[ad_1] Oculus has introduced a couple of timely features for its platform to help you stay connected with friends — or find new ones — even as you continue social distancing. First, the Facebook subsidiary has expanded the Parties experience, so you can be in a VR voice call with a larger group. The new […]
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SpaceX pulls off its first double fairing catch after a Falcon 9 launch
[ad_1] Part of the SpaceX mission has been to create reusable rockets that make spaceflight cheaper, and it has become routine to see the company’s booster rockets return safely to Earth. With today’s launch SpaceX set a new milestone by catching both halves of the nosecone fairing, according to a tweet from CEO Elon Musk. […]
Wrist-mounted wearable tracks your hand in 3D using thermal sensors
[ad_1] The scientists who created the device say it’s the first such system to look at the contours of the wrist. Also noteworthy here is the use of thermal imaging. Previous research in the area focused almost exclusively on traditional cameras, often to less than spectacular results. Prototypes developed by scientists in the past were […]
Adobe taps former Pixel exec to build a universal camera app
[ad_1] After leaving Google in March, Marc Levoy, the imaging expert who helped create some of the Pixel lineup’s most important computational photography features, has landed at Adobe. In an email, the Photoshop-maker said Levoy will “spearhead company-wide technology initiatives focused on computational photography and emerging products, centered on the concept of a universal camera app.” […]
Microsoft migrates ‘Minecraft’ from Amazon Web Services to its own Azure
[ad_1] “Mojang Studios has used AWS in the past, but we’ve been migrating all cloud services to Azure over the last few years,” a spokesperson for the company told CNBC. “We’ll be fully transitioned to Azure by the end of the year.” The move makes a lot of sense for Microsoft. With 126 million monthly active players, Minecraft is […]
Christopher Nolan’s ‘Tenet’ has been delayed indefinitely
[ad_1] Warner Bros. and Nolan still harbor hopes of bringing it to theaters this year, however. “We will share a new 2020 release date imminently for Tenet, Christopher Nolan’s wholly original and mind-blowing feature,” the studio’s chairman Toby Emmerich told Variety in a statement. “We are not treating Tenet like a traditional global day-and-date release, […]
Get $20 off both Amazon’s Kindle and Kindle Paperwhite right now
[ad_1] Buy Kindle bundle at Amazon – $70 Kindles are, by far, the most popular e-readers you can get and they make it easy to take your entire library with you wherever you go. While we might not be traveling too far right now, it’s certainly easier to carry a bunch of titles on an […]
Logic signs seven-figure Twitch deal days after ‘retiring’ from music
[ad_1] Officially announcing my retirement with the release of “No Pressure” executive produced by No I.D. July 24th… It’s been a great decade. Now it’s time to be a great father. Art by @SamSpratt pic.twitter.com/stgSU6dMBt — Bobby No Pressure (@Logic301) July 16, 2020 However, that retirement appears to have been short-lived as Twitch announced on […]
‘Overcooked: All You Can Eat’ offers next-gen remasters with new features
[ad_1] Overcooked: All You Can Eat includes overhauled visuals, with 4K resolution and 60 frames-per-second options, as well as faster loading times. The development team rebuilt the first game using the Overcooked 2 engine. For the first time, you can play the original Overcooked online with your friends and other folks. It won’t matter if […]
‘Monument Valley’ studio reveals ‘Alba: a Wildlife Adventure’
[ad_1] Ustwo Games is ready to reveal its next project. The independent studio, best known for the M. C. Escher-inspired Monument Valley puzzlers, is hard at work on a nature-focused title called Alba: a Wildlife Adventure. An ever-so-brief teaser trailer starts with a panning shot over a water bottle, half-eaten sandwich, notebook and backpack. The […]