How much would you pay for high-end VR? HTC is betting $799. (UK and AU prices aren’t available yet, but the equivalent is roughly AU$1,040 or £575 converted.) But there’s a catch: This time, that’s only for part of the package. The HTC Vive Pro, a new PC-connected VR hardware update to the original HTC …
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Moore’s Law, the principle that chips are supposed to get smaller and faster every few years, is faltering. But one company, Xilinx, thinks that’s actually good news for a new type of flexible processors it expects to sell next year. You’ve heard of Intel, Apple and Samsung, some of the biggest chipmakers around. But you probably don’t know Xilinx unless …
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This year a lot more of us will be spending time wearing augmented and virtual reality headsets. Regardless of a growth slump in 2017, the AR/VR headset market is predicted to increase by 48.5 percent year-over-year to volumes of 12.4 million units, according to market research by IDC. The firm also says headsets will grow to 68.9 million units in …
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Microsoft’s Windows software will support technology called HEIF to shrink photo sizes — the third big operating system to embrace the JPEG alternative along with Apple’s iOS last year and Google’s Android P this year. Windows 10’s wallpaper Stephen Shankland/CNET A test version of Windows 10 — a step on the road to a version due this fall — has …
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Researchers say they’ve discovered critical security flaws in AMD chips that could allow attackers to access sensitive data from highly guarded processors across millions of devices. Particularly worrisome is the fact that the alleged vulnerabilities lie in what’s designed to be the secure part of the processors — typically where your device stores sensitive data like passwords and encryption keys. …
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To celebrate Pi day, March 14 (3/14), Microsoft has slashed prices by up to 31.4 percent on dozens of laptops, gaming desktops and two-in-ones available through its online store. This is the fourth year Microsoft has celebrated the mathematical constant of pi with a sale, according to The Verge. The price cuts include PCs from Dell, Lenovo, HP, MSI, Asus, Acer …
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I’ve never been on this street before, and I’m not really sure where I’m going. I reflexively reach for my phone to see where I am. But then I remember I don’t need it. That’s because I’m wearing Bose’s new augmented reality (AR) sunglasses. The prototype device, made from a 3D printer and packed with smarts and high-quality audio, made …
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Today is your last chance to lock into the $35 per month price for YouTube TV. The streaming video service price jumps to $40 per month for new subscribers as of tomorrow. But if you sign up by 11:59 p.m. PT today — Monday, March 12 — you’ll be grandfathered in to the lower monthly price going forward. YouTube TV …
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I don’t get to wear a hard hat to work all that often. This one has a heads-up display on the side. It reminds me of using Google Glass. Or, many other single-lens types of AR that use heads-up displays instead of any holographic effects. In essence: it feels unexciting. But it’s not designed to be wild and crazy: it’s …
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Fortnite, released last July for the PS4, Xbox One and PC, is best described as a game that’s kinda like PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG). But now it’s truly setting itself apart with a mobile port. The mobile version of Fortnite, announced on Thursday by Epic Games, is ambitious: It’ll feature the same 100-player battle royale gameplay that its console brethren is famous …
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