#Google #VR Web Experiments Now Supports on Google #Cardboard

Earlier this year Google brought Virtual reality (VR) support for to Chrome offering fully immersive experience with Chrome and Daydream-ready phone and Daydream View headset. Now it has brought WebVR on Chrome to Google Cardboard, so that anyone with an Android phone and Cardboard can experience VR on the web.

It has also launched WebVR Experiments that showcases experiences developers are already building. “Each experiment shows shows something different you can try in WebVR,” said Google.

Earlier this year Google brought Virtual reality (VR) support for to Chrome offering fully immersive experience with Chrome and Daydream-ready phone and Daydream View headset. Now it has brought WebVR on Chrome to Google Cardboard, so that anyone with an Android phone and Cardboard can experience VR on the web.

It has also launched WebVR Experiments that showcases experiences developers are already building. “Each experiment shows shows something different you can try in WebVR,” said Google.

WebVR Experiments showcase include:

• The Musical Forest by Google Creative Lab
• Konterball by Wild
• Speak to Go by Google Creative Lab & Jaume Sanchez
• Under Neon Lights by Within
• Sonic Umbrella by Plan8
• Spot-the-Bot by Hook
• Mr Nom Nom by Etter Studio
• Chromatic by Funktronic Labs
• Finding Love by Active Theory
• Day & Night by Stewart Smith
• Mass Migrations by Marpi
• Bear 71 by NFB, Jam3, IDFA Doclab, Sound & Vision

You can access these at webvrexperiments.com. “If you don’t have Cardboard or Daydream, you can still play on desktop or on any phone in 2D,” said Google. WebVR support on Chrome for desktop headsets like Oculus Rift and HTC VIVE will be available soon.

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#HapticHelpers :#Google VR

With current VR technology, you can put on a headset, and the visuals and audio will make you feel like you've been transported to a new place. But incorporating other senses into the VR experience—to make you feel like you’re actually there—has remained an unsolved challenge. Until now.

They are taking VR to the next level with Haptic Helpers. Using a modest set of everyday tools, these VR virtuosos can simulate more than 10,000 unique experiences, all from the comfort of your own home. Smell the roses. Listen to the ocean. Feel a fluffy dog!

They Have recently begun in-home user tests and are now seeking additional trusted testers. Interested? Sign up now.

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NEW #SAMSUNG COMMERCIAL

 Samsung announced quite a few new devices yesterday at its Unpacked event including the Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus as well as a new version of the Gear VR headset. With the official reveal behind us, it’s now time for Samsung to start spending some money to promote its new devices to consumers all over the world.

The company has just released a cool commercial that’s very well made and quite funny. It shows an ostrich, a flightless bird, that accidentally puts on a Gear VR headset with the Galaxy S8 inside that runs a flight simulator.

The ostrich likes what it sees and immediately starts believing that it can fly. After trying for some time, the bird finally succeeds and takes to the skies. The commercial then ends with a great tagline that reads “We make what can’t be made, so you can do what can’t be done.”

The commercial really is great and we’re looking forward to seeing more of them from Samsung soon. Especially the ones that will be focused mainly on the recently announced flagship smartphones. For those of you who don’t know, LG also released an interesting commercial for the G6 a few days ago, which is definitely worth checking out.

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#Facebook’s #Messenger Day

Facebook has a new feature for Messenger users this week, rolling out to all Android and iOS devices. Called Messenger Day, it allows users to share all their happenings into a Instagram Story-like roll of videos and photos. 

If this sounds odd, that’s because it is. You see, Facebook owns Instagram and Instagram has Stories. The features of Stories and Day are basically identical. Users can snap a photo and add stupid stickers, or take a video and add stupid stickers or neon-colored text to that. Once you have something you think is worthy of sharing with friends, you post it to your “Day,” which can then be viewed by anyone on your Facebook friends list.

The real difference is the interaction FB hopes to take place between people, which is something not pushed by Instagram. While you can comment on a post via Instagram Stories, Messenger Day is about talking and meeting up with friends.

Here’s the complete rundown on how it works, should you be interested.

How It Works

1. First make sure you’ve updated your Messenger app so you have the latest version.
2. Open Messenger, and tap on the camera highlighted with a sun to celebrate this launch. Doing so drops you right into the full-screen camera. Or, tap the “Add to your day” button at the top of your inbox to get started.
3. Snap a quick selfie or take a photo or video of what’s around you.
4. To add art and effects, tap the smiley face icon in the top right and then tap to add to your photo or video. You can also add text over your images by tapping the “Aa” icon, and you can overlay a drawing by tapping the squiggly line in the top right corner.
5. Once you have your photo or video the way you want it, tap the arrow in the bottom right corner. You can then add directly to your day, save it to your phone’s camera roll, and/or you can choose to send it to a specific person or group of people. The photo or video that you add to your day will be viewable for 24 hours.

To use Messenger Day, head on over to Google Play and make sure you have the latest version of Messenger.

