Apple is working on a new television set that will incorporate ‘mixed reality technology’ according to noted tech evangelist Robert Scoble. Speaking at the Web Summit in Lisbon (via Wareable), Scoble said the new TV set has ...
A Dartmouth College team has created the first light-sensing system that reconstructs human postures continuously and unobtrusively, furthering efforts to create smart spaces in which people control their environment with simple gestures. ...
Producers of gaming consoles are clearly looking far beyond providing just games, as they include sport and education-related functions in their offerings.Xbox has started working with New Oriental, a leading privately owned education group ...
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Microsoft has confirmed the free games coming to Xbox One Games with Gold for January 2015. Ahead of the Christmas season, Microsoft has revealed which games will be offered for free in January as part of the Games with Gold service. ...
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US-only personalised music streaming app Pandora has debuted on the Microsoft Xbox One, the first time the portal has appeared on a games console. The app, which allows users to tailor their listening experience with playlists based on ...
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Microsoft is working on a number of new gestures for Windows Phone OS, and has released a new app to start testing them. The new gestures will allow users to interact with their phones without even having to touch the display. The first ...
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SeeSpace's InAir layered-graphics "augmented TV" system will soon roll out as a $99 (suggested retail) HDMI adapter that plugs in between any 2D or 3D TV and the set-top source device, like a cable box or Roku player. Related kickstarter ...
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In past years, the television was less fondly called the idiot box. Today the TV is more fondly being promoted as a potential informationalized box, signified by technology offered by a new device appearing on Kickstarter called InAiR. This ...
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Rabcat is announcing the worldwide launch of its most innovative and successful real-money game yet,Castle BuilderTM. Castle Builder is already a record-breaking title in the Austrian market,where it was released on desktop with Austrian ...
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The Kinect-based virtual reality system for the Xbox 360 enables users to control and The Kinect-based virtual reality system for the Xbox 360 enables users toconsole without the need to touch a game controller, and provides rehabilitation ...
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NASA engineers like what they see in Microsoft Kinect 2 as they continue to work on space robots. A NASA video released earlier this month shows how it is leveraging a combination of Kinect 2 along with Oculus Rift, the virtual reality ...
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Wearable gadgets, curved smartphones and new game consoles defined technology in 2013. That's why it's no surprise they make up the bulk of our top 10 devices of the year. Some of these devices are essentially much better versions of ...
What is the Xbox One? If you're a video-game aficionado, you know the answer: It's Microsoft's latest game console, and it arrives in North America and Europe on Friday. To gamers, Xbox means cutting-edge adventures such as "Halo" and ...
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Microsoft on Friday releases its Xbox One game console, taking on Sony's PlayStation 4 in a battle for the hearts and minds of Internet-era home entertainment. Sony last week unleashed its new champion in the long-running console war, ...
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The Xbox One won't quite replace your TV set-top box, but it comes awfully close. The latest game console from Microsoft takes a big leap toward being the main entertainment hub in your living room. It gives you a program guide for browsing ...
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