Games/Interactive
Facebook’s ‘M’ AI Concierge is Dead, Long Live M (Fast Company)
Facebook has officially decided to cease work on M, an AI chatbot assistant it launched in beta form in 2015. In this vision, M was a concierge designed to help you with … well, ... More
George Mason, Adobe Collaborate on Imaging Research (Photonics Media)
The department of computer science at George Mason University is working with Adobe Systems Inc. on preliminary research for imaging and video streaming. "Truly for us it has been ... More
China is Building a Giant $2.1 Billion AI Research Park (CNBC)
China is planning to build a 13.8 billion yuan ($2.1 billion) technology park dedicated to developing artificial intelligence (AI), state-backed news agency Xinhua reported Wednesd... More
Why 2018 Will be the Year of VR 2.0 (Fast Company)
In the two years since consumer virtual reality hardware first hit store shelves, it has struggled to catch on. There are numerous reasons, but one is that all current VR systems w... More
How Blockchain Can Lead to Better AI Products (TNW)
Perhaps the greater value in the entire cryptocurrency craze is not the tokens themselves but the blockchain technology that supports it. There are, in fact, already new things on ... More
How IBM is Training Its Workforce to Think Like Designers (Fortune)
If you want to track the fast-moving design transformation happening at IBM, try following the Post-it notes. “I see it everywhere,” says Diane Paulenich, a managing directo... More
Wearable Tech to Double By 2021 with Smartwatches Leading the Way (Forbes)
The worldwide wearable tech market is set to explode in popularity in the next few years, with 149.5 million shipments in 2021. That’s according to leading industry analyst Inter... More
VR/AR in China: An Emerging Giant? (Forbes)
President Xi Jinping has emphasized the role that technology must play in China’s future. In an oft-quoted speech at the B20 Summit in Hangzhou in 2016, he made it clear that VR ... More
Worlds Collide: VR and AR in 2018 (Engadget)
Though VR has the ability to connect people across continents and express powerful, emotional experiences in more-immersive ways than ever before, those bulky headsets simply aren'... More
Avid Pro Tools Gets Boost on New iMac Pro (MESA)
Avid today announced the availability of a new version of Pro Tools® optimized for High Sierra 10.13.2, and introduced new video file support for post-production workflows, empowe... More
Paramount Partners with Bigscreen for ‘Top Gun’ Virtual Reality Showings (Variety)
Bigscreen and Paramount Home Media Distribution are partnering on free virtual-reality showings of the iconic action movie “Top Gun” in 3D in Bigscreen’s VR software. Begi... More
Siemens Turns to AWS to Scale Industrial IoT Platform (CBR)
Siemens aims to quicken the rollout of its MindSphere software platform by partnering with Amazon. The Internet of Things (IoT) platform MindSphere collects data from various de... More
Accenture Aims to Take AR, VR Commerce Into the Mainstream (VentureBeat)
Virtual reality may be stalled with consumers, but it might be catching on with enterprises. That’s one of the messages delivered recently by the “extended reality” team at A... More
Blockchain: Shifting From Internet of Information to Internet of Value (CoinTelegraph)
There is a growing trend of Blockchain implementation in the social media industry. This development is changing how the public approaches an ecosystem which has before now been at... More
Survey: Brands Should Focus on Digital Improvement More Than Innovation in 2018 (The Drum)
A new survey has revealed that many consumers want brands and businesses to improve their current digital products and services rather than rushing to introduce new ‘on-trend’ ... More
Snapchat Launches Augmented Reality Developer Platform (TechCrunch)
Snapchat is finally opening up so outside developers can help it offer infinite augmented reality experiences beyond those it designs in-house. Today, Snap launches the Lens Studio... More
Veritone Announces General Availability of AI Developer Application (MESA)
Veritone announced the general availability of its Veritone Developer application. The application empowers developers of cognitive engines, applications and application programmin... More
Redbox Launches Digital Service (HMM)
Redbox is going digital again. The kiosk company Dec. 13 rolled out Redbox on Demand in public beta. The service, which CEO Galen Smith said complements its existing physical di... More
NBA Inks Twitch Pact to Live-Stream Minor League Games with Fan-Interaction Features (Variety)
Twitch is the latest tech company to make a sports play: The Amazon-owned video service, which specializes in video-game broadcasts, has reached a deal with the NBA to stream up to... More
Adobe Lightroom’s Auto Setting is Now Powered By AI (TechCrunch)
Adobe launched an update to its suite of Lightroom photo management apps today that, among other things, brings a new machine learning-powered auto setting to the service. The new ... More