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Byond launches tools to simplify VR and AR content creation for businesses
Los Angeles-based media startup Byond wants to make it easier for enterprises to create their own content for virtual reality and augmented reality, so today the company announced the beta launch of an all-in-one publishing platform called the Byond Immersive Suite. Most content created for VR or AR today is made using a game engine such ...
Supreme Court sides with Apple in $120M patent battle against Samsung
Apple Inc. has won a final victory in one of several patent infringement lawsuits it has filed against Samsung Electronics Co Ltd., but the iPhone maker still has some tough legal battles ahead. In 2014, a California court ordered Samsung to pay nearly $120 million in damages for violating two of Apple’s patents, including the iPhone’s well-known slide-to-unlock feature. Since ...
Rival chip makers Intel and AMD join forces to take on Nvidia graphics chips
Computer chip makers Intel Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. have been intense rivals ever since they were each founded in the late 1960s in the earliest days of Silicon Valley, but now the two companies are teaming up to take on a much younger threat: Nvidia Corp. Intel and AMD announced today that they have partnered ...
Twitter updates its abuse policies, but will anything change?
Like most online communities, Twitter Inc. has been fighting abuse and harassment on its platform almost since it first launched in 2006. Now, the popular microblog is once again trying to tackle trolls with updated rules that clarify what behaviors can get your account banned. “Online behavior continues to evolve and change, and at Twitter, ...
Qualcomm beats earnings expectations, but Apple legal battle hurts profitability
Shares of mobile chip maker Qualcomm Technologies Inc. began to rebound today thanks to a better-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings report. The positive reaction from investors came despite looming concerns about the company’s ongoing legal battle with Apple Inc, which accuses Qualcomm of charging excessive royalty fees. Qualcomm came out ahead of Wall Street expectations today, posting ...
Amazon app lets you experiment with new furniture using augmented reality
Amazon.com Inc. wants to make it easier for people to buy furniture and other home decor items online by letting them try out thousands of items in augmented reality on the Amazon iOS app. Using Apple’s ARKit, Amazon new AR View feature allows users to view and place thousands of virtual items in their homes, which of course ...
Industrial 3D printing startup Markforged raises $30M
High printer costs have kept 3D printing out of reach for the average consumer so far, but the technology is catching on with manufacturers who need to fabricate specialty parts for prototyping or other uses. This is good news for industrial 3D printing companies such as Markforged Inc., which announced today that it has raised $30 million in a ...
Google Docs lockout shows the dark side of trusting files to someone else
One of the biggest draws for Google Docs over rival word processors is the ability to save documents to the cloud automatically and access files from anywhere. But today, a screw up in Google LLC’s system demonstrated the dangers of trusting all of your files to a server you do not control. Google confirmed that ...
Google launches $2,000 Hangouts Meet kits for corporate meetings
Google LLC wants to make it easier for businesses to start using its enterprise-focused chat platform Hangouts Meet by launching a new $1,999 kit that comes with all of the hardware necessary to get started. Meet, which launched in March, is essentially an enterprise-focused version of Google Hangouts with chat features designed for corporate meetings and communicating with ...
‘Eve: Valkyrie’ creator CCP pulls out of VR development, lays off staff
Icelandic game studio CCP was one of the first developers to jump on the recent virtual reality craze with its graphically impressive spaceship shooter “Eve: Valkyrie,” but this week the company announced that it is pulling out of VR development entirely and laying off dozens of employees. CCP, which is best known for its massively multiplayer ...