Games/Interactive
Microsoft, Sony Will Partner on Game Streaming, AI (CNET)
Sony and Microsoft on Thursday said they're exploring a strategic partnership to develop cloud-based solutions for their respective game and content streaming services. The announc... More
YouTube VR App Coming to Oculus Quest (Variety)
YouTube is bringing its virtual reality (VR) app to Facebook’s Oculus Quest headset. The Google-owned video service announced Thursday that its VR app would be available on the Q... More
Adobe Lightroom Adds Tutorials, Shared Albums, Texture Control (TechCrunch)
Adobe Lightroom is getting its first new slider in a long time today that helps bring out texture in images. This new feature, which will be available in Lightroom, Lightroom Class... More
Why eSports Will Be Bigger Than Live Sports (Techonomy)
You probably don’t understand e-sports the way you think you do. Your immediate intuition is probably to make the analogy to live sports presented in a digital gaming format. But... More
Technicolor, Outernet Global Partner for the Future of Immersive Entertainment (MESA)
The world’s first high capacity, immersive media space in a global city center is set to open in 2020 in the heart of London’s West End. The Outernet London will be the first i... More
EY: U.S. CEOs, Business Leaders are AI Optimists but See China as Obstacle to AI Advancement in the U.S. (MESA)
A study of US CEOs and business leaders, conducted by EY, revealed that most senior executives (85%) classify themselves as artificial intelligence (AI) optimists, citing increased... More
AI, Blockchain Could Give U.S. Edge in 5G (Tech HQ)
An FCC commission believes AI and distributed ledger technology could hold the key for U.S. 5G competition.... More
AR/VR’s $80B-Plus Market Could Split Before it Consolidates (VentureBeat)
Some in the AR/VR industry see it converging into a singularity of spatial computing in one magical device, but mobile AR, smartglasses and VR could actually diverge in the medium-... More
Supreme Court Rules Against Apple in App Store Antitrust Case (CNBC)
The Supreme Court on Monday ruled 5-4 against Apple, saying iPhone users can pursue their antitrust lawsuit involving the tech giant’s signature electronic marketplace, the App S... More
SAP CEO Bill McDermott: Seize Our Destiny to Win In the Experience Economy (Forbes)
"We measure the quality of our work by your success and business outcomes,” said McDermott. “We’re focused on becoming the best-run version of ourselves in the relentless pur... More
AI is Becoming eSports’ Secret Weapon (VentureBeat)
Machine learning is changing the $1 billion esports market, which is projected to reach $1.8 billion by 2022. Computer scientists have made great strides over the past decade to va... More
Fox Sports First U.S. Broadcaster to Embrace Gambling, Fox Bet Planned for Legal States (The Drum)
Fox Sports is the first major US sports network to make a move in gambling, with the purchase of a 5% stake in The Stars Group - the parent company of PokerStars. It marks the firs... More
Movie Theaters Find New Life as eSports Arenas (THR)
While Avengers: Endgame keeps breaking records, 2019 has been hard in terms of generating box office revenue outside of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Overall, the film industry hi... More
Consumers Aren’t Using the ‘Smart’ Part of Smart TVs (Rapid TV News)
Even though ownership of new connected devices is high, many who own them don’t use most of their core capabilities.... More
The Importance of an AI Strategy (Avanade Insights)
When building an AI strategy, it needs to be grounded in these areas and focused on how an enterprise can use AI to solve earlier unsolvable problems. AI is all about taking advant... More
Google Bringing AI Assistant Duplex to the Web (TechCrunch)
Last year at Google I/O, the tech giant’s annual developer conference in Mountain View, Calif., the company showed off a splashy demo of an artificial intelligence assistant, Dup... More
Adobe After Effects Now Has Content-Aware Fill to Auto-Erase Unwanted Items in Videos (My Modern Met)
If you’re interested in motion graphics and digital visual effects, there’s great news from Adobe. Two years after teasing the feature at Adobe MAX, content-aware fill is now a... More
Google Search Adds AR, Big Lens Upgrades (Engadget)
Google is going to start displaying search results in augmented reality, the company announced today at its I/O 2019 developers conference.... More
Here’s How AR Technology Will Change Businesses Inside and Out (Tech Wire Asia)
Augmented Reality (AR), a lesser known technology, is an interesting solution for businesses looking to take the creative path to accelerate their journey to digital maturity. Like... More
How Disruptive Technologies are Transforming Design (Adobe Blog)
Artificial intelligence, augmented reality, virtual reality, and touchless interfaces are reinventing the customer experience. In this changing landscape, designers must now be tra... More
