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Just over five years after NextVR broadcast its first live virtual reality broadcast from California to my home in Michigan, Apple confirmed that it is acquiring the startup. While Apple has already incorporated AR features on some of its platforms, rumors of a further boost to augmented reality or virtual reality have remained mere rumors.
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In the past few years, NextVR highlights have included concert, golf and NBA broadcasts. Still, the slow adoption of virtual reality means that only a few people could see, and phone-based headsets like the one I used in 2015 have lagged behind. All I can hope for now is that Apple’s move will be remembered as one that helped deliver quality virtual reality experiences to the masses, and not just another example of promising technology acquisition and storage forever.
— Richard
‘Ghost of Tsushima’ includes a black and white samurai cinema mode
Plus more game details.
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You will have to follow the wind and wild animals to find new places and points of interest in the world of Ghost of tsushima. That’s one of the gameplay elements that Sucker Punch Productions showed during Sony’s latest episode of State of Play, completely focused on the new samurai game.
Expect to switch between a samurai battle style and a ghost mode, the latter being more cunning and possibly less honorable. And in an attempt to truly embrace its feudal Japanese roots, the game will come with a black and white mode to help channel your inner Kurosawa.
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VanMoof’s S3 electric bike is better, cheaper and just as stylish
It’s almost time for the electric bike boom.
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VanMoof is like the Allbirds of electric bikes. The company has struck a chord with tech-savvy people who care deeply about design and sustainable living. That niche, however, is so big.
It’s moving towards the mainstream and making its premium bikes a little bit cheaper. So how do the S3 and X3 compare to the competition? And how far do they move the needle for the adoption of the electric bicycle? VanMoof’s third-generation ride has a few frustrating flaws, but it’s still one of the most impressive pedal-assist bikes money can buy, as long as you agree to something that occasionally puts design and simplicity over flexibility. Nick Summers took the S3 for a ride.
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Apple could launch an ‘affordable’ 10-inch iPad this year
Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is also predicting a new iPad mini model for early 2021.
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Apple may have a few more products to launch this year. According to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the company is planning a 10.8-inch “affordable” iPad in the second half of the year. Apple’s cheapest 10-inch iPad currently costs $ 329.
Kuo said the next models “will continue [the] The iPhone SE’s product strategy “in that its main selling points are its affordable price tags and its use of the latest and fastest Apple chips. It also expects to see a new iPad mini in the first half of 2021.
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The Boring Company completes excavation of its Las Vegas tunnels
It is on its way to opening in January 2021.
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Elon Musk’s Boring Company has finished excavating the second of two tunnels planned for the Las Vegas Convention Center’s underground transit system. The mile-long system could cost up to $ 52.5 million and is currently slated to complete in January 2021. The Boring Company’s first foray into commercial transit will transport people below the convention center via electric vehicles. Tesla freelancers. It is designed to move more than 4,000 people per hour through the facility, turning what is at least a 15-minute walk into a journey that takes less than two minutes.
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