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A technological leap for AR

(Source: Fast Company)   A sequel should do everything it can to improve upon the original, and from the very first glance, it already has with the Magic Leap 2. The original Magic Leap headset ...

The 8K debate: Is 8K gaming worth the cost?

8K resolutions are drastically bigger than HD and perfect for VR. (Source: PCMag)   Gaming in 8K resolution has evolved from a pipe dream to reality during the past few years. When Nvidia released their ...

Siemens unveils Xcelerator, its new open digital business platform.

(Source: Siemens AG) Siemens AG is looking at the future and has realized that to make digital transformations faster and easier for everyone, partnerships are needed. “No company can do this alone,” says Peter Koerte, ...

AI: Turning silicon vendors into coders

Intel updated analysts on its plans to attain artificial intelligence (AI) product leadership this week. Refreshingly, the answer is quite simple, but like all things simple, the path to achievement may be a lot more ...

Intel claims its 2nd-gen DL Habana Gaudi2 outperforms Nvidia A100

That’s just crazy talk on Intel’s part. Nothing can beat a GPU, everybody knows that. If that weren’t true, why would Intel have invested so many millions in developing a GPU? Surely, not just for ...

Apple’s AR glasses expected by late 2024

Concept render by Ian Zelbo based on purported leaked information.    TrendForce, which tracks and reports on display components, thinks the microLED chip market will start growing in 2024 and soar in 2026.  MicroLED AR ...

Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy makes holographic appearance

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy during the volumetric video capture shoot. (Source: Evercoast) What better way to communicate with an important group on an important matter than by speaking in a language common to all? That is ...

Arm says no to inferencing for ray tracing

Preparing for their initial public offering road tour, Arm has announced a new GPU and naming scheme, and committed fully to 64 bits for their CPU designs. SoftBank Group Corp. is considering listing some of ...

‘The Quarry’ redefines the gaming genre

The Quarry video game from Supermassive Games takes its cues from slasher-type horror films. (Source: Digital Domain)   The Quarry, a just-released video game from Supermassive Games and published by 2K Games, is described as ...

A holographic display you can wear

Holographic Glasses for virtual reality. (Source: YouTube, Jonghyun Kim)   A team of researchers headed by Jonghyun Kim along with colleagues at Nvidia and collaborators at Stanford University are developing a holographic display in a glasses-like ...

MediaTek soups up its Dimensity 9000 to a ‘plus’

MediaTek has introduced their Dimensity 9000+, an enhancement to the company’s top-of-the-line 5G smartphone chipset. This new high-end offering, says the company, delivers a boost in performance over the Dimensity 9000 to make the next ...

Imagination catapults RISC-V cores into the market

(Source: Wikipedia)   Imagination Technologies (IMG) announced it has a RISC-V processor design available. The IMG RTXM-2200 is the company’s first real-time embedded RISC-V CPU. It is, according to IMG, a scalable, 32-bit flexible design ...