autor: admin | Kvě 28, 2015 | English News
With Facebook’s Oculus subsidiary making steady progress in the development of virtual reality, other companies are looking to take advantage. GoPro CEO Nick Woodman said today that the company would soon release a spherical camera mount designed to create footage that can be used in VR experiences. „When Facebook dropped the gauntlet and acquired Oculus, it sent a message that, ok there’s going to be heavy development and investment in virtual reality,“ Woodman said at the Code Conference. „Multicamera enables spherical content.
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autor: admin | Kvě 28, 2015 | English News
Well, it’s happening — GoPro is officially getting into the drone game. Following rumors last year, GoPro CEO Nick Woodman announced at the Code Conference that the company was going to build its very own quadcopter, with plans to launch in the first half of 2016. „The quad is in some ways the ultimate GoPro accessory,“ Woodman said. He then went on to note that the devices are core enough to their business for it to make sense to go out and build their own.
Woodman wouldn’t give an official price yet, but he did note that GoPro was a „consumer focused company“ — so it seems logical the GoPro quadcopter will be in the same price range as drones from DJI, Parrot, and 3D Robotics. He also said that letting people fly their cameras „sparks…
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autor: admin | Kvě 28, 2015 | English News
Sprint is one one of the biggest wireless carriers still offering unlimited data plans, but don’t expect them to always be there. Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure said at the Code Conference today that unlimited data won’t stay around forever. That doesn’t necessarily mean that those plans will go away any time soon — in fact, Claure said that the plans are working quite well right now — but he sees a time when they’ll have to be phased out.
Increased data use could make unlimited data tough for Sprint
Claure suggests that as what we do with our smartphones begins eating up more and more data, it won’t be practical to keep offering unlimited plans. Instead, Sprint will likely raise prices for unlimited data and begin pushing people over…
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autor: admin | Kvě 28, 2015 | English News
The Obama administration is adding new protections to US waterways, attempting to keep drinking water clean by clearing up which bodies the 1972 Clean Water Act does and does not protect from pollution. The act already protects navigable waterways, but today’s rule extends it to cover additional tributaries and nearby bodies that may feed into downstream waters. Anyone planning to pollute or destroy those waters will now have to obtain a permit from the Environmental Protection Agency, which jointly proposed these rules along with the US Army.
„Too many of our waters have been left vulnerable to pollution.“
The changes, known as the Clean Water Rule, are controversial in some circles, which see it as devaluing land and forcing farmers…
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autor: admin | Kvě 28, 2015 | English News
As we suspected, you’ll be hearing more about the new Android Pay setup — announced a couple of months ago during Mobile World Congress — during the Google I/O event this week. According to a New York Times report, Android Pay will let retailers ta…