Google is here to save the day Google wants to popularize 3D on the web and on Android devices. The company is building a strong base in VR with Daydream and also the development of tools and devices falls into the realm of Google and Android. The company predicts there will be hundreds of millions of Android and iOS devices … Read more
Intel did not get a great jump out of the gate for 2018 and CES. Yes the company threw a grand, showy event as its part of the CES opening keynotes, but it’s been haunted by rumors and then confirmations of vulnerabilities in its chips. Although, AMD, ARM, and Qualcomm have to face some of the same threats, it has … Read more
Spheres came together for director Eliza McNitt with the help of executive producers Darren Aronofsky and Ari Handel of Protozoa Pictures. Jessica Chastain narrates. Spheres’ was picked up by CityLights for over one million dollars, a record for VR pieces and according to critical response it’s a moving and beautiful piece that gives up none of its geek cred.
2018 hopes to win over gamers and place big bets for HPC AMD’s mission for CES was to convince its OEM customers and PC users that it can keep up the momentum of its CPU and GPU technology developments and deliver on its promises. The company took a day before CES to lay out to press and analysts exactly what’s … Read more
Effort put into freedom from tether and screen door Once again CES saw a lot of VR announcements combined with what is being referred to as mixed reality, a term that seems to have become established without definition. On the resolution front there were HMDs claiming 4K and even 8K. That is, again, subject to definition. Pimax claims 8K resolution. … Read more
The Local Motors concept has borne fruit with several vehicles and a very active community of inventors, and designers. The founding idea of Local Motors when it started in 2007 was to break the mold of the automotive industry, which relies on long design cycles, standardized models for mass manufacture. The idea was to bring production closer to the customer, … Read more
At the close of 2017, Apple is battling a scandal over its decision to throttle batteries rather than risk sudden shutdowns as older phones’ batteries decline. There are rumors that the iPhone X, the newest, biggest, baddest iPhone is actually just a big bad flop. Lawsuits are popping up, but Tim Cook and his band of barely shaven, cranky men … Read more
The grass roots of the maker movement are green and flourishing. TechShop, a franchise of fabrication storefronts, founded by Jim Newton and Ridge McGhee in 2006, which offers makers the tools and training they need to create DIY projects, build prototypes, or pursue their hobbies, announced in November 2017 that it was going into bankruptcy. Just as we barely digested … Read more
The Khronos Group has just released a new standard format for moving neural networks among frameworks and between frameworks and inference engines. The new standard is the Neural Network Exchange Format (NNEF); it has been in design for over a year and was released as a provisional specification on December 20th. Khronos is seeking feedback before issuing the final specification, … Read more
Qualcomm's quest to improve AI and XR leads to alliances with Baidu and NetEase Qualcomm’s second annual Snapdragon Tech Summit had three major parts, Qualcomm’s entry into PCs, a focus on its upcoming Snapdragon 845 with new products appearing early next year (see link), and the company’s expanding efforts in AI and XR for mobile. Qualcomm says its new 845 … Read more
Returns to a fulltime role in Adobe executive offices Scott Belsky came to Adobe with the acquisition of his company Behance in 2012 for a reported $100-150 million. Behance, founded in 2006, is a site that allows people to share their portfolio and work in progress. It serves as a job site where people can find creative people, but the … Read more
It was a couple of years ago that Qualcomm and Microsoft threatened the status quo with the Always Connected PC, a true PC running Windows 10 on an Arm-based mobile phone processor with enough battery life to run for more than one day, and mobile wireless connectivity to always be connected to the Internet. Today, in Hawaii no less, Qualcomm … Read more
