Behind the Scenes at Microsoft: Kinect Fusion and Lightspace
Thursday, 22nd December 2011Posted in Blog Archive, Gadgets, Technology
Tags: 3D, behind the scenes, concepts, fusion, kinect, lightspace, microsoft, prototype, research, ui, video
Written by: Craig Hunter
The guys over at The Verge recently went behind the scenes at Microsoft’s Building 99, where approximately 850 researchers (or 1% of all Microsoft employees) work to develop the latest technologies that might one day make it into consumer products.
In the most recent episode released, GM of strategy and communications at Microsoft Research, Kevin Schofield, shows us the future possibilities of Kinect. We also get a look at researchers playing around with a depth-sensing UI concept known as Lightspace. Continue reading “Behind the Scenes at Microsoft: Kinect Fusion and Lightspace” »
The Top 5 Gadgets We Should Be Thankful NEVER happened
Wednesday, 23rd November 2011Posted in Apple, Blog Archive, Gadgets, Technology
Tags: apple, concepts, failures, gadgets, gaming, HTTP, ipad, prototypes, technology, thankful, Thanksgiving
Written by: Craig Hunter
While the majority of us are awaiting the next big product unveiling from companies like Apple, Microsoft, and Sony with high hopes, we often forget about some of the disastrous product unveilings, prototypes, and concepts that never quite took off. This holiday weekend, be thankful that some of these remarkably bad product designs didn’t get the chance to impact the direction of the industry.
Some might have had potential but were commercial failures for good reason, while others were just downright bad decisions. Thankfully, some were premature concepts that acted as stepping stones to better products, and on that note, we start things out with the tablets… Continue reading “The Top 5 Gadgets We Should Be Thankful NEVER happened” »
Apple’s Siri Assistant Gets Re-imagined with a Dose of Reality
Wednesday, 16th November 2011Posted in Apple, Blog Archive, Technology
Tags: ai, apple, comedy, concepts, joke, reality, shitsirisays, siri, skit, video, voice
Written by: Craig Hunter
Written By Jordan Kahn
We’ve already seen a few re-imaginings of Apple’s voice-controlled Siri feature in the new iPhone 4S. First we had a voice over courtesy of Portal’s GLaDOS, then the promise of a HAL 9000 inspired-dock, and lastly a possible mind-control hack that some are calling out as fake.
Perhaps the only thing missing from these concepts is a little dose of reality. Much like Apple’s own ads for Siri, most of these concepts and products don’t depict the voice-controlled feature in the real world as we know it, but rather Apple’s fantasy world where everything is supposed to “just work”.
But today we bring you a reimagining of Siri in the real world courtesy of the guys over at CollegeHumor.
While the skit is clearly for comedy only, and not trying to point out any flaw in Siri, the voice-controlled AI does have a tendency of saying some pretty strange Continue reading “Apple’s Siri Assistant Gets Re-imagined with a Dose of Reality” »
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