Snap Glasses are ok, but $500M for WaveOptics is really interesting Recently Snap dropped on us their new dev version of AR glasses. There was not much on specs, save 2000 nits (1000 per eye I guess) waveguide displays. Since its tethered I would guess its pretty much following most of the other AR glasses I have seen pop up based on the QC chip.However, what… Read More
With consumer AR; function follows form. Consumer AR use cases for Nreal glasses I’m going to start this post with this statement: With consumer AR; function follows form. Now for most of you, you might remember the old design mantra; ‘Form follows function.’ For those that are unfamiliar, it basically implies design what you need first, then the form will follow. As a past Berkeley Architecture student this… Read More
Nreal AR Glasses day o: The good and the bad I just got the Nreal AR glasses dev kit. I’m going to skip unboxing and intro stuff since there are plenty of those on the web already. So this is a day 0 review, what I did as soon I got them. So lets jump right in. First off, the glasses do not fit me… Read More
Tesla Smart Summon. A few experiments + New Samsung Fold phone So as far as I know, I may be the first person in history to use the new V10 Tesla Smart Summon on the Samsung Galaxy Fold phone. So shameless plug, I work at Samsung and I think the Fold is amazing. Yea it has its issues, its new, but I love it. I’ll write… Read More
View 2D Android apps in VR with PhoneCast – S8 only Here is something I have been waiting for, the ability to use my 2D Android applications and 2D games in VR. The way it works is a 2D window is provided in your VR environment. Within that window you can run Android apps! Sweet Right? This GearVR App is call PhoneCast which is already out… Read More
The BEST use of deep immersive VR for a promotion, wireless gear VR room positional tracking. I just saw a video that blew my mind. Its not JUST that its a great idea, nor just looking like lots of fun, nor REALLY great combination of xbox tracking and gearVR to allow room scale VR, but the APPROPRIATENESS of the marketing event! Get ready for some serious gushing over the best VR marketing… Read More
Gear VR is a must if you fly Gear VR, the only way to fly. I took two plane trips in the last 2 weeks and decided to see what level of utility the gear VR would be on a flight. Not only was it great, it totally changed the flight experience. In this post I’m going to list my favorite VR apps for… Read More
In 5 years you will no longer need to buy a new car. The coming Autono-cab Now there are exceptions to this of course, but when I tell people that in five years they will no longer need a new car, I get a look like I’m nuts. But once I explain that you are getting a new(ish) car and its a ‘need’ not want, then they are a little less… Read More
Pebble watch working with Microsoft phones? Kinda? Download at the end. I’m sure you have seen the news. Microsoft has a private beta out there for 48, now 24 hours, and then … well we do not know what will happen then. However, the simple beta is mostly about getting bluetooth notification with Pebble to work. Although this sounds pretty simple and not indicative of an… Read More
I want my XTV! Ok, that was horrible and I should be bludgeon with a heavy brass object, however, once I explain what xTV is, perhaps you will forgive me a little bit. “ok, fine then, what is xTV?” XTV is a internet video service for the enterprise. (IPTV) But it’s not useful to just enterprise users. Imagine you have… Read More
Why Microsoft is developing a smartwatch.. because they have to It was announce through Forbes that Microsoft is planning on releasing a watch in the next few weeks. No solid news on what it will look like yet, but my bet is that it will look somewhat like the LG; clean, simple square. It is reported that it will have bio metric tracking as is… Read More
Square Lets You Pre-Order Coffee So It’s Hot When You Arrive Square really wants to be a part of your daily routine, so what better place to start than coffee? Mashable dot com says Square announced a new feature today that lets customers pre-order a cup of coffee so that their beverage is ready when they arrive. Traditionally, remote ordering has been difficult to execute for… Read More
Apple patent application reinvents remote control for the smartphone age Apple says today’s remote control is outdated. With that in mind, Apple laid out in a patent application published Thursday a new kind of digital remote control for its Apple TV set-top box that uses icons and pictures, similar to those graphic interfaces on TV, but shrunken down and customized for a smartphone or tablet… Read More
Yahoo To Shut Down Qwiki, Yahoo Education And The Yahoo Directory Yahoo announced today it’s shuttering a handful of products, including Qwiki, a mobile app Yahoo acquired last July for $50 million, which helps users create movies from the photos and videos in their Camera Roll. Also getting the boot are Yahoo Education, a site designed to connect users to educational content and providers, as well… Read More
iOS 8.0.1 May Have A Link To Apple Maps Fail From 2012 The disastrous iOS 8.0.1 update that curtailed users’ cellular signals and created other bugs earlier this week may have a connection to another major glitch in recent history: the shaky rollout of Apple Maps . The company said less than 40,000 users downloaded iOS 8.0.1 before it was pulled over an hour after its release… Read More
Thoughts on the Apple Watch from a Pebble and LG owner. Its been 24 hours since the Apple Watch debut. Now that we have seen more pictures of the watch and learned a bit more about it, I think I can finally give my impressions. This of course is tempered by the fact I have not seen it in person and there are still things we… Read More
Samsung Gear 2 S smartwatch with a curved screen. Now we’re talking I have been pretty harsh on Samsung basically asking why are they throwing everything but the kitchen sink onto a watch making it large and ugly. And why have they not released a curved screen yet? Well they finally did. And I think they got it mostly right this time. The Gear 2 S is… Read More
Google Cardboard now in Plastic if the Samsung rumors are true Last week at Google I/O, they sprang a cardboard phone holder that basically turn your smartphone into a VR HMD display device. Its extremely cleaver, and was quite the hit. So much so, there is a strong demand for these guys even a week later. Now we are hearing rumors that a plastic version of… Read More
How to toggle between 2 or more apps in Android using Tasker geared for Pebble users. I have a Samsung III. That means I cannot use a very simple but useful command that lets me load the last app used but not the current app. However, there is a way around this. In fact, you can do something even cooler if you are willing to put in the time. For this… Read More
What the new Samsung Gear watches learned from the Pebble and still need to learn In Barcelona Samsung released 3 new Gear watches. Well, really two and an exercise band, but I’m going to call this a watch anyway. Of these three new smart watches, its the Gear Fit I’m most excited about. First though, lets talk about the two other Gears, the Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo. Many… Read More