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Disney Scraps Metaverse Division As Virtual Worlds Become Yesterday's Tech Fad
History is littered with predictions about virtual reality worlds that were going to change everything.
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VR Is Revolutionizing Therapy. Why Aren't More People Using It?
VR therapy has been studied since the 1990s. But as of 2023, we're still talking about its potential.
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Generative AI's Next Frontier Is Video
Startup Runway AI Inc. has rolled out Gen 2, an artificial intelligence model that produces short video clips based on brief user prompts.
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Artificial Intelligence for Materials Discovery
Finding novel materials needs more than pure machine learning.
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AI Rewrites Coding
Even as software grows increasingly complex, artificial intelligence helps to simplify and automate coding tasks.
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. . . And the Computer Plays Along
Software can improvise on the spot to accompany the performance of live musicians.
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Computer Scientists Paint a Picture of Six Decades of Movies
Computer scientists analyzed the trailers of 29,000 North American movies released from 1960 to 2019 to identify the dominant colors used in individual films, genres...
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Augmented Reality Headset Enables Users to See Hidden Objects
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have combined computer vision and wireless perception into X-AR, an augmented reality (AR) headset that can visualize...
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In the Metaverse, Your Identity Can Be Revealed Just by Moving
University of California, Berkeley researchers found simple head and hand movements by participants in the Metaverse can expose their identities.
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Neural Networks for Drug Discovery and Design
Architectures suited for molecules streamline the identification of pharmaceutical candidates.
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Adding Smarts to Vending Machines Drives Convenience, Efficiency
Advanced feature sets and functionality are projected to drive the market for connected vending to nearly nine million units by 2024.
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The Whale Prosthetics Blaze Trails with Technology
Makeup artist Adrien Morot used digital sculpting and three-dimensional printing to transform actor Brendan Fraser into the 600-pound protagonist of the movie The...
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Judge Denies U.S. Bid To Block Meta Virtual Reality Deal: Reports
"The court's ruling in the Meta/Within case is consistent with decades of legal precedent," said Matt Schruers, president of the Computer and Communications Industry...
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Israelis, Germans Bring Yad Vashem Museum to Minecraft
Israeli engineers and German gamers partnered to build an accurate virtual model of Jerusalem's Yad Vashem Museum and an educational exhibition in the online gameworld...
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Computational Linguistics Finds Its Voice
Advances in artificial intelligence permit computers to converse with humans in seemingly realistic ways.
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Can AI Demonstrate Creativity?
When fed a sufficient amount of training data, artificial intelligence techniques can be used to generate new ideas in several different ways. Is that creativity...
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Smelling, Touching Take Center Stage in Metaverse
Metaverse technologies unveiled at the 2023 Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2023) included sensory products that can replicate sensations and even odors in virtual...
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Video Gamers Feel Bees, Bullets with Simulation Tech at CES 2023
The 2023 Consumer Electronics Show showcased videogaming products that reproduce physical sensations, like bullet hits and rain.
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