Design Museum’s Designs of the Year 2017: Nominees
This year’s nominees are a pretty good reflection of what happened over 2016 – Pokemon Go, Kanye West clothing and the Olympic Refugee Flag.
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The 7 best highlights from Siggraph 2017
VR and AR experiences, animations, realtime rendered events and new tech from the recent event in Los Angeles.
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VR could be in danger of peaking too early
Founder of 360° video content creators Blend Media, Damian Collier, on why virtual reality is yet to be fully adopted by the mainstream.
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Discover the memories of a dead scientist with Found Studio's new VR experience
Found Studio creative director Marcus Moresby on his latest project – The Vanishing Act – and what whole-room experiences means for storytelling.
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Design house Marokka has used AR to let low-poly animals roam London's financial district
This augmented reality installation in Broadgate raises awareness of endangered animals, and how technology can help to preserve them.
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Illustrator Chris Haughton on how he turned his artworks into a VR game for children
Chris explains the ups and downs of creating a VR app inspired by his book Goodnight Everyone – about earth, its ecosystem and the solar system.
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Microsoft is building a better HoloLens
Microsoft's next-generation Holographic Processing Unit (HPU) within the HoloLens will focus on machine learning, Microsoft revealed. This new direction could help HoloLens interact more intelligently with its environment.
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Is this the future of VR and AR?
Limb extensions, tactile holograms and Star Wars in VR – we take a look at the emerging technologies to be showcased at Siggraph 2017.
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Wacom's next Cintiq will have a huge 32-inch screen
Coming in January, the new Cintiq Pro will offer the largest screen-you-can-draw-on we've ever seen.
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Why VR was a conspicuous no-show at Microsoft's Xbox One X launch
Microsoft says they're not willing to talk about virtual reality on its upcoming Xbox One X console. Instead, Microsoft is pushing mixed reality on Windows PCs.
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This art's on A Journey Through Science Fiction
To coincide with its wonderful new sci-fi exhibition, the Barbican has commissioned and curated a selection of sublime artworks. See them here.
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Ori Toor's bizarre interface designs and print layouts for gibberish
These wonderfully eccentric digital and print designs show that the content doesn't have to make sense to produce great work.
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Learn to program robots and drones with Apple’s new Swift Playgrounds 1.5
Swift isn’t just for making apps anymore. You can learn how to write code to control products from Lego, Parrot, Sphero, and more.
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Intel demos wireless HTC Vive VR headset
HTC will launch a wireless version of the Vive virtual reality headset in early 2018.
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Intel's massive 18-core Core i9 chip will make your creative apps even more powerful
Designers, photographers and artists with the highest computer performance needs – listen up. Intel's new Core i9 and Core i7 X-series chips have been announced – and a new Intel vs AMD war is brewing.
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Microsoft’s new Surface Pro boasts a better pen, faster performance
The new Surface Pro boasts a faster, more sensitive and tilt-recognising pen.
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This projection mapping project explores our relationship with endangered species
Check out a polar bear, whale, red squirrel and a bee sculpture illuminated by incredible projection mapping visuals from Sober Industries.
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Google's Standalone VR and VPS address the clutter and clumsiness of virtual reality
Google has launched both a new category of cable-free Standalone VR devices, as well as a new Visual Positioning System for helping phones navigate via augmented reality.
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Microsoft's new mixed-reality devices offer lower prices than the Rift and Vive
Microsoft and its partners will debut new mixed-reality controllers to help users navigate through the virtual worlds it's trying to create via Windows 10.
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How you can help create VR for social good
A new website is bringing together VR studios, agencies, charities, NGOs and others to collaborate on and showcase virtual reality projects that help make the world better.