Better than holograms: 3D-animated starships can be viewed from any angle
Unlike holograms, the optical trap display produces images viewable from all angles. Inspired by science fiction displays like the holodeck from Star Trek and the Princess Leia projector from Star Wars, a BYU electrical and computer engine.....»»
Selfie culture: What your choice of camera angle says about you
Over the past decade, selfies have become a mainstay of popular culture. If the #selfie hashtag first appeared in 2004, it was the release of the iPhone 4 in 2010 that saw the pictures go viral. Three years later, the Oxford English Dictionary crowne.....»»
Amazon’s Invincible: How family drama and super-violence make it something special
The cast of Invincible, Amazon Studios' animated series, explains how the adaptation blends family drama and super-powered action to create something special......»»
Fruit fly egg takes an active hand in its own growth, highlighting parallels to mammals
A cast of so-called 'nurse cells' surrounds and supports the growing fruit fly egg during development, supplying the egg—or 'oocyte'—with all the nutrients and molecules it needs to thrive. Long viewed as passive in this process, the Drosophila e.....»»
Virtues of modeling many faults: New method illuminates shape of Alaskan quake
An earthquake is generally viewed to be caused by a rupture along a fault that is transmitted outward from its point of origin in a uniform, predictable pattern. Of course, given the complexity of the environments where these ruptures typically occur.....»»
How do humpback whales rest?
An international research collaboration has used an omnidirectional camera attached to humpback whales to reveal how these creatures rest underwater. These findings demonstrate how wide-angle lens cameras can be useful tools for illuminating the ecol.....»»
Research finds surprising electron interaction in "magic-angle" graphene
In 2018, physicists showed that something interesting happens when two sheets of the nanomaterial graphene are placed on top of each other. When one layer is rotated to a "magic angle" of around 1.1 degrees with respect to the other, the system becom.....»»
The best superhero TV shows of all time
Hungry for superhero stories? Whether they're animated or live action, here are our picks for the best superhero TV shows of all time......»»
Universal sequence of Chern insulators in superconducting magic angle graphene
Scientists from ICFO, Princeton and NIMS have discovered a full sequence of symmetry-broken Chern insulators that are induced by strong correlations in magic angle graphene. The study has been published in Nature Physics......»»
WeWork unbundles its products in an attempt to make itself over, but will the strategy work?
For years, there was a debate as to whether WeWork was a tech company or more of a real estate play. At first, most people viewed WeWork as a real estate startup disguised as a tech startup. And as it kept scooping up more and more property, the line.....»»
Deep Learning Enables Real-Time 3D Holograms On a Smartphone
An anonymous reader quotes a report from IEEE Spectrum: Now researchers at MIT have developed a new way to produce holograms nearly instantly -- a deep-learning based method so efficient, it can generate holograms on a laptop in a blink of an eye. Th.....»»
Deep Learning Enables Real-Time 3D Holograms On a Smartphone
New AI technique can rapidly generate holograms with less than 1 megabyte of memory Using artificial intelligence, scientists can now rapidly generate photorealistic color 3D holograms even on a smartphone. And according to a new study, th.....»»
Using artificial intelligence to generate 3D holograms in real-time
Despite years of hype, virtual reality headsets have yet to topple TV or computer screens as the go-to devices for video viewing. One reason: VR can make users feel sick. Nausea and eye strain can result because VR creates an illusion of 3D viewing a.....»»
Royal Shakespeare Company to stage live play in virtual Midsummer Night"s Dream forest
The Royal Shakespeare Company is set to put on a virtual play called Dream that will be performed by actors in motion capture suits and animated in real-time. Read more The Royal Shakespeare Company is set to put on a virtual play called.....»»
The best family movies on Hulu
Whether you're a fan of animated features or friendly live-action flicks, Hulu is your one-stop-shop for all family films. Here are some of the best this month......»»
Google My Business people who viewed your business report
You can now see device and platform breakdown in your Google My Business performance reports. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article......»»
2D video to 3D faces: Facing down a key challenge in VR
Smartphone input can now generate photorealistically lit and shadowed 3D human faces, viewed from any angle Creating a virtual experience that’s as close to real life as possible is one of virtual reality’s (VR’s) ultimate goals, as compa.....»»
First impressions of AppLovin’s IPO filing
Could a bet on AppLovin then, could be viewed as a wager not on its business income growth, but on the strength of consumer app demand? AppLovin released its S-1 filing yesterday, bringing the Palo Alto-based mobile app-focused software co.....»»
Addressing the problem of zombie firms at the international level
The term "zombie firm" was coined in the late 1980s in the context of "zombie banks." In fiction, the word zombie itself usually refers to a monstrous creature that is animated and yet dead. In the context of finance, however, we might think of a zom.....»»
Searching for novel targets for new antibiotics
Ribosome formation is viewed as a promising potential target for new antibacterial agents. Researchers have gained new insights into this multifaceted process. The formation of ribosomal components involves multiple helper proteins which, much like i.....»»
Searching for novel targets for new antibiotics
Ribosome formation is viewed as a promising potential target for new antibacterial agents. Researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin have gained new insights into this multifaceted process. The formation of ribosomal components involves.....»»