Hands-free voice commands, 4K HD adjustable, rotating camera, no wires or earbuds surround sounds, with bone-conduction (AVIwear) $350 (4K), $250 (1k), $150 audio only JP’s rules for AR: Don’t be ugly or obnoxious Don’t be expensive or heavy Don’t be proprietary For AR to realize its potential, to become a consumer product and be as critical and ubiquitous as … Read more
It will also see everything around you
Nvidia reported revenue from some platforms—Gaming and Automotive were up, while Data center, Professional Visualization, and OEM saw a decline quarter-to-quarter. The company’s GPU business revenue was $2.02 billion, down 27% from a year earlier and up 2% sequentially. “NVIDIA is back on an upward trajectory,” said Jensen Huang, founder, and CEO of Nvidia. “We’ve returned to growth in … Read more
If you got a mid- to high-end AV amplifier within the last 10 years, it came with a mic that you could use to calibrate your 6 or 8 speakers to their environment. Today’s high-end TVs with 4K resolution and HDR offer similar set up once they're installed in your home or office. Portrait Displays, who has been supplying color calibration software to … Read more
I didn’t get to see this new machine from Lenovo, but like others, I am fascinated by its potential, and curious about its durability. The new PC was unveiled in a conference in Orlando, Florida, and comes with a foldable 13.3-inch touch screen display and a keyboard attachment. The display was made in collaboration with South Korean company LG and … Read more
Before our cars can become the robot slaves we want them to be, taking us here and there and not making us tell them how or when. Before they can have some sense of vision and common sense, robot slave cars have to be able to reliably see their surrounding environment. Right now, their vision is limited. Environmental factors such … Read more
9th gen things and more
Intel has built a special processor just for workstations
Intel’s latest generation of Xeon processors are specifically designed for workstations, and the company has cleverly designated them the W series. Workstations are a growing market segment and have been for quite some time. They run 24-7, are extremely reliable, and have features and specifications you can’t find in a PC. Therefore, workstations can command high price points because of … Read more
Last year, NewTek released Lightwave 2018; this year, the company released LightWave 2019. To anyone who hasn’t covered the trials and tribulations of LightWave that doesn’t seem like big news, but the company has famously struggled to upgrade LightWave in reasonable amounts of time. Worse, the company tends to communicate with users in fits and starts, promising great new features, … Read more
When Intel decided to develop an alternative AIB to compete with discrete GPUs, they choose to use a ring of x86 processor, and called it Larrabee, named after Larrabee State Park in Whatcom County, Washington. The chip was to be released in 2010 as the core of a consumer 3D graphics AIB. Those plans were cancelled four years later in … Read more
Intel reported its calendar Q1 2019, revenues were flat year-over-year and achieved 4% growth in the PC-centric business while data-centric revenue declined 5%. “We shipped a strong mix of high-performance products and continued spending discipline while ramping 10 nm and managing a challenging NAND pricing environment. Looking ahead, we're taking a more cautious view of the year, although we expect … Read more
