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LinceoVR moves product simulation into augmented reality
Real-time rendering and Microsoft Kinect hooks offer new ways to examine products in Altair HyperWorks. Microsoft’s decision to provide easy ...
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Prime Sense brings new vision to Apple
Apple has confirmed rumors that it has acquired Israeli semiconductor company PrimeSense. A look at the company’s direction before the ...
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Microsoft talks Xbox One and Kinect at Hot Chips
Beyond the block diagrams, FLOPS comparisons, and power requirements, the new system on a chip had to master complex human ...
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Fund-raising pandas and other applications for 3D sensing
PrimeSense and Open NI are leading the next wave of 3D sensor applications. Everybody wants in on the act. PrimeSense, ...
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Microsoft unveils AMD-powered Xbox One
The unveiling was sparse on details, but it looks like the new console will be as much about the total ...
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Pawing through digital images in a ceramic bowl
Intel Fellow Doug Carmean is serious about his company’s mandate to think outside the box. Intel does a lot of ...
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Leap Motion says get ready to toss your mouse, keyboard and Kinect
A start-up in stealth mode for four years is about to introduce a $70 device 200x more sensitive than any ...
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Kinect hack wizards vie for TechStars fame
Eleven start-ups are now using Microsoft office space and a $20,000 grant to take their amazing Kinect-based projects to the ...
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Nuvixa StagePresence uses Kinect to insert people into presentations
AMD has invested in this novel approach to telepresence, which allows a presenter to share screen space with pie charts ...
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New augmented reality platforms jazz up mobile
Qualcomm’s Vuforia and HP’s Aurasma can make objects or the passing scene part of the mobile experience. By Kathleen Maher ...