The BBC is testing a technology that could make every “Star Wars” fan’s dreams a reality. A 3-dimensional holographic table television has moved beyond concept and is now working as individuals test its capabilities in an attempt to fine tune the invention. According to Business Insider, the holographic television is reminiscent of the one Princess Leia used to send her message to Obi Wan Kenobi, via R2-D2, in “Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope.” Similar holographic televisions were seen on the … Read the full story
HoloLens Will Be Your AR Piano Teacher in the Future
“…monitor your form and technique to teach the piano…”
You’ve likely seen light-up musical keyboards that teach you how to play a song with visual cues, but few of those devices exist and have a limited number of songs you can actually learn. But Karl Baumann and his HoloLens Hackathon team figured out that in mixed reality, you can learn music with visual cues with any piano. Video: . The result of their 48-hour HoloHacks session in Los Angeles is HoloKeys: a proof-of-concept app that teaches simply melodies with colored overlays for the keys … Read the full story
Gamblit will bring The Brookhaven Experiment VR game into casinos
Gamblit Gaming has teamed up with Phosphor Games to take the virtual reality shooter game The Brookhaven Experiment into land-based casinos as part of an attempt to target younger gamblers. Younger folks visit casinos often, but they don’t like older slot machines and table games as much as they enjoy video games. So Gamblit is trying to change that. Gamblit Gaming specializes in real-money gambling and skill games in both mobile and land-based casinos. Gamblit is “gamblifying” mobile games such … Read the full story
“The World’s First Songs Composed by Artificial Intelligence” Are Neither First Nor Entirely Artificial
I know, I know. Isn’t pop music written by robots already? Har har. But really: Researchers at Sony’s Computer Science Laboratory in Paris have shared a pair of tracks created with the assistance of software called Flow Machines. The program analyzes a database of existing songs to “learn” musical styles and identify commonalities, then “[exploits] unique combinations of style transfer, optimization, and interaction … Read the full story
Microsoft’s HoloLens gains momentum thanks to the award-winning HoloAnatomy app
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HoloAnatomy for Microsoft’s HoloLens AR headset won an award during the Jackson Hole Science Media Awards competition. It beat Google’s Tilt Brush app and a 20-minute film in the immersive virtual reality and augmented reality category. … Read the full story