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Augmented Reality Defined with Opportunities

Several years ago, I started using an augmented reality (AR) app for my smartphone whenever I ventured into the mountains. It was quite useful; I could point my device at any mountain to see information overlaid on the image. When I moved my device around, the information changed to correspond with what I saw.

Google Glass was an early example of AR glasses. However, the Three Digital…

Récapitulatif des sociétés rachetées par Apple tout au long de 2018

 Jean-Baptiste A.

 23 Déc 2018à 12:30

L’année 2018 étant sur le point de se terminer, c’est l’occasion de regarder dans le rétroviseur et récapituler toutes les entreprises rachetées par Apple. Certaines acquisitions sont connues et d’autres non, parce qu’Apple est généralement discret sur le sujet.

source: http://iphoneaddict.fr/post/news-251826-recapitulatif-societes-rachetees-apple-long-2018

Apple’s Silk Labs purchase pushes artificial intelligence to the edge; Apple could give Siri an offline mode

”Apple’s AI push into on-device machine learning continues with news of its acquisition of Silk Labs breaking just as the U.S. heads into its annual holiday season,” Jonny Evans writes for Computerworld. “The acquisition closely matches Apple’s feelings about the need to put AI/machine intelligence at the edge. Devices must be smart enough to function when they are offline and secure enough not…

Apple acquires artificial intelligence startup Silk Labs

[cfsp key=”getamac.jpg”]”Apple has acquired Silk Labs, an AI startup that focuses on making AI software ‘lightweight enough’ for consumer hardware like cameras and speakers, reports The Information,” Juli Clover reports for MacRumors. “”

“Apple purchased Silk Labs, a small startup with approximately a dozen employees, earlier this year,” Clover reports. “Silk’s website says that it aims to ‘bring…

Apple patent reveals ongoing work on micro-LED displays for holographic imagery

”The US Patent & Trademark Office [this week] published a patent application from Apple that relates to micro-LED displays that provide an angle-of-view adjustment layer that may be formed from holographic structures,” Jack Purcher reports for Patently Apple. “The patent application is all technical without an overview of how Apple could implement this holographic technology.”

What’s happening with Apple’s secret augmented reality glasses project?

”Rumors of Apple’s augmented reality (AR) glasses, supposedly known internally at Apple as ‘T288,’ took off a little more than a year ago when Bloomberg reported that the company was aiming for a 2019 debut of its AR glasses, and a 2020 launch,” Chris Neiger writes for The Motley Fool. “Since then, others have offered up alternative timelines for the company’s AR glasses, and speculated that they…

Episode 210 – HodgePodgePaloosa

Michael and Michael reprise the mobile hotel concept from last week to start off this week’s episode, with Volvo’s 360c concept car which takes into account the distances and speed necessary to make such a concept viable.  Consistent with the excellent Swedish design Volvo is known for, the physical seats in the vehicle, as well as the user experience to show the distance to destination on the…