Immersive mixed reality with examples from Mozilla’s Firefox Reality browser, Angry Birds with the Magic Leap One, #FlorenceNC hurricane flooding visualization and the filming of the new WatchOS 5 organic watch faces. Continue reading
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Robots and cosmetics loom large in this week’s episode of Games at Work, just not at the same time! Beginning with a pair of life-like robots, Michael and Michael take a look at a tortoise that is designed from the ground up to provide robot-to-human feedback on how to interact with it, turning red, and even withdrawing its head under its shell when children bang on its shell, and alternately dancing a bit when the children pet it. Another robot is designed by MIT’s CSAIL team for undersea adventure — swimming naturally as other fish do, which can allow it … Continue reading
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Just say no to enabling autonomous bots & drones with the ability to apply lethal force. Following on last week’s episode 177, Michael & Michael start off with a continuation of the discussion on the Pandora’s Box of armed robots. Moving on to a happier topic, while still staying on the machine learning concept, the pair talks about how Siri and other voice interactive systems have been improved with deep learning. Not just recorded scripts, but actual intelligence, and more natural interaction is apparent when you listen to how far things have come since the earliest days of Siri … Continue reading
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