Friday, November 30, 2018
Amazon Alexa Programmers Twitch Channel
Twitch
Watch VOD: Deep Dive into Three Critical Aspects of Alexa's In-Skill Purchase API from amazonalexa on www.twitch.tv
Thursday, November 29, 2018
One Look and you're in
Of course, they'll want better face scanning as this grows.
USA TODAY
“We’re removing the need for a customer checking a bag to present their passport up to four times per departure – which means we’re giving customers the option of moving through the airport with one less thing to worry about, while empowering our employees with more time for meaningful interactions with customers,” Gil West, Delta’s COO, said in a statement touting the airline’s effort to outfit Terminal F with the biometric technology.
The option also will be available to international passengers flying nonstop from Atlanta on Delta’s partner airlines Aeromexico, Air France-KLM or Virgin Atlantic.
USA TODAY
“We’re removing the need for a customer checking a bag to present their passport up to four times per departure – which means we’re giving customers the option of moving through the airport with one less thing to worry about, while empowering our employees with more time for meaningful interactions with customers,” Gil West, Delta’s COO, said in a statement touting the airline’s effort to outfit Terminal F with the biometric technology.
The option also will be available to international passengers flying nonstop from Atlanta on Delta’s partner airlines Aeromexico, Air France-KLM or Virgin Atlantic.
They Will advertise like crazy the first projector enabled Smart Speaker
...especially on the NFL...
This is good news, it tells us these companies are all in on the space, will be competing for market share, and will shout about their new features.
BroadcastingCable
As the holiday shopping season closes in, we took a look at TV advertising trends surrounding a hotter-than-ever product category: smart speaker/displays for the home, and in particular the Amazon Echo, Google Home and the newest to market, Facebook Portal.
Data from iSpot.tv, the real-time TV ad measurement company with attention and conversion analytics from more than eight million smart TVs, reveals an interesting common strategy: these advertisers are more likely to spend big but air fewer ads than other top-spending brands — in other words, they’re making premium TV ad buys — and all three had the biggest budgets allocated to the NFL.
This is good news, it tells us these companies are all in on the space, will be competing for market share, and will shout about their new features.
BroadcastingCable
As the holiday shopping season closes in, we took a look at TV advertising trends surrounding a hotter-than-ever product category: smart speaker/displays for the home, and in particular the Amazon Echo, Google Home and the newest to market, Facebook Portal.
Data from iSpot.tv, the real-time TV ad measurement company with attention and conversion analytics from more than eight million smart TVs, reveals an interesting common strategy: these advertisers are more likely to spend big but air fewer ads than other top-spending brands — in other words, they’re making premium TV ad buys — and all three had the biggest budgets allocated to the NFL.
Wednesday, November 28, 2018
US ARMY Hololens
Hololens to Army, Bloomberg
Microsoft Corp. has won a $480 million contract to supply prototypes for augmented reality systems to the Army for use on combat missions and in training, the Army said. The contract, which could eventually lead to the military purchasing over 100,000 headsets, is intended to “increase lethality by enhancing the ability to detect, decide and engage before the enemy,” according to a government description of the program.
"Augmented reality technology will provide troops with more and better information to make decisions. This new work extends our longstanding, trusted relationship with the Department of Defense to this new area,” a Microsoft spokesman said in an emailed statement.
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The U.S. Army and the Israeli military have already used Microsoft’s HoloLens devices in training, but plans for live combat would be a significant step forward.
HoloLens is one of the leading consumer-grade headsets, but a large consumer market doesn’t yet exist; a video made for the European Patent Office this spring said it had sold about 50,000 devices. That’s about half the number the Army expects to buy through its augmented reality program, which is called the Integrated Visual Augmentation System, or IVAS.
With the contract, the Army immediately becomes one of Microsoft’s most important HoloLens consumers. It expects devices to vary from their consumer-grade counterparts in a handful of key respects. In a document shared with companies bidding on the contract, the Army said it wanted to incorporate night vision and thermal sensing, measure vital signs like breathing and “readiness,” monitor for concussions and offer hearing protection. It said the winning bidder would be expected to deliver 2,500 headsets within two years, and exhibit the capacity for full-scale production.
The U.S. Army and the Israeli military have already used Microsoft’s HoloLens devices in training, but plans for live combat would be a significant step forward.
HoloLens is one of the leading consumer-grade headsets, but a large consumer market doesn’t yet exist; a video made for the European Patent Office this spring said it had sold about 50,000 devices. That’s about half the number the Army expects to buy through its augmented reality program, which is called the Integrated Visual Augmentation System, or IVAS.
With the contract, the Army immediately becomes one of Microsoft’s most important HoloLens consumers. It expects devices to vary from their consumer-grade counterparts in a handful of key respects. In a document shared with companies bidding on the contract, the Army said it wanted to incorporate night vision and thermal sensing, measure vital signs like breathing and “readiness,” monitor for concussions and offer hearing protection. It said the winning bidder would be expected to deliver 2,500 headsets within two years, and exhibit the capacity for full-scale production.
Women love Tech
Better with a screen.
Wants a small device
Moved to a larger screen
Wants a small device
Moved to a larger screen
And that summarizes why Microvision's interactive display is perfect for this market.
(And third party players -- Google, Lenovo, JBL...)
First things first – I really like the Google Home Hub for my home. As a not too huge a fan of voice-only smart home assistants, the display screen on the Home Hub is my favourite thing about it. But, a smart home assistant should do more than just look pretty. How does the Google Home Hub do overall – how does it fare compared to the Amazon Alexa smart devices, for example? How about other third party smart displays that have Google Assistant built in, such as the Lenovo Smart Display or the JBL Link View? Are there any features that Google definitely needs to improve on? Let’s have a look below.(And third party players -- Google, Lenovo, JBL...)
