According to foreign media reports, Google Capital, the investment arm of Alphabet, quietly changed its name to CapitalG last weekend and disclosed its stake in social apps Snapchat. Google spokesperson Winnie King confirmed that Snapchat is one of Google Capital's investment companies, but declined to comment. The Snapchat spokesperson said that he would not comment on the financing.
2, Google force! Chrome browser supporting WebVR will be online in January next year
At the W3C Web and Virtual Reality Technology Symposium held in Mountain View, California, last month, giants in the browser space gathered here to discuss the future of WebVR. At the meeting, Google WebVR product manager Megan Lindsay said that in January next year, a Chrome Android public version supporting WebVR 1.1 will be launched.
3, Microsoft Kinect update is expected to participate in VR / AR field applications
Microsoft announced plans for deep integration of UWP on Kinect as early as May this year. But until the end of the summer update, Microsoft officially released this driver update with new developer features. The Kinect driver uses the same code on the UWP (Universal Windows Platform) of the Xbox and Windows 10 to play the role of a normal RGB webcam.
4, foreign media visit Intel VR Lab Experience Project Alloy helmet
Recently, TechCrunch reporter Lucas Matney visited the VR lab at Intel's Santa Clara headquarters and he experienced the Project Alloy helmet. Intel CEO Ke Zaiqi told Lucas Matney that the company will not enter the consumer hardware business in the near future. Intel just hopes to turn its technology into the DNA of the next generation VR device.
5, 2016 Tencent WE Conference: AR, VR change the way of learning in the future
Yesterday, Tencent's fourth "WE Conference" was held in Beijing North Exhibition Theater. Similar to the WE conference last year, Augmented Reality (AR) has once again become a hot spot this year. Raymond Lo, co-founder of AR development company META, shared the vision of AR glasses at the conference. He said that although AR and VR technologies cannot change the human body structure, they have greatly expanded the human perception and changed the way humans learn.
6. Liard acquires American Optical Company NaturalPoint
OpTITrack is a full-body motion capture system. Currently, many of the world's motion capture solutions use the OpTITrack optical motion capture component, including the OpTITrack system in many VR projects. A recent announcement by the company, Liard Optoelectronics, revealed that its subsidiary, Pinda, acquired US NaturalPoint, Inc. (providing OpTITrack Solutions).
7, Disney developed a magical chair to experience the feeling of pouring down the rain
The haptic application, called VR360HD, was developed and tested by the consumer version of the head and the Disney Institute's tactile chair. There are six vibration actuators on the back of the chair and two woofer or "vibrator" on the seat and back. The linkage of the back actuators creates a feeling of local movement, while the woofer provides a sense of shock to two different areas of the body, creating a feeling of movement.
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