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Apple WWDC Hardware Sneak Peek: Mixed Reality Headset and MacBook Air 15-inch
4Jun By adminNo Comments
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Apple WWDC Hardware Sneak Peek: Mixed Reality Headset and MacBook Air 15-inch

[ad_1] Apple's highly anticipated Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) 2023 is set to showcase not only software updates but also an array of exciting new hardware. While the event has traditionally focused on software releases, this year's edition promises to be memorable with a host of possible hardware reveals.One of the most anticipated unveilings is Apple's first venture into augmented and virtual reality with the rumored "Reality Pro" AR/VR headset. Boasting the new xrOS operating system, this headset is expected to offer an unprecedented combination of virtual and augmented reality experiences. However, with a price tag rumored to be around $3,000, its success remains uncertain. Another exciting prospect is the rumored debut of the 15-inch MacBook Air, which could steal the spot...
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Apple WWDC 2023: Headset, iOS 17 done deal, but will there be any surprises?
1Jun By adminNo Comments
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Apple WWDC 2023: Headset, iOS 17 done deal, but will there be any surprises?

[ad_1] Apple enthusiasts and developers around the world are eagerly waiting for the annual World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) 2023. Apple has officially announced the dates for this highly anticipated event, which will take place in an online format from June 5 to June 9. Excitement fills the air as everyone wonders whether Apple has any surprise announcements up its sleeve this year.While the event will be held online and be free for all developers to attend, there is a special experience in store for select developers and students. They have been invited to join Apple at its iconic Apple Park on opening day, promising an extraordinary start to the conference. Apple recently sent out exclusive invitations to select media outlets, inviting them to attend the highly anticipated WWDC...
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National Technology Day: Biggest Tech Trends in 2023-What industry leaders really believe in
11May By adminNo Comments
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National Technology Day: Biggest Tech Trends in 2023-What industry leaders really believe in

[ad_1] National Technology Day is when we can all stop and think about how far we have come in terms of tech advancements, and how far we can go with current innovations. Just one year ago, nobody could have predicted that artificial intelligence could become such a big innovator in the tech space. Before that, it was virtual reality and metaverse, and further back it was web3 and blockchain technology. So, we at HT Tech, asked various industry leaders operating in the tech space on what they believed could be the biggest trends in the technology domain. Check it out below.Biggest Tech Trends in 2023Sriram PH is the cofounder and CEO of DaveAI, an AI-powered sales augmentation platform. He believes that the year 2023 could be of generative AI such as ChatGPT and Google Bard. He said, “G...
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Can right music prevent virtual reality headaches? Find out
7May By adminNo Comments
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Can right music prevent virtual reality headaches? Find out

[ad_1] Listening to music might help reduce the dizziness, nausea, and headaches that virtual reality users may suffer after using digital gadgets, as per a study. Cybersickness - a type of motion sickness from virtual reality experiences such as computer games - significantly reduces when joyful music is part of the immersive experience, the study found. The intensity of the nausea-related symptoms of cybersickness was also found to substantially decrease with both joyful and calming music. Researchers from the University of Edinburgh assessed the effects of music in a virtual reality environment among 39 people aged between 22 and 36. They conducted a series of tests to assess the effect cybersickness had on a participant's memory skills reading speed and reaction times. Participant...
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Meta Urged to Halt Plans Allowing Minors Into the Metaverse
15Apr By adminNo Comments
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Meta Urged to Halt Plans Allowing Minors Into the Metaverse

[ad_1] Dozens of advocacy organizations and children's safety experts are calling on Meta Platforms Inc. to terminate its plans to allow minors into its new virtual reality world.Meta is planning to invite teenagers and young adults to join its metaverse app, Horizon Worlds, in the coming months. But the groups and experts that signed the letter, which was sent to Meta Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg on Friday, argue that minors will face harassment and privacy violations on the virtual reality app, which is only in its early stages. “Meta must wait for more peer-reviewed research on the potential risks of the metaverse to be certain that children and teens would be safe,” wrote the groups, led by online safety groups including Fairplay, the Center for Countering Digital Hate, C...
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Meta Notches Win as FTC Drops Challenge to Virtual-Reality Deal
27Feb By adminNo Comments
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Meta Notches Win as FTC Drops Challenge to Virtual-Reality Deal

