As I watched Intel CEO Paul Otellini at CES 2012 announce that both Motorola and Lenovo would be shipping x86 Android smartphones, just one question echoed around my skull: So what?
Intel’s second bite at the smartphone market has been more akin to a gentle nibbling around the edges. At the end of last year the chipmaker teased a smartphone reference design running its new Medfield x86 chip. Nine months Intel chips have found their way inside six smartphones, yet none apparently destined for the U.S.
Based in Boulder, CO, Sphero fuses physical robotic toys, digital apps, and entertainment experiences to unlock the true potential of play and inspire tomorrow's...
Augmented reality (AR) -- the term does not exactly jump off the tongue. But the concepts behind the technology are beginning to change what we think of ourselves, objects and the people in the world that surrounds us.
Red Bull TV: beyond the ordinary live events and videos featuring inspirational stories covering sports, music and lifestyle entertainment. Anytime, anywhere.
A travers l’application Réunion Tourisme 360, retrouvez une sélection de panoramas interactifs à 360° Située dans l’océan Indien, La Réunion, seule région française de la zone, offre le dépaysement d’une île tropicale et toutes les facilités d’accès d’un territoire européen. Point vert au milieu de…
Welcome to the future of 360-degree video. MakingView, a company out of Norway, has created a camera called the ViewCam, an ultra lightweight camera that can be mounted almost anywhere and take full 360-degree video. Unlike the Dot or GoPro, however, consumers can't purchase the ViewCam, as it's only available as proprietary technology, licensed out to companies like RedBull. But that doesn't mean it isn't cool, or that we won't see it (or something like it) on consumer shelves in the coming years.
Welcome to the world of Ingress Prime, Agent. The fate of this universe, and perhaps others, depends on you. The discovery of Exotic Matter (XM), a resource of unknown origin, has sparked a covert struggle between two Factions. Cutting-edge XM technologies have completely transformed the Ingress Scanner, and it is now waiting for you to join this battle. THE WORLD IS YOUR GAME Explore the world around you and interact with places of cultural significance—such as public art installations, landmarks, and monuments—to collect valuable resources using your Ingress Scanner. CHOOSE A SIDE Fight f...
The discovery of Exotic Matter (XM), a mysterious energy, has divided mankind into two Factions. Choose your side and band together to explore this strange world - and maybe even control it.
Editor's Note: Armando Kirwin is a filmmaker and consultant whose previous work has included Paramount Pictures, Microsoft, several startups, thirteen feature films, and a handful of TV shows. Follow him on twitter: @armandokirwin. Most of us remember where we were the moment the world learned about the billion-dollar sale of Instagram, but amidst the pursuing flurry of tweets ("it's too high!,"It's too low!", "We need to integrate filters right now!"), if you happened to browse the AppStore that day you might have noticed that the now-infamous app was actually ranked third. Sitting in the ...
Doritos presents Late Night with Rihanna: A world-premiere interactive video for “Who’s That Chick?” in a 3-D environment on your computer. Also featuring performances by international artists Professor Green, Down With Webster, Mor Ve Otesi & Sensacional Orchestra Sonora.
Doritos (I work for AMV BBDO, Doritos creative agency) are launching two new and authentic flavours that draw inspiration from classic late-night foods – ‘Tantalising Tikka’ and ‘BBQ Rib’. Om…
The search giant now has brought its all-seeing eyes - mounted for the first time on a backpack - down into the Grand Canyon, showcasing the attraction's most popular hiking trails on the South Rim and other walkways.
Condition One enables video producers to capture and share what typical video products miss, with a 180-degree field of vision. It's recently expanded its seed round to $2.35 million, coming from Mark Cuban, who invested prior to Demo Day, as well as Manilla CEO George Kliavkoff and other angels.
Immersion into virtual reality (VR) is a perception of being physically present in a non-physical world. The perception is created by surrounding the user of the VR system in images, sound or other stimuli that provide an engrossing total environment.
Deluxis is trying to build an a la carte TV service online that where consumers will be able to pick and choose the channels they want to watch online. Rather than paying upwards of $100 a month for a bundle of hundreds of channels that users never watch, they'll be able to purchase the five or six channels they actually want, paying for each individually.
AdRise hopes to bring more video to connected devices, by building cross-platform apps that can be watched on multiple platforms. It's also built an ad delivery service for monetization. With that in mind, it's raised a $2 million funding round led by Foundation Capital to expand its personnel and go after the burgeoning streaming video market.
Prism SkyLabs, a cloud-based service that allows business owners to bring video feeds online, capture images from these feeds and share this data with consumers and the public, has raised $7.5 million in Series A funding round led by new investors Triangle Peak Partners and Pacific Partners, and joined by Andreessen Horowitz, IDG Ventures, Anthem Venture Partners, Eagle, MkII Ventures, SeriesG, and Data Collective.
