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Apple Vision Pro hands-on, redux: Immersive Video, Disney+ app, floating keyboard, and a little screaming
With pre-orders for the Apple Vision Pro headset opening this week, the company is getting ready to launch one of its most significant products ever. It announced this morning an “entertainment format pioneered by Apple” called Apple Immersive Video, as well as new viewing environments in the Disney+ app featuring…
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Audio Radar helps gamers with hearing loss ‘see’ sound effects instead
Audio cues can sometimes be crucial for success in games. Developers frequently design the sound environment for their experiences to be not only rich and immersive, but to also contain hints about approaching enemies or danger. Players who are hard of hearing can miss out on this, and it’s not…
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Our favorite accessibility innovations at CES 2024
So much of what we see at CES tends to be focused on technological innovation for the sake of innovation, or obvious attempts to tap into whatever trend is gripping the internet’s attention that year. In the last few shows, though, there has been a heartening increase in attention to…
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Tech’s biggest losers in 2023
The last few years have been, to put it mildly, rough. And 2023 continued to bring sad tidings. Amid the humanitarian crisis that is the Palestine-Israeli conflict, plus increased fears around the credibility and reliability of AI and Elon Musk’s ongoing meltdown, tech’s biggest players also suffered their fair share…
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The biggest winners in tech in 2023
Throughout 2023, it felt like the drama never let up. From Elon Musk’s nonstop shenanigans to the constant launches in the generative AI race, the last twelve months was packed with news. Thankfully, it wasn’t all bad, and this year saw more winners than before. There were clear frontrunners, like…
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The best laptops for 2024
Whether you’re looking to upgrade your own laptop soon or buy one as a gift for someone you love, you have plenty of options to choose from. Too many, some might say: with the dozens of models available from Apple, Dell, HP, Lenovo and other brands, it can be confusing…
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