[ad_1] The Federal Trade Commission voted to withdraw an antitrust complaint challenging Meta Platforms Inc.'s purchase of virtual-reality startup Within Unlimited, officially closing the agency's case. The FTC sued to block the deal last year, filing twin complaints in federal court and its-house court. Following a December trial in a San Jose federal court, US District Judge Edward Davila found in favor of Meta, ruling the FTC didn't offer enough evidence to prove that the acquisition would harm competition in the nascent virtual-reality industry. The FTC opted this month against appealing Davila's decision and paused the administrative case while it considered next steps. Although the judge's ruling allowed Meta to close the deal on Feb. 10, the FTC could...
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From bees to bullets, CES tech show gives gamers the feels
9Jan By adminNo Comments
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From bees to bullets, CES tech show gives gamers the feels

[ad_1] At the CES tech show, the video game industry is showing off just how lifelike gaming can be made with new vests, head cushions and other simulation products. Getting shot, standing in a downpour, being surrounded by bees: None are ideal, but for gamers, feeling the sensations of each is the goal. At the CES tech show, the video game industry is showing off just how lifelike gaming can be made with new vests, head cushions and other simulation products. "Lots of consumers are doing games, and they are looking for gaming hardware," Kiuk Gwak of bHaptics Inc. told AFP as he demonstrated his company's vest and gloves at the Las Vegas gathering, which ends on Sunday. The haptic vest replicates the feeling of action playing out in virtual worl...
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CES 2023: Smelling, touching take center stage in metaverse
9Jan By adminNo Comments
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CES 2023: Smelling, touching take center stage in metaverse

[ad_1] The metaverse — essentially a buzzword for three-dimensional virtual communities where people can meet, work and play — was a key theme during the four-day tech gathering in Las Vegas that ends Sunday. Is the metaverse closer than we think? It depends on who you ask at CES, where companies are showing off innovations that could immerse us deeper into virtual reality. otherwise known as VR. The metaverse — essentially a buzzword for three-dimensional virtual communities where people can meet, work and play — was a key theme during the four-day tech gathering in Las Vegas that ends Sunday. Taiwanese tech giant HTC unveiled a high-end VR headset that aims to compete with market leader Meta, and a slew of other companies and startups touted augmented rea...
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Stop and smell the metaverse roses: Virtual world on display at CES
9Jan By adminNo Comments
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Stop and smell the metaverse roses: Virtual world on display at CES

[ad_1] Some entrepreneurs at the annual CES gadget fest that ends Sunday in Las Vegas were eager to combine real and virtual worlds to help people stop and smell the roses. Immersive technologies that can better lives, whether helping people treat dementia or learn to pilot fighter jets, is the future of the metaverse, virtual reality startups say. Some entrepreneurs at the annual CES gadget fest that ends Sunday in Las Vegas were eager to combine real and virtual worlds to help people stop and smell the roses. The company OVR Technology has created an accessory for VR headsets that treats users around a faux campfire to whiffs of smoke and toasting marshmallows. Smell is essential to the metaverse, said OVR Vice President Sarah Socia, because i...
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Frustrated virtual reality pioneer leaves Facebook’s parent
18Dec By adminNo Comments
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Frustrated virtual reality pioneer leaves Facebook’s parent

[ad_1] John Carmack cut his ties with Meta Platforms, in a Friday letter that vented his frustration as he steeped down as an executive consultant in virtual reality. A prominent video game creator who helped lead Facebook's expansion into virtual reality has resigned from the social networking service's corporate parent after becoming disillusioned with the way the technology is being managed. John Carmack cut his ties with Meta Platforms, a holding company created last year by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, in a Friday letter that vented his frustration as he steeped down as an executive consultant in virtual reality. “There is no way to sugar coat this; I think our organization is operating at half the effectiveness that would make me happy," Carmack wrote in the letter, wh...
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