Kathleen Maher

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Oculus makes new friends reveals new products

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Kathleen Maher

Oculus unveils new headset, prototype hand controls, and a relationship with Microsoft to get out ahead of the news onslaught coming with the E3 game conference.

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Adobe acquires Mixamo as one more building block to 3D

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Kathleen Maher

Adobe announced the acquisition of Mixamo on June 1. The company sells rigged characters and mo-cap moves through a hybrid mix of product and service deasl and a combination of cloud and client approaches. Adobe says it will use the Mixamo technology to enable easy 3D character creation in Photoshop.

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Apple acquires Metaio

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Kathleen Maher

Leading AR tools and app developer Metaio of Germany has been acquired by Apple. The company is now cloaked in darkness but we're waiting for a cloud of AR butterflies to emerge from Apple.

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Siemens PLM teases Catchbook

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Kathleen Maher

Siemens is reaching out: PLM group showed off Catchbook, a tablet based drawing and drafting tool for a wide range of applications from professional to consumer.

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The Archipelago of Things

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Kathleen Maher

We tend to think of the Internet of Things as a vast network that is knitting itself together as devices ...

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Moore’s Law turns 50; Gordon Moore worries that US is losing its edge

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Kathleen Maher

Intel celebrates the semi-centennial of Moore's Law with events highlighting the work of the Gordon and Betty Moore foundation. Moore says he's been surprised by how well his prediction has held up over the years, but he's disappointed that the US seems to be losing interest in investing in pure research.

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Microsoft and allies launch 3MF Consortium for 3D printing

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Kathleen Maher

In a bid to accelerate the 3D printing market, eleven companies have formed a consortium to promote, distribute, and maintain the open ...

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Toon Boom updates and reaches out with new pricing

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Kathleen Maher

Toon Boom revamps flagship Harmony and with new packaging and pricing models to expand the software’s accessibility.  Toon Boom is ...

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Dassault acquires Modelon GmbH assets from parent company Modelon AB

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Kathleen Maher

Dassault builds out its Modelica toolset with the acquisition of Modelon GmbH. Dassault Systèmes has announced the acquisition of Modelon ...

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Scott Berkey of Simulia division to lead Dassault Systèmes North America

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Kathleen Maher

CEO of Simulia Scott Berkey takes on additional duties as Managing Director of Dassault’s North American operations.