The size and design – 10/10
You may think a perfect ten score for a tiny 7-inch screen is odd, but personally, I find the Google Home Hub’s screen size remarkably suitable for not just our apartment, but any size home. The screen size reminds me of my beloved Google Nexus 7 tablet that I used many years ago – one that fit my reading/sketching/video-viewing needs resoundingly well, before Google (and I) inevitably moved on to a 9 or 10-inch tablet.
Monday, November 26, 2018
Smart Homes, Google Assistant poll
Simple question. How often do you use Google Assistant?
Simple answer: A lot and more and more.
Very good news for us.
Android Police
The Author's Comments:
I find my own use increasing with time. I use it for things I probably don't even need to just because it's there, it's an option, and it allows me to externalize tasks — anything to ease my descent into monomania. But I know plenty of people that still eschew it entirely on privacy grounds (or even just the embarrassment of talking to a phone or empty room).
Simple answer: A lot and more and more.
Very good news for us.
Android Police
The Author's Comments:
I find my own use increasing with time. I use it for things I probably don't even need to just because it's there, it's an option, and it allows me to externalize tasks — anything to ease my descent into monomania. But I know plenty of people that still eschew it entirely on privacy grounds (or even just the embarrassment of talking to a phone or empty room).
Monday, November 19, 2018
One of those reports...
In general I'm dismissive of such reports. (On this subject I'm doing the research myself.)
But this one had an interesting headline I haven't seen before that I agree with.
Pico Projector Market
But this one had an interesting headline I haven't seen before that I agree with.
Pico Projector Market
Pico Projector Market will Generate Massive Revenue in Future- A comprehensive study on Key Player: Standalone
Pico Projector Market Report 2018
The latest release from HTF MI highlights the key market trends impacting the growth of the Global Pico Projector market. The study highlights influencing factors that are impacting or reinforcing market environment such as Government Policy, technological changes etc along with key market drivers. The research study forecast Revenue Opportunities and Sales Volume Area taken into consideration the primaries from industry experts and includes relevant data such as (revenue, market Size, growth rate, and product price) by important players such as Standalone.
Friday, November 16, 2018
Roku Wireless Speakers
I like to see this company getting into the smart speaker space. They're a very easy customer for display only in a product like this, and it wouldn't surprise me a bit to find that it's already on the agenda.
I see I missed their original announcement in July.
I see I missed their original announcement in July.
In July, Roku unveiled its entry into the voice-powered speaker market with a pair of Roku TV Wireless Speakers designed to work with the company’s lineup of partner-built smart TVs. Those speakers will now begin to ship to customers starting on Friday, November 16. They’ll also go on sale in advance of Black Friday at a discounted price, Roku says.
The speakers were previously available for pre-order and will normally retail for $199.99.
However, Roku will sell them starting on Sunday, November 18 through “Cyber Monday,” November 26, for $149.99.
The company had earlier said the speakers would begin shipping in late October, so this is a bit of a delay on its part. But they’re still here before the holidays and in time for Black Friday, which is what’s most important.
History, Hololens and SLAM
Simultaneous Localization and Mapping -- An application for CONSUMER LiDAR.
Sure, you can use Hololens to view something programmed, and to design something new... but if you want to include something that already exists --- Laser scanning is where to go. (20 million points per second - 30 meters)
So, for education, training and collecting data SLAM with MVIS consumer LiDAR.
To experience it.... Near eye displays.... Microvision is there too.
When I look at this tech, instead of getting less enthusiastic about it, I get MORE enthusiastic about it, because it will revolutionize education, and make the people who use it much more productive.
40 years ago a lot of people wondered why people would want a computer in their home. There won't be any wondering about why people will want this and very few people have heard of this so far.
Holoforge
French History at Geekwire.
Regarding SLAM GEO SLAM
E-mailed these guys about getting one of their units last year and they quoted a price of $34,000 and then you'd still need to purchase processing from them. I expect MicroVision's LiDAR to appear at an extreme discount to that price.
Sure, you can use Hololens to view something programmed, and to design something new... but if you want to include something that already exists --- Laser scanning is where to go. (20 million points per second - 30 meters)
So, for education, training and collecting data SLAM with MVIS consumer LiDAR.
To experience it.... Near eye displays.... Microvision is there too.
When I look at this tech, instead of getting less enthusiastic about it, I get MORE enthusiastic about it, because it will revolutionize education, and make the people who use it much more productive.
40 years ago a lot of people wondered why people would want a computer in their home. There won't be any wondering about why people will want this and very few people have heard of this so far.
Holoforge
French History at Geekwire.
Regarding SLAM GEO SLAM
E-mailed these guys about getting one of their units last year and they quoted a price of $34,000 and then you'd still need to purchase processing from them. I expect MicroVision's LiDAR to appear at an extreme discount to that price.
Sharp & Foxconn
When Foxconn made a bid for Sharp
Noticed this back in 2016, and somehow it get's posted as new news today. In 2016 we were sure, because of Robohon, that MicroVision had something going on with Sharp.
Maybe clickbait, or maybe for some other reason, it made the news feed. This happens, but fairly infrequently... I'm not sure how or why it happens.
From Today Stocksbeat
New York Times 2016
Noticed this back in 2016, and somehow it get's posted as new news today. In 2016 we were sure, because of Robohon, that MicroVision had something going on with Sharp.
Maybe clickbait, or maybe for some other reason, it made the news feed. This happens, but fairly infrequently... I'm not sure how or why it happens.
From Today Stocksbeat
New York Times 2016
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