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Hackers exploit Facebook security flaw, affecting 50 million users
The engineering team at Facebook Inc. has discovered and fixed a security issue affecting almost 50 million users that exploited a vulnerability in the social media site’s “View As” feature. “Our investigation is still in its early stages,” Guy Rosen, vice president of product management at Facebook, said in a public announcement today. “But it’s clear ...
Facebook reveals Oculus Quest VR headset coming in spring 2019 for $399
Facebook Inc. today fleshed out the final piece of its first-generation series of virtual reality headsets by announcing a new device called the Oculus Quest. At Facebook’s Oculus Connect 5 conference in San Jose, California, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg (pictured) revealed the all-in-one headset, which has has a powerful processor, a lightweight form factor and the ability to ...
Pixvana launches native VR cloud-based editing platform for creators
Virtual reality software developer Pixvana Inc. announced Monday the full release of its video editing suite, Spin Studio, that lets users use VR headsets for the full life cycle of video creation. Spin Studio is a cloud-based cross-platform publishing suite designed to give creators the full capabilities of a 360-degree video editing platform – in ...
US Navy pilots blockchain project to track aviation parts through their life cycles
The Naval Air Systems Command, the provisioner of material support for aircraft flown by the United States Navy known as NAVAIR, announced Thursday that it has started an experimental pilot using distributed ledger blockchain technology to track aviation components through the parts life cycle. To launch the pilot blockchain, NAVAIR partnered with Indiana Technology and ...
Mozilla’s VR web browser Firefox Reality arrives for Oculus, Vive and Daydream
Firefox Reality represents the Mozilla Foundation’s foray into the world of virtual reality and augmented reality with a web browser designed wholly to support those technologies. The Mixed Reality team at Mozilla Tuesday announced the launch of the 1.0 version of Firefox Reality for public release and it’s now available for Oculus Rift, HTC Vive ...
Automotive ‘holographic’ AR maker WayRay raises $80M from Porsche and Hyundai
WayRay SA, a maker of holographic augmented reality for cars, today announced a new late-stage $80 million investment from Porsche, Hyundai Motor Group, Alibaba Group, China Merchants Capital, JVCKenwood Corp. and Consortium of Sovereign Wealth Funds. Zurich-based WayRay produces AR products for cars that operate by projecting “holographic” effects onto the windows around a vehicle. Most ...
Apple wows at unveiling of Series 4 Watch and iPhone XS, XS Max and XR
Apple Inc. took to the world stage today to announce a new Apple Watch and three new iPhone models called the XS, the XS Max and the XR, all in a typically slick and bewitching announcement at the Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino, California headquarters. The announcement’s keynote, led by Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim ...
8th Wall Web makes augmented reality for websites a reality for mobile devices
Augmented reality software developer 8th Wall Inc. today announced the release of AR capabilities with 8th Wall Web that will use mobile browsers in lieu of downloaded apps. This will open the ability to see and experience AR to a much wider audience. With today’s launch, the company has also become the first to bring ...
Jaunt acquires ‘Teleporter’ augmented reality 3-D capture team and technology from Personify
Virtual reality and augmented reality distributor and developer Jaunt Inc. announced today the acquisition of Personify, including the company’s “Teleporter” lifelike 3-D real-time streaming technology and engineering team. The move by Jaunt is part of the AR/VR startup’s push on research and development for cutting-edge communication technology that will allow people to recreate themselves visually ...
Supreme Court of China rules blockchain evidence admissible in legal disputes
The Supreme People’s Court of China, the highest level of court in mainland China, announced today that evidence obtained from distributed ledger blockchain technology can be used in court. The announcement (in Chinese, readable in English via Google Translate) outlines a long list of clarifications of law regarding electronic evidence and how courts should behave with ...