Get your brain in the game Neurable’s vision is to use braincomputer interface to allow people to control software and devices using only their brain activity. Immersive computing requires a new approach to human-computer interaction. Neurable thinks tier design and software solutions will function as a natural extension of our brains. The company’s approach is science-driven and cross disciplinary, incorporating elements … Read more
A workstation in a backpack HP showed their VR backpack at Siggraph 2016, and it was well received, but not offered for sale. Except for a few old timers, no one could think of VR and not think of games and so the HP backpack seemed clever, but not what a gamer might want. However, HP wasn’t thinking about the … Read more
$2.2 billion in sales, $583 million profit up 15% Nvidia reported that their second quarter revenue increased 56 percent year over year and 15 percent sequentially to a record $2.23 billion. Growth, said the company, was driven by GPUs for gaming, datacenter, and professional visualization, as well as Tegra processors. The company’s GPU business revenue was $1.90 billion, up 59 … Read more
Ever new and ever magical This was my 38th Siggraph, and it was as exciting as the first one, well maybe not the first one, but pretty damn exciting nonetheless. Siggraph continues to attract imaginative and sometimes astonishing people and ideas, and has over the years maintained its fresh, “look at what I did” personality. That’s partially due to the … Read more
3D point-cloud scanning using only RGB and XYZ Nurulize is a virtual reality software developer founded in 2013 by software development and VFX industry veterans Philip Lunn and Scott Metzger. The company’s product was recently recognized at Nvidia’s GTC VR Content Showcase 2017, where they were awarded the Grand Prize over 120 other companies. Atom View is a tool for … Read more
The mother of the PC brings it back to life The father of the PC was IBM and so we suppose Microsoft was the mother. The godfather of the PC may turn out to be Qualcomm if what we saw in Taipei is any indication. At WinHec in December 2016, Microsoft said at the time that Windows 10 would (and … Read more
Cray to Deliver ARM-Powered Supercomputer How could the puniest processor other than Raspberry Pi Zero be used in a supercomputer? Cray thinks it’s happening. Cray started exploring the use of an ARM processor with Cavium in late 2014. And in June 2016, Fujitsu said it would build its Post-K supercomputer with ARM v8 chips. Then, at the at the Barcelona-based … Read more
Another way to see thigs that aren’t there If you have a standard-size lamp you can experience augmented reality without any head gear—this is a new category, kinda. The Future Interfaces Group at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, have introduced what they are calling Desktopography. A projection and sensing system that allows the user to interact with virtual components on … Read more
Google brings back Glass Introduced in 2012, with a sleek design, Google Glass was greeted with mixed responses, to say the least. You can still find the original Explorer version on eBay for as low as $485. When introduced they were priced at $2,000. For the last two years, Glass has been working with a variety of companies to find … Read more
JPR counts over 10 million AR users worldwide. A lot of people have said augmented reality (AR) is going to be much bigger than VR, but not for several years. There’s some truth to that when you include consumers in the mix, but there is a whole lot of AR going on in various forms, and counting tablets, phones and … Read more
You’d wear them if they didn’t make you look like a dork The power and promise of augmented reality for consumers is too powerful and promising to ignore. Google Glass got a lot of people’s attention, but failed due to its attention-grabbing construction, and high price. Pokemon quickly educated the world on what AR could do, and make it a … Read more
Boxx Technologies is a boutique workstation provider, and as such the company adds value for its customers in design and content creation by understanding what they need and designing for them. The company has been served well by this strategy. Primarily, Boxx has supplied fleets of customized workstations to companies as they ramp up for new projects. Mostly, the company … Read more
