'Metaverse': the next internet revolution?
Imagine a world where you could sit on the same couch as a friend who lives thousands of miles away, or conjure up a virtual version of your workplace while at the beach.
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A deep learning method to automatically enhance dog animations
Researchers at Trinity College Dublin and University of Bath have recently developed a model based on deep neural networks that could help to improve the quality of animations containing quadruped animals, such as dogs. The ...
Nov 26, 2021 feature
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Pandemic fuels travel boom—in virtual reality
Jem Jenkins Jones was stuck at home in Wales for much of the past year amid pandemic lockdowns but managed to fulfill a promise to her 10-year-old daughter to see the northern lights from Iceland and South Africa's game reserves—in ...
Mar 27, 2021
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Google offers Cardboard path to virtual reality
With some DIY spirit and appreciation of virtual reality immersion, you can have the VR experience. You need little more than cardboard and some items that you can pick up at your local hardware store. Google has its own ...
Jun 27, 2014 report
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Industrial Internet of Things: Real-time remote control of smart factory between Korea and Finland
A research team of the ETRI has revealed a technology which can remotely control one factory simultaneously from home and abroad using 5G technology developed through international joint research and an intercontinental wired ...
Jun 10, 2022
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Anticipation grows over Nokia news at upcoming LA event
Now sending Nokia what's-next watchers into a collective buzz: A story that Nokia is set to introduce a virtual reality product next week. Ina Fried in Re/code said the information came from sources "familiar with the company's ...
Jul 23, 2015 report
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A method to introduce emotion recognition in gaming
Virtual Reality (VR) is opening up exciting new frontiers in the development of video games, paving the way for increasingly realistic, interactive and immersive gaming experiences. VR consoles, in fact, allow gamers to feel ...
Sep 04, 2019 feature
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Human Level Artificial Intelligence 2016: Artificial General Intelligence and then some (Part 1)
(TechXplore)—In its inception, the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) sought to create computers with general intelligence analogous to our own. This proved to be too challenging and elusive, thereby leading AI research ...
Sep 26, 2016 feature
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'Metaverse' hype fuels booming digital property market
The idea of spending millions on non-existent land may sound ludicrous—but feverish predictions of a virtual reality future are pushing investors to bet big on digital real estate.
Dec 05, 2021
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A universal system for decoding any type of data sent across a network
Every piece of data that travels over the internet—from paragraphs in an email to 3D graphics in a virtual reality environment—can be altered by the noise it encounters along the way, such as electromagnetic interference ...
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