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HTC cuts the cord to virtual reality with the Vive Standalone headset
HTC Corp. revealed its first standalone virtual reality headset Thursday at the ChinaJoy entertainment expo in Shanghai. The head-mounted display does not require a PC or a smartphone to run and will sell under the name HTC Standalone – but only to consumers in China. The headset looks exactly the same as a standalone version ...
Visbit opens all-in-one VR streaming platform to developers
Virtual reality and 360-degree video streaming company Visbit Inc. announced today that it is opening up its platform to developers. The company released a software development kit for the Unity mobile engine and a web-based virtual reality player capable of video streaming in 4K resolution or higher. Using Visibit’s platform, content creators and publishers may now ...
The end of an era: Microsoft removes Paint after 32 years (but it’s not dead yet)
New Windows users will soon find themselves without an iconic, free paint program that launched 32 years ago. Microsoft Paint is being removed from Windows 10 as part of a looming update from Microsoft Corp. That update, called the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, will greatly expand how Windows users create things, by adding apps and ...
Billion grabs $2.3M grant to put prepaid cards market on the blockchain
The European Union’s largest innovation research program, Horizon 2020, announced Thursday that it granted $2.3 million to the Billion Group to pioneer distributed-ledger technology for the alternative payments market. The alternative payments market concerns payments made with nontraditional means such as e-wallets, prepaid cards and vouchers. Currently, many of these payment types operate sluggishly because ...
London Stock Exchange Group taps IBM blockchain technology for private securities
The London Stock Exchange Group plc has teamed up with IBM Corp. to build a solution using digital ledger technology, or blockchain, to allow small and medium-sized European businesses to digitize corporate securities. Using the technology, LSEG expects to help simplify the way that businesses track and manage shareholding information. The new system will create ...
Bitfury reveals enterprise-grade blockchain framework for business
Blockchain software and infrastructure company BitFury Group Monday announced the launch of its enterprise distributed cryptographic ledger technology service. The blockchain framework, named Exonum, is aimed at providing businesses and governments a secure and easy way to rapidly bring blockchain solutions online. “We have seen interest and enthusiasm for blockchain solutions grow every day as businesses, ...
MelodyVR partners with Sony Music to bring sweet tunes to virtual reality
Sony Music Entertainment has become the latest major record label to sign a deal with MelodyVR Ltd., a subsidiary of EVR Holdings plc, to produce and distribute music using the emerging technology of virtual reality. With this deal, MelodyVR has inked deals on with the three biggest music labels in the world. Warner Music Group signed ...
Dalux puts augmented reality to work building a hospital in Denmark’s Faroe Islands
Dalux, Denmark-based company that does building information modeling, Wednesday launched an augmented-reality phone app designed to give construction workers an edge. The so-called BIM platform, intended to assist construction crews in the field by providing visual overlays via mobile phone camera as well as floor plans, is currently being used in Denmark’s Faroe Islands to assist with ...
Facebook reportedly planning to release $200 VR headset in 2018
Facebook Inc. has plans to unveil a new standalone virtual reality headset with an affordable price tag of $200 later this year that will begin shipping in 2018. According to a report from Bloomberg, the headset’s code name is “Pacific.” This report follows Facebook’s recent efforts to make its Oculus Rift headset cheaper to enhance sales of ...
Food and drink transparency blockchain startup Provenance raises $800K seed round
United Kingdom-based startup Project Provenance Ltd. announced today closing $800,000 in funding to enable a market launch of its blockchain service. Provenance has developed a distributed cryptographic ledger, or blockchain, designed to provide transparency to track fresh produce from origin to grocery store shelf. This seed round follows a successful international pilot tracking tuna through Southeast ...