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#Smash Mouth's 'All Star' with #Windows XP sounds

Either your nightmares or your dreams are about to be realized with YouTube user James Nielssen's bizarre remix of the Smash Mouth hit "All Star" done with Windows XP sounds. It kicks off with the memorable XP error sound and soon rolls into a nutty version of the song that will bring back sweet memories of you yelling in frustration at your PC.

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The real star of the show here is Clippy, the much-maligned digital assistant shaped like a paperclip with googly eyes. Clippy floats across the screen, multiplies and begs us to end its suffering. Mercifully, the video, posted Friday, is only about a minute long.

Nielssen is hitting the weird "All Star" variations pretty hard on his YouTube channel. He also released a version where the words are ordered by their Scrabble scores and one where the vocals keep getting higher as the backing track gets lower.

And who could forget his video of "All Star" where every single word is "somebody"? That delightful monstrosity racked up over 2.7 million views. The Windows XP tune has topped 500,000 views so far, which is also exactly the number of people who got the song lodged in their brains on a never-ending loop.

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#Facebook:updated now with autoplay sound, new TV app and more

Facebook has announced major updates for video which brings new features. The social network has also launched a new app for TVs.

First up, videos on Facebook’s mobile app will now autoplay with audio turned on by default. Prior to this, videos played silently and you had to tap on a video to hear sound. Facebook says people watch more video on phones, they expect sound when the volume on their device is turned on. The audio will fade as you scroll through videos in News Feed. I believe may users will not welcome this feature as it will be quite annoying if unwanted videos start playing. However, you can disable this feature by switching off “Videos in News Feed Start With Sound” in Settings. If your phone is set to silent, videos will not play with sound.

Vertical videos will now look better on iOS and Android mobile devices. The social network said it tested a larger preview of vertical videos in News Feed on mobile last year and users have responded positively. Now, this larger format is available to everyone. Next up, users can now minimize the video they are watching to a picture-in-picture view that keeps playing in the corner of your screen while you browse other stories in News Feed. This feature is already available on YouTube. You can drag the video to any corner of the screen, and if you are using an Android device, you can keep the video playing even when you exit the Facebook app to do something else on your phone.

Finally Facebook has announced a new video app for TV, which will roll out soon to app stores for Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV and Samsung Smart TV, with more platforms to come. The app will let you watch videos that are present on Facebook, but on a larger screen. Facebook users were watching more than 100 million hours of video every day in early 2016. CEO Mark Zuckerberg has already mentioned how important videos are for its platform.

Facebook has announced major updates for video which brings new features. The social network has also launched a new app for TVs.

First up, videos on Facebook’s mobile app will now autoplay with audio turned on by default. Prior to this, videos played silently and you had to tap on a video to hear sound. Facebook says people watch more video on phones, they expect sound when the volume on their device is turned on. The audio will fade as you scroll through videos in News Feed. I believe may users will not welcome this feature as it will be quite annoying if unwanted videos start playing. However, you can disable this feature by switching off “Videos in News Feed Start With Sound” in Settings. If your phone is set to silent, videos will not play with sound.

Vertical videos will now look better on iOS and Android mobile devices. The social network said it tested a larger preview of vertical videos in News Feed on mobile last year and users have responded positively. Now, this larger format is available to everyone. Next up, users can now minimize the video they are watching to a picture-in-picture view that keeps playing in the corner of your screen while you browse other stories in News Feed. This feature is already available on YouTube. You can drag the video to any corner of the screen, and if you are using an Android device, you can keep the video playing even when you exit the Facebook app to do something else on your phone.

Finally Facebook has announced a new video app for TV, which will roll out soon to app stores for Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV and Samsung Smart TV, with more platforms to come. The app will let you watch videos that are present on Facebook, but on a larger screen. Facebook users were watching more than 100 million hours of video every day in early 2016. CEO Mark Zuckerberg has already mentioned how important videos are for its platform.

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turn your glasses into smartglasses!

Remember when Google Glass was all the buzz on the internet? While that project seems to be in an indefinite holding pattern, there are still people out there who want to develop smartglasses. One such project is currently seeking funds via Kickstarter. This device is call Kai, and it’s been designed to turn any normal pair of glasses into smartglasses.

The company that came up with this idea, Glimpse Wearables, was started by a high school senior in Chicago, Dylan Rose. He says he came up with the idea for Kai because he feels smartphones are becoming too intrusive, with his friends looking down at their phones all the time.

The result of his idea is Kai, which is an accessory that can be attached to most any pair of glasses. It includes a microphone that can listen to your voice commands. With the help of a third-party voice assistant called Houndify, Kai is supposed to allow you to do things like make calls or texts, check calendar appointments, control your smart home devices, search for things on the internet and more. It also uses bone conduction speakers to make sure your voice messages are not heard by everyone else. The device will also come with its own smartphone app, where users can change settings on Kai, along with managing specific voice commands and more.

The Kickstarter fund raising effort is looking to bring in $55,650 to launch Kai, with 38 days to go in the campaign. If you get in early you can claim one for as low as $130, for a scheduled shipment in August 2017. While this idea is cool on the surface, we do have to wonder if such a product wouldn’t be better served with a simple wireless Bluetooth earpiece connected to a voice assistant on a smartphone.

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