For virtual reality makers, a new version of an old struggle
When it comes to virtual reality, how exclusive is exclusive?
Consumer & Gadgets
May 5, 2016
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Microsoft aims at computing platforms of the future (Update)
Microsoft made a pitch Wednesday to developers to stay with the US tech giant, saying it remains a force in future technologies such as artificial intelligence and augmented reality.
Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 30, 2016
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Did volcanic activity play a role in early human evolution and migration?
The great Rift Valley that runs through Ethiopia has played a pivotal role in human evolution. It is both the location of the earliest fossils of anatomically modern humans and, later, become an important route for human ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 19, 2016
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A look at what next-next-gen games could offer
The next generation of gaming is nearly here, but what about the generation after that one?
Software
Nov 10, 2013
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These crocs were made for chewing? Mammal-like crocodile fossil found in East Africa (w/ Video)
Fossils of an ancient crocodile with mammal-like teeth have been discovered in the Rukwa Rift Basin of Tanzania, scientists report in this week's issue of the journal Nature. The unusual creature is changing the picture of ...
Archaeology
Aug 4, 2010
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Unique fish fossils identified
A team of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich has identified the first fossil specimens of a major group of killifishes that is widely distributed in freshwater habitats today. The 6-million-year-old material ...
Paleontology & Fossils
Apr 30, 2015
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Preview: 'Marvel Powers United VR' lets players be the superheroes
After watching "Spider-Man" cartoons or reading "X-Men" comic books, nearly everyone—at one point or another—imagines that they had superpowers. They run through the house pretending to swing around Manhattan like a favorite ...
Software
Aug 2, 2018
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World's first real-time 'mixed reality' ski race
A professional skier will battle against two online gamers in the world's first interactive 'mixed reality' downhill ski race using technology pioneered by European researchers.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Feb 2, 2015
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Oculus unveils standalone virtual reality headset
Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday unveiled a new Oculus virtual reality headset untethered from computers as part of a vision to bring the new technology to the masses.
Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 11, 2017
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Public could 'travel' to space for $67 through new project
Researchers from the University of Surrey have launched a unique campaign that will enable the public to 'travel' to space for the cost of a pair of trainers.
Space Exploration
Mar 7, 2014
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