Tag: Vision

Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference (or WWDC for short) is always a fun event for fans of Apple news and rumors. And right on cue, as many of us suspected, Apple debuted a new augmented reality headset that is arguably one of the best AR/VR implementations we’ve seen to date. &ldqu...

Table of Contents Are certain memories meant to be lived once? Who do you see in the mirror? Will people become less intimate? Is it bad to treat ourselves like Sims? Too realistic for our own good? Most people have written the Vision Pro off as another gadget for the ultra-w...

Mark Gurman’s newsletter a couple weeks ago directly took on the Vision Pro’s $3,500 price tag: At $3,500, Apple Vision Pro isn’t priced to sell. No matter how powerful its technology and compelling its functionality, the product won’t be able to reach its potential...

Hopefully, I’ve articulated the importance of having a clear view of what you’re trying to achieve. This is a prerequisite for being able to deliver something non-trivial alongside lots of other human beings. However, the next stage is harder than it sounds. Today, I will write a...

Why is it so hard to stick with our best intentions and follow through on our goals? Whether it’s dropping 15 pounds, starting a new business, or finally fulfilling your dream to write a novel, our most important aspirations seem to quickly get derailed and go unrealized. But why? It&...

The narration of artist Jill Magid moves through corners and rooms, over the slow panning shots of Casa Luis Barragán. A quivering ambient hum underlies her voice, filling the house, at times imperceptible before murmuring into melody or bleeding into rhythm. In the tranquil...

The Evolution of One of the Most Influential Urban Artists of Our Time Barry McGee is a San Francisco-based artist known for his vibrant, colourful works that explore the intersection of urban culture and contemporary art. Get an email whenever Emiliano Vittoriosi publishes. Get an email wh...

Just before the WWDC keynote, I wrote an article about “Understanding and assessing AR, MR and VR headsets”. But what if assessing the headset doesn’t make sense to begin with? Apple Vision Pro, Image: Apple The keynote is over, the device is announced, and everybody is t...

There’s a chance that you’ve been scrolling through Twitter (now rebranded as X) or TikTok and seen or heard the phrase “delulu is the solulu.” For the sake of those of us who aren’t avid users of these applications, I'll briefly explain what the phrase mean...

Ever since Apple’s WWDC 2023 keynote, friends have been asking me what I think of Apple Vision Pro, the company’s newly announced AR/VR goggles that will be available in early 2024. While the product itself seems impressive, with an impressively high $3,500 price to match, what...

The Apple Vision Pro AR/VR Headset: The Apple Vision Pro represents a significant leap forward in the realm of augmented and virtual reality. It boasts a sleek design, combining comfort and aesthetics, making it a wearable device that can be used for extended periods. Equipped with high-resolution ...

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In October 1968, I was 12 years old. One day, my mother announced that I was going to Berlin to spend the new year. I was surprised because in my low-income family, travelling was not even considered, especially to a foreign country. It happened that our city had selected “poor” kids per...

It might surprise you to learn that there is a television network in the United States with a presence in eight of the top ten media markets that is somehow so obscure that it has never been mentioned even once in TVNewsCheck or Broadcasting & Cable. Not even Media Moves, which co...

The work expresses Iwasaki’s spiritual connection to the Itsukushima Shine in Hiroshima prefecture where he was born and raised, and calls on visions of Nirvana — the idealistic realm or paradise within the Buddhist faith within which one would be liberated from desire, delusion and torm...

Recently I was astounded when my partner, who was raised in a strict Christian sect, informed me of a worrisome trend among American Christians: Many fundamentalists and evangelicals want to bring on the ‘end times’ — thus hastening ‘the rapture’ and the glori...

Swami Vivekananda, a prominent Indian philosopher and spiritual leader, played a pivotal role in introducing the world to the rich tapestry of Hinduism. His vision cut across borders and boundaries, aiming to promote a better understanding of Hindu philosophy, spirituality, and its contributions to ...

I responded, “If technologies aren’t allowed to help kids read, eyeglasses and contact lenses need to be banned.” Because I simply cannot believe this debate still exists. In 2008, in perhaps the most controversial blog post I ever wrote (read the comments), I said, &l...

As computer vision models have rapidly improved, the problem of bias has increasingly reared its head and become increasingly pronounced: even models that achieve state-of-the-art performance on one-number metrics like mean average precision or F1 score can vary wildly in their ability to ...

As a founder with low vision, who also works in the low vision space, I’m confronted with confusion, as well as the lack of public awareness surrounding low vision, on a near-hourly basis. Although this does add a layer of challenge to my work, how can we blame people for misunderstanding a sy...

Itis easy to look at the world and see only the negative. We see suffering and conflict. People agitate and disappoint us at every turn. We see ourselves as unworthy, redeemable, and undeserving of love. But what we do not understand is that we are looking through a veil — A dark and dismal...

The distortion matrix was used to un-distort a calibration image and provides a demonstration that the calibration is correct. An example shown here in Fig 2, shows the before/after results after applying calibration to un-distort the chessboard image. Fig 2. Before and after results of un-di...

“Our main objective is to give the streets back to the people,” Hanna Marcussen, Oslo’s Vice Mayor for Urban Development told BBC Future in 2019, explaining the radical changes the city was making to local streets. Marcussen’s point was that, until recently, the people of ...

It’s the article that rocked the bioelectronic medicine movement. “Their Bionic Eyes are Now Obsolete and Unsupported” was published by IEEE Spectrum in February 2022. The feature highlighted the many people who were left without support for their implanted devices after ...

Propelling Humanity Towards the Stars: The development of Starship represents a quantum leap in space travel technology. With its