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| SXSW 2017: Hauoli Tracks VR Movements With Sound |
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Sunday, March 12th, 2017 at 10:59 am |

SXSW 2017 – Virtual Reality is everywhere. Earlier today we met Hauoli, a VR startup that seeks to solve the VR gesture recognition problem with audio. #SXSW2017 – Right now, gestures are hard. Not so much in the real world, but certainly in virtual spaces. Ever since the heady days of Quake III arena, users who wanted to do some digital damage with their avatar’s fingers had to map a key that did little more than flip you off.
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| SXSW 2017: Carvana Wants To Sell You Cars – From A Vending Machine |
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Saturday, March 11th, 2017 at 10:44 am |
 [Carvana’s humongous vending machine mock-up in Austin during SXSW 2017.]We caught up with Carvana here in Austin, TX, at SXSW 2017. The Phoenix-based used car company calls itself a start up, but the truth is that it’s been around for at least four years, having been founded in 2013. Carvana claims that they’re new vending machine technology, which was first reported on last month, allows users to find used cars easily and then make major life decisions in the form of a car purchase, hassle-free, via massive vending machine.
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| The Drill Down 467: Watching You Watching Me
This week, how Uber is deceiving the authorities, Wikileaks‘ secret trove of CIA hacks, how much is Snapchat worth? Twitch takes on Twitter, using our DNA as near infinite memory storage, and much, much more.
...continue reading » Tags: Abstract, AI, Artificial Intelligence, CIA, DNA, Greyball, International Women's Day, IPO, Privacy, Pulse, Snap, Snapchat, Tales By Light, Twitch, Twitter, Uber, WikiLeaks | |
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| The Drill Down 466: To The Moon!
This week, more tech responses to President Trump actions, Uber vs Google in a self-driving patent battle, PlayStation, Xbox, and YouTube in the news, SpaceX plans moon tourism, and much, much more.
...continue reading » Tags: Alphabet, Boston Dynamics, Elon Musk, FCC, Google, Internet of things, IoT, ISP, ISPS, LGBT, Netflix, Otto, Playstation, PlayStation VR, President Trump, PS4, Sony, SpaceX, STEM, Uber, Waymo, Xbox, YouTube, YouTube TV | |
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