Back in July of 2016, developers Niantic, Inc., an American software development company, released Pokémon Go, one of the most popular augmented reality mobile games for iOS and Android. The game went on to be downloaded more than 1 billion times. Using the GPS system in the player’s phone, the game layers virtual Pokémons on …
When it comes to technology, its no secret batteries have always lagged behind and held back mobile capabilities. Even today Li-Ion and Li-Polymer (the two most used battery technologies) have to make trade-offs between capacity, charging/discharging speed, cost and lifespan. As transistors components and chips have shrunk year over year, batteries have only really …
Emergency services are rapidly evolving to catch up with modern technologies like Augmented Reality and smartphone advanced mobile location (AML) services. Critical services are making use of a nationwide critical access network that’s been in development since 2012, built exclusively for emergency services under the name FirstNet. This network is set to enable the mission-critical …
Most modern devices, applications and services make extensive use of cloud computing resources (data centers, CDN’s). Nearly all hardware leveraged in cloud computing is composed primarily of: CPU’s, GPU’s, RAM, Network interfaces and non-volatile storage; all of these are the essential building blocks of modern cloud computing. But there’s much more to computing, especially networks, …
Back in July of 2016, developers Niantic released Pokémon Go, an augmented reality mobile game for iOS and Android that went on to be downloaded more than 500 million times. Using the GPS system in a player’s phone, the game layers virtual Pokémon on to the terrain the device’s camera is focused on so as …
Virtual reality, augmented reality and mixed reality are easily some of the most anticipated technologies of the century, but for many early adopters the concept is starting to lose appeal. Some from growing disappointment with current implementations, others discouraged entirely from the high cost-barrier to entry from acquiring the headset and necessary computing elements. With …
2016 was a great year for most companies involved in augmented and virtual reality, and a significant percentage of consumers showed growing interests in the emerging technologies. This year is set to build upon last-year’s groundwork to create the most immersive virtual reality experiences yet. But there are still many things holding back its use outside …
