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Tag: Virtual Reality

  • Viodi View – 07/22/16

    Viodi View – 07/22/16

    The Virtual Transportation Network This week’s conference epiphany was the parallel between software defined telecom networks and software defined transportation networks. In both industries, the hardware is becoming secondary, as software allows for dynamic reconfiguration to meet demand. Telecommunications will be increasingly important as one of the inputs to connect sensors and make the transportation network…

  • Viodi View – 07/08/16

    Viodi View – 07/08/16

    The point of the broadband networks and the associated technology innovations, chronicled in the Viodi View, is to improve quality of life and make things better for people. A brief glance at the news is all one needs to see that there is a lot more than “room to improve.” Technology in the 21st century is…

  • Smart Glass Technology – Bring People Together, Don’t Drive Them Apart

    Smart Glass Technology – Bring People Together, Don’t Drive Them Apart

    It is easy to dismiss Intel New Devices General Manager Dan Eisenhardt’s premise that by 2031, smart glasses will replace the hand-held smart devices that have become ubiquitous. Skeptics could bring up many potential barriers to adoption, including battery life, weight and style. There are those who were freed from the weight of glasses through the magic of surgery and the…

  • Viodi View – 05/19/16

    Viodi View – 05/19/16

    The Google Home product may be the most exciting thing coming out of the Google I/O conference. said CNET’s Brian Tong in the preview of the Google I/O Developers conference that is happening this week on the former landfill known as Shoreline Amphitheater. And listening to Google’s announcement for this product due out later this year, his…

  • Viodi View – 04/18/16

    Viodi View – 04/18/16

    Thanks to the combination of sensors and deep learning (i.e. artificial intelligence) we have entered the era of the super-human. That was a key takeaway from Nvidia’s GPU-Tech Conference. Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang termed 2015 as “a defining year for AI, the computer industry and likely for all of humanity.” Hopefully, 2015 won’t be viewed as a milestone along a path…

  • Viodi View – 03/28/16

    Viodi View – 03/28/16

    With the first shipments of the Oculus Rift going out today, will we soon see a new world of content? How will virtual reality shake up the content distribution business, if at all? Will VR only have niche applications or will it become a new way of life, just like the smart phone has become an appendage for many…