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Google previews Project Starline, a next-gen 3D video chat booth

The Verge

Google is working on a next-gen video chat booth that makes the person you’re chatting with appear in front of you in 3D. It then stitches those together into a 3D model that’s broadcast in real time to whomever they’re chatting with. Project Starline | Image: Google.

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Say goodbye to Intel’s RealSense tech by remembering its incredible demos

The Verge

If you don’t remember the tech from January of this year, where Intel pitched it as a way to create facial recognition systems , you may remember it from some incredible tech demos (or possibly a few devices , if you were really paying attention). CES 2013 — Intel talks about , and demos , what it calls “perceptual computing.”

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Here’s how Google’s experimental 3D telepresence booth works

The Verge

In a new research paper , Google has detailed the tech behind its impressive Project Starline demo from this year’s I/O conference. Project Starline is essentially a 3D video chat booth that aims to replace a one-on-one 2D video conference call with an experience that feels like you’re actually sitting in front of a real human being.

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Acer’s new SpatialLabs tech brings 3D content to laptop screens

The Verge

Acer has announced SpatialLabs, a new 3D technology that will debut on the company’s ConceptD laptops. Plainly, it’s a set of tools that makes 3D work look very realistic and cool without requiring special glasses to see it. You can swap between 3D mode and 2D mode (where you’ll see two images side by side). Image: Acer.

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An absolutely wild mod has brought real-time ray tracing to the SNES

The Verge

As you can see from the video demo above, the tech on the SNES isn’t pushing any graphics boundaries, but come on — it’s an SNES. Of course, it was adding 3D functionality and special effects, not ray tracing.) And if I had to imagine what it would look like, it’d be a lot like Carter’s demo.

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Chinese video platforms cancel coverage of Apple's iPhone event without explanation

TechSpot

Dusky timelapses set to music, 3D visuals to demo products with buzzwords like "computational audio," and an impressive lifesize Ikea dollhouse were all on display. On Tuesday, Apple hosted an online event with some big product releases and a production budget to match.

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Mac OS 8 is now an app you can download and install on macOS, Windows, and Linux

The Verge

It even includes a number of apps and games, thanks to an old MacWorld demo CD from 1997. Rieseberg has managed to get classic games like Duke Nukem 3D , Civilization II , Dungeons & Dragons , Namely , Oregon Trail , Alley 19 Bowling , and Damage Incorporated running. The app can be installed on macOS, Windows, and Linux.

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