Can an AI be creative? Using AI to learn the styles of artistic elements in dance, music, painting, and writing and then applying them to create a like example is not creative. It is imitative. The basic definition of creative is: relating to or involving the imagination or original ideas, especially in the production of an artistic work. This is … Read more
The following is a collage of stories about AIBs that occurred in Q1’18. Not meant to be an exhaustive listing of every mention of an AIB, or product announcement, it will give you some view of the general activities and areas of interest. MSPR finally means something, part 2 No longer a cheap discount disguise We’ve heard and used … Read more
Q1’18 GPU and PC shipments broke a lot of records. Q1 is traditionally a down quarter for PCs (see Figure 1). Q1’18 was down 14.1%, not a record, it went down 16.2% in Q1’16, but a big drop nonetheless. Figure 1: PC shipments and quarter-to-quarter change As the chart indicates, the PC market has been exhibiting a steady seasonal … Read more
AI is here to save the day and your lunch According to a report in Business Korea, LG Display and a team at Sogang University have jointly developed the world's first AI-based content creation technology and measurement equipment. Head mounted displays (HMDs) generally used in virtual reality (VR) offer users a high degree of immersion but can make them feel … Read more
It’s virtual and its local Bentley’s reality modeling software, ContextCapture, is now offered both as an on-premise and cloud-based service. Users can now access Bentley’s Connect cloud services with ContextCapture Cloud Processing Service and ProjectWise ContextShare. This technology allows one to automatically generate, store securely, and manage 3D, engineering-ready reality meshes, orthophotos, digital surface models, and point clouds. Users can … Read more
They’re monitors, not models To the best of my recollection, Dell was first with their beautiful U3415W curved 34-inch 21:9 IPS WQHD 3440 × 1440 monitor. They then topped that with the U3818DW 37.5-inch, 21:9 IPS WQHD+ 3840 × 1600. Then HP introduced the Envy 34, an AIO, and a workstation version. And now Fujitsu has joined the ranks and … Read more
What and who is new AR is like that science fiction movie you saw and keep waiting for it to materialize in real-life—it’s almost there at your fingertips, you can almost taste it—almost. The concept still excites and attracts developers, investors, conference creators, and attendees, and the press. AR will be as important and integrated into our lives as AI … Read more
HP has just released 16 new products. One of them is, in my unhumble opinion, a real standout – the HP 34-inch 4K curved all-in-one. This is a system with built-in induction phone charging, a Nvidia GTX 1050 for graphics, four speakers, mic, camera, and other nifty features. Available in mid-June, at an estimated price of $1,300 (starting), it is … Read more
@Xi and Meshroom-VR team up to offer turn-key VR products Generally speaking, VR has been a DIY deal. You buy an HMD from one company, a PC or its parts from another company or companies, software from still a few other companies, and maybe even controllers from yet one more company. That’s not a solution, that’s a big pile of … Read more
$3.2 billion in sales, $1.24 billion profit, up 11% from last quarter Nvidia reported another record of revenue for the first quarter ended May 1, 2018, of $3.21 billion, up 66% from $1.9 billion a year earlier, and up 10% from $2.9 billion in the previous quarter, with growth across most of its platforms. Revenues were up in all segments. … Read more
Despite pockets of encouragement According to IDC’s crystal ball, traditional PCs are forecast to contract at a CAGR of -0.9% till 2022 with volumes dropping from 259.4 million in 2017 to 248.3 million in 2022. IDC sees a ray of sunshine in this bleak forecast when detachable tablets such as the Microsoft Surface Pro are included, and the growth rate … Read more
Visualize the AR cloud, crowd built with details of the knives and forks on your table AR API startup 6D.ai is creating a software tool that will allow developers to use a 3D map made from stitching together all the buildings, things on streets like lamp posts and mail boxes, rooms and hallways in buildings and home, furniture, items in … Read more
