This week, developers found a way to bring roomscale to Google Daydream using the HTC Vive tracker, an AR headset is helping legally blind people to see and you can now have a piano duet with Google’s AI!
Google AI’s new piano duet capabilities, Google Daydream with roomscale and an AR headset helping the legally blind see!
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Virtual Reality
Roomscale VR with Google Daydream
Those HTC Vive trackers are already starting to find some neat uses! Here’s one that brings roomscale VR to Google Daydream!
Stanford is developing VR adaptive displays for short sighted wearers
No need to fit your glasses inside this potential headset!
Is it worth it to make games for the HTC Vive?
A freelance game marketing manager looks at his experiences so far.
New patent suggests Sony is working on Vive-like tracking for PSVR
Roomscale might be on its way for the PSVR some day.
Next Gear VR might come with a dedicated controller
If rumours are true, it’ll be released with the Galaxy S8 series smartphone.
AltspaceVR to host world’s first virtual reality wedding
It’ll happen in both VR and real life, that’s a lot of attendees!
HTC confirms we’ll get a Vive mobile VR headset
More details to come “in the coming months”.
ASUS plans to release a standalone VR headset later this year
It looks a little bit like the Google Daydream.
Augmented and Mixed Reality
Microsoft accelerates HoloLens V3 development, sidesteps V2
Rather than releasing the version 2 they had planned, they’re cancelling it and giving version 3 more attention. That’ll be out in 2019.
Portal in augmented reality with HoloLens
There was so much AR news last week that this one spilt over into this week, it’s a seriously cool project.
Physical black shade for MS HoloLens
Want full immersion on your HoloLens? Why not black everything else out? Genius!
The eSight 3 is an augmented reality headset designed to help the legally blind see
This is incredible. A great use of technology!
Wearables
The problem with Google Assistant on Android Wear and Google Home
It isn’t great with dealing with multiple instances of Google Assistant.
TAG Heuer to launch a new connected watch in mid-March
Rumoured to be coming out with “a unique set of features”.
LG Watch Style vs. Samsung Gear S3
A nice visual and spec focused comparison.
Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Vehicles and Robotics
This DARPA video targeting AI hype is necessary viewing
This DARPA video is a great, realistic look at the AI hype and where we’re at right now.
Announcing TensorFlow 1.0
TensorFlow hit version 1.0! It’s faster, more stable and still getting better!
Deep learning for noobs
Part two is also out and has some great info!
China’s artificial intelligence boom
China just might be surpassing the US in its progress with AI.
Using machine learning to predict parking difficulty
Google Maps have a neat way of working out parking difficulty on your route.
Google’s AI Duet lets you play piano with a robot
It’s open source too, so you could try making your own!
Bill Gates: the robot that takes your job should pay taxes
Bill Gates says companies use of robots should be taxed to slow the spread of automation temporarily.
There are a dozen ways to order a coffee. Why do dumb bots only allow one?
A look at whether it’s better to use decision trees or web views.
Abusing generative adversarial networks to make 8-bit pixel art
Using machine learning to create 8-bit pixel art! Very neat.
Internet of Things
Here’s what TfL learned from tracking your phone on the tube
Here’s what London’s transport learned from tracking travellers’ phones via Wi-Fi on the tube. Lots of data gathered for some pretty fine tuned tracking.
The Internet of Things invade power tools – is it good or bad?
Yep. How tools have evolved!
Mitigating the increasing risks of an insecure Internet of Things
Always great to look into ways to improve your IoT security!
The Internet of Things that can attack you
Forbes had a look at IoT security.
Alexa data analytics are a gold mine
There’s a lot there from custom skills that will be very valuable for Amazon.
New futuristic computers could completely eliminate the need for the cloud
This has the potential to increase the efficiency of the IoT.
Rheem residential equipment joins the Internet of Things
Rheem’s EcoNet technology will allow users to manage their heating, cooling, and water heating products.
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