Google seeing-hand patent shows smart glove ambitions
(Phys.org)—Google has been granted a patent for devices and methods for getting information with one's hands. Their patent is titled "Seeing with your Hand."
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Virtual reality tech may make 'going shopping' in real life a thing of the past
High street shops are well-established online these days and provide new opportunities for interaction between shop and shopper. Consumers have become accustomed to shopping using a range of devices and the immense popularity ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
Jul 3, 2015
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Google's Android ambitions go beyond mobile
Andy Rubin, Google's top mobile-phone executive, likes to talk about everything being "Android-ized." Android has become the top smartphone operating system in the United States, but Google's ambitions for it go well beyond ...
Software
Jun 17, 2011
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Virtual reality, goggles and all, attempts return
It's back. The virtual reality headset, the gizmo that was supposed to seamlessly transport wearers to three-dimensional virtual worlds, has made a remarkable return at this year's Game Developers Conference, an annual gathering ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 29, 2013
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Building real security with virtual worlds
(PhysOrg.com) -- Advances in computerized modeling and prediction of group behavior, together with improvements in video game graphics, are making possible virtual worlds in which defense analysts can explore and predict ...
Computer Sciences
Nov 26, 2009
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Internet an equalizer for people with disabilities
Sally Harrison is developmentally disabled, but on Facebook the 35-year-old woman is just like anyone else.
Internet
Sep 5, 2010
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Oculus out to let people touch virtual worlds
Behind closed doors on the show floor of the world's premier video game show, Facebook-owned Oculus was letting people touch virtual worlds.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Jun 18, 2015
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Real criminals use virtual worlds to launder money
(PhysOrg.com) -- A study of 'virtual' worlds to see how criminals use them to launder real money is underway at the University of the West of England.
Social Sciences
Mar 22, 2010
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In search of machines that play at being human
Researchers at Carlos III University (Spain) have taken part in an international contest whose objective is to improve artificial intelligence utilized in virtual worlds. The challenge for the participants was to develop ...
Computer Sciences
Oct 14, 2009
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3D graphics, reality fuse on the fly
(PhysOrg.com) -- Software developed at Oxford University is making it possible to fuse real and 3D computer-generated visuals on the fly.
Computer Sciences
Mar 4, 2010
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