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Meet The Man Behind Hollywood And Fortune 500 Firms' Transmedia Success
Forbes - 2 Jul 2017 05:04
How can you use transmedia storytelling to develop brand "story worlds" like Disney and Apple? Jeff Gomez explains.
Samsung field patent for magnetic controllers for VR
Venture Beat - 2 Jul 2017 23:53
On June 29, we learned that Samsung, the creators of the Oculus-powered Gear VR headset, filed a patent in late December of last year for magnetic VR hand controllers. Based on the description in the patent and the accom...
AI will help us download meeting notes to our brains by 2030
Venture Beat - 2 Jul 2017 23:33
GUEST: The internet is overflowing with tips on how to hack your health. From increasing cognitive function by drinking butter-spiked coffee to tracking sleep, stress, and activity levels with increasingly sophisticated ...
NPC 17: Status Solutions, Because Right Now Matters
Nibletz - 2 Jul 2017 21:10
National Principal's Conference 2017: Status Solutions Is Here To Help Because Right Now Matters When any kind of incident occurs at school, time is of the essence. No one likes to think about it but active shooters pose...
Game investor Phil Harrison sees the broader view of games beyond Sony and Microsoft
Venture Beat - 2 Jul 2017 21:10
Phil Harrison was probably the tallest person at the Gamelab gaming event in Barcelona, Spain, this week. And that, along with his decades of gaming experience, gives him a great view into the past and the future of game...
8 steps to building a strong board of directors
Venture Beat - 2 Jul 2017 19:25
GUEST: With nearly 30 years of experience in both operations and investing, I may have developed a few gray hairs, but I've also learned a thing or two about what an effective, well-run board looks like. I’ve gleaned m...
Clash of Clans maker Supercell is making investments so its core team can stay small
Venture Beat - 2 Jul 2017 17:35
Supercell is generating a ton of cash from its ongoing successful games like Clash of Clans and Clash Royale. Most of the company is now owned by China’s Tencent. But rather than use its riches to expand its internal s...
ISTE 2017: Roboterra Wants To Teach Your Students Robotics And Coding
Nibletz - 2 Jul 2017 15:20
Roboterra Wants To Teach Your Students Robotics and Coding With an Award Winning Curriculum There are a lot of great products out there for STEM and STEAM initiatives. There are several robotics companies that are on a m...
Apple patent shows a controller-free way to interact with ARKit
Venture Beat - 2 Jul 2017 12:34
Apple's new ARKit platform basically looks like HoloLens inside of an iPhone. All that's missing is a controller-free interaction system. A new patent uncovered this week suggests that may be on the way, though. Patently...
GM self-driving cars: Coming soon to a city near you
Venture Beat - 2 Jul 2017 07:14
The Chevrolet Bolt EV, outfitted with General Motors’ self-driving electric car technology, has finally hits the streets. GM is about to become one of the first automakers to build and mass produce a self-driving elect...
Dogmented Reality is real, and it's coming to Apple's ARKit
Venture Beat - 2 Jul 2017 04:03
A very good, 11/10 app may soon be heading to an iPhone or iPad near you. The term Dogmented Reality was first coined for a 2016 April Fools gag from Meta, but now it's very much a real thing for some smartphone users. F...
The reality of automating customer service chat with AI today
Venture Beat - 2 Jul 2017 01:41
GUEST: Of all the fields in the chatbot-crazed world, customer service is one of the prime targeting areas for automation. Virtual Customer Agents (customer service focused bots or VCAs for short) are intelligent systems...