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Apr 29, 2017
How Adobe Wants to Turn Flat 360-Degree Videos Into True Virtual Reality (EXCLUSIVE)
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: futurism, virtual reality
Hardly a day has gone by this month without the announcement of a new virtual reality (VR) camera system. Facebook, Google and GoPro all aim to make VR more immersive with new cameras, some of which won’t be commercially released for the foreseeable future. However, researchers at Adobe believe that you may not need new camera hardware at all for a big leap in immersion.
Adobe’s head of research Gavin Miller is going to present new cutting-edge technology at NAB in Las Vegas this Tuesday that could one day be used to turn flat, monoscopic 360-degree videos shot with consumer-grade spherical cameras into fully immersive VR video, complete with the ability to lean into the video — something that’s being called six degrees of freedom (6DoF) among industry insiders.
Apr 29, 2017
Harvard Researchers Are Preparing to Geoengineer the Atmosphere
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: futurism
In a first-of-its-kind study, scientists will disperse aerosols into the stratosphere in initial tests of a controversial technique for blocking incoming solar radiation.
Apr 29, 2017
Converting carbon dioxide into clean air
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: energy, sustainability
Apr 29, 2017
You VR Takes You on a Tour of The Human Body
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: biotech/medical, virtual reality
Apr 29, 2017
The Winners Of 2017’s A’ Design Award & Competition Have Just Been Announced, And They’re Genius
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: innovation, materials
The A’ Design Award & Competition is a magnet for creativity, and every year the contest attracts thinkers and inventors from all over the globe. The winners of the 2016–2017 period have just been announced, and they’re so innovative they could change the world as we know it – or at least make it a little more functional.
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The awards were doled out to over 1200 projects spanning a wide spectrum of categories, including but not limited to furniture, packaging, graphics, and architecture. The designs share common themes of practicality, modernity, and efficient use of space and materials. A’ Design is a unique concept in the competitive world, offering winners the prize of mass publicity rather than cash, and giving the designers an arsenal of tools to forge success on their own terms.