April 29, 2016
Samsung’s VR bedtime stories are cute, but really?
Samsung worries about your child. Are they sleeping well? Do they miss you when you’re away on business? Can they put on a VR headset without their parents’…
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April 28, 2016
Plug the Fathom Neural Compute Stick into any USB device to make it smarter
Movidius has incorporated their Myriad 2 processor into a new USB device called the Fathom Neural Compute Stick. You can plug the Fathom into any USB-capable device and…
Read articleApril 26, 2016
Teardown of HTC Vive highlights the headset’s differences from Oculus Rift
Today’s VR headsets are marvels of miniaturization. And, as iFixit’s teardowns show, both the Oculus Rift and HTC’s Vive are also remarkably user-friendly when it comes to repair…
Read articleApril 19, 2016
VR porn is coming to hotels on the Las Vegas strip
Sin City is about to get a bit more sinful, as VR content platform VR Bangers and headset maker AuraVisor are teaming up to offer in-room adult experiences…
Read articleApril 13, 2016
Oculus demos a VR selfie stick
Oculus wants to let you go anywhere in the world instantly, look like yourself, and even take a photo while you’re there, and today it demoed how at…
Read articleApril 12, 2016
Watch Facebook’s F8 conference here, plus what to expect
Chatbots, Live video, and VR technology are all on the docket for Facebook’s F8 developer conference, and you can watch the livestream here at 9:30am PST with Mark…
Read articleApril 11, 2016
Computing’s future? It’s in your pocket
Technology’s neverending story has always, apparently, been the quest for The Next Big Thing. Whether that thing is something entirely new and transformative — unimaginable except within the…
Read articleApril 1, 2016
The top 5 startups from Y Combinator Fellowship’s Virtual Demo Day
Pre-natal genetic testing, VR drones, and fracking nanoparticles were a few of the products featured in Y Combinator’s first Virtual Demo Day. They come from the YC Fellowship,…
Read articleMarch 30, 2016
Teardown of Oculus Rift finds good design that’s somehow relatively easy to repair
When a new category of gadget appears, it’s understandable when the vanguard devices aren’t the most well designed, or are resistant to disassembly and repair. Fortunately, that doesn’t…
Read articleMarch 28, 2016
5 hard questions facing Oculus Rift
Today, the future became the present with the launch of Oculus Rift. The reviews are in, but uncertainty hangs overhead with HTC and PlayStation’s VR headsets still on the…
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