand made and features an exposed mechanism and dual dials that tell the time.… Read MoreGlitzy watch manufacturer MB&F announces the Balthazar clockwork robot
That’s what we call a teeny tiny fuckup. Beats sent a press release to iGen.fr and other French media outlets saying that they should expect new Beats products on September 7 during Apple’s press conference. There was also a screenshot of the official Apple media invite so that it was 100% clear for everyone that Beats was talking about Apple’s event. But this leak is… Read MoreGet ready for the new Beats (wireless?) headphones at iPhone ...
Rumor has it that Apple is about to introduce an Apple Watch 2 on September 7, alongside a new iPhone. While many leaks indicate that the Apple Watch will have more or less a similar design as the original watch, a new leak from Byte shows that t...
The Apple Watch 2 could have a bigger battery for ...
Fancy pens are fancy. They’re nice to own, really great to write with, and awful pretty. But what happens when you mash up fancy pen manufacturer Montblanc with some digital paper? Baby, you got a 21st century stew goin’. Montblanc calls it Montblanc Augmented Paper and it’s basically specially coded (and coated) paper that lets the pen and notebook sense their position. The… Read MoreMontblanc enters the 21st century with a fancy digital pen
What’s GoPro going to bring to the table or drone photography? We’ll find out September 19, according to the action camera maker’s official Twitter account. A short teaser for its upcoming Karma drone, which was originally due out in the first half of 2016 before a delay.
Change is in the air. Karma takes flight 9.19.16. https://t.co/UAcbQ0p20s #GoProKarma #GoPro… Read MoreGoPro’s Karma drone gets its debut on September 19
Google is today expanding access to its “Early Access” beta testing program to more developers. This program, launched earlier this spring, gave Android developers the ability to better reach early adopters will to try their app while still in beta, ahead of its public launch. Through the “Early Access” section on the Google Play Store, users could discover a… Read More
Google Play’s beta testing program “Early Access” opens to more ...
Desktop 3D printers have long had a tough road to legitimacy. For as long as the space has existed, critics have questioned their purpose beyond the creation of simple, plastic ephemera. It’s been a tough charge to escape, particularly for those running in the thousands of dollars; as such, it’s probably no surprise that the market has seen, to put it mildly, a cooling off.… Read More