Month: May 2021
Oculus Quest 2 now works with immersion-enhancing Cybershoes Cybershoes
A new model of Cybershoes, bespoke footwear simulating natural movement through virtual reality via actual foot motions, is now available to buy on Amazon. The shoes will work with a range of compatible games on Oculus Quest and Oculus Quest 2 VR headsets, including In Death: Unchained and The Wizards…
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Embracing cloud could net your company billions cloud
A study from digital consulting company Infosys has found that enterprises could add up to $414 billion per year in net profits through effective cloud adoption. The firm’s research arm surveyed over 2,500 companies across six regions: the US, the UK, France, Germany, Australia, and New Zealand. With the findings,…
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More Americans believe in climate change but still can’t quit fossil fuels
Nearly two-thirds of Americans now believe that climate change is an urgent problem to address, but they aren’t nearly as enthusiastic about giving up oil and gas, according to a new survey by the Pew Research Center. Only one-third of people surveyed supported completely phasing out fossil fuels. Less than…
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Amazon Prime’s next big sci-fi movie gets a summer blockbuster-style trailer The Tomorrow War
The Tomorrow War is shaping up to be the summer blockbuster movie that Amazon Prime needs. The streamer recently acquired the exclusive rights to Paramount’s upcoming sci-fi movie but, apart from a brief synopsis, a teaser trailer and a couple of press images, little was known about the Chris Pratt-starring…
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Airbnb’s CEO thinks the platform can replace your landlord
Airbnb doesn’t want you to forget about Airbnb, especially when you’re planning post-pandemic vacations. So on Monday, the company made multiple announcements all seemingly designed to get people renting, traveling, and, crucially, choosing Airbnb to do so. It announced flexible booking, which lets people search across days, weeks, or months…
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Zoom fatigue no more: Rewatch raises $20M to index, transcribe and store enterprise video content
We don’t hear as much these days about “Zoom fatigue” as we did in the first months after the Covid-19 pandemic kicked off last year, but what’s less clear is whether people became more tolerant to the medium, or if they’d found ways of coping with it better, or if…
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