Google is reportedly working on royalty-free alternatives to Dolby Atmos and Dolby Vision. Codenamed Project Caviar, the scheme will create two new media standards - one for HDR video, the other for expanded surround sound. It was announced during a behind-closed-doors event with hardware manufacturers, but Protocol received a leaked video of the presentation. It claims … [Read more...] about Google Project Caviar could offer royalty-free Dolby Vision and Atmos alternatives
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This Kickstarter project turns an iPhone into your smart home’s magic wand
Fluid One is an app that lets you point and click at smart home devices to control them.Image: Fluid The smart home has an interface problem, and six undergrads from Duke think they’ve solved it with a Raspberry Pi and Apple’s U1 chip. They believe most of today’s methods for controlling smart devices — voice control, fiddly apps with multiple menus, motion sensors — are … [Read more...] about This Kickstarter project turns an iPhone into your smart home’s magic wand
KRAFTON Announces Game Project Based on Korean Fantasy Novel
Korean holding company KRAFTON announced today that active development has started on an “unnamed game project” that will be based on the popular Korean fantasy novel series The Bird That Drinks Tears. It is unknown what shape or form this game project will take at this exact moment, but there’s plenty of promises of a “whole new experience.” KRAFTON recently launched the … [Read more...] about KRAFTON Announces Game Project Based on Korean Fantasy Novel
AirPods Repairability Project Adds USB-C Port and 3D-Printed Casing
Engineering and robotics student Ken Pillonel has sought to address some of AirPods' repairability issues with a 3D-printed replacement casing and switching the Lightning charging port for a USB-C port. In his latest video, Pillonel highlighted that AirPods are not designed to be serviced or repaired since no hardware components can be accessed without damage to the … [Read more...] about AirPods Repairability Project Adds USB-C Port and 3D-Printed Casing
Meta’s next VR headset, Project Cambria, might arrive this September
Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, is reportedly developing new hardware, including four virtual reality headsets. The Information has claimed Meta plans to release the new virtual reality headsets between now and the end of 2024, which are all part of its ongoing metaverse mission. The first of these headsets should debut this September. Codenamed Project … [Read more...] about Meta’s next VR headset, Project Cambria, might arrive this September
Radiohead & Epic Games Reveal Audio-Visual Project Called Kid A Mnesia at PlayStation Showcase 2021
While we had a spate of surprising video game announcements at the PlayStation Showcase 2021, hidden in-between all the game trailers was a mysterious reveal for Kid A Mnesia, which is set to be an audio-visual project from UK-based experimental indie outfit, Radiohead, that’s built from the ground up for PS5. Interesting, no? Specifically, the newly announced experience … [Read more...] about Radiohead & Epic Games Reveal Audio-Visual Project Called Kid A Mnesia at PlayStation Showcase 2021
Intel Photoreal Enhancement ML project demoed in GTA V
Researchers at Intel labs have been looking at enhancing the realism of synthetic images. Stephan R. Richter, Hassan Abu Alhaija, and Vladlen Kolten recently published a research paper and accompanying demo video showing a new ML-based technique in action - changing the great but obviously synthetic graphics in GTA V to a much more realistic and photoreal experience. The … [Read more...] about Intel Photoreal Enhancement ML project demoed in GTA V
Project CHIP is now known as Matter – the latest standard aiming to simplify the smart home
The Apple, Google, and Amazon-backed smart home partnership known as Project CHIP now has a new name - Matter. After the initiative first launched back in 2019, with the Zigbee Alliance at its core, the work has now resulted in a new, formalised standard. The principle aim, though, is still the same - to help create a more interoperable and secure smart home that allows both … [Read more...] about Project CHIP is now known as Matter – the latest standard aiming to simplify the smart home
League of Legends fan project Chronoshift in jeopardy
The League of Legends legacy fan project Chronoshift has been asked to shut down and things got strange, so much so that it’s disappointed Riot. Last Friday, a member of the Chronoshift development team went onto Reddit to share one hell of a transcript from a conversation with Riot Zed, who was sent as Riot’s legal team were “looking for a way to come to a mutually … [Read more...] about League of Legends fan project Chronoshift in jeopardy
Project CHIP, the Universal Smart Home Standard, May Launch Devices This Year
The strength of smart home is the dozens of options that support every goal. The weakness of smart home is the dozens of ecosystem that often don’t play well together. Project CHIP, from Apple, Amazon, Google, and more, wants to solve that, and the standard’s first devices could launch in 2021. Apple, Google, Amazon, and the ZigBee alliance first announced Project CHIP back … [Read more...] about Project CHIP, the Universal Smart Home Standard, May Launch Devices This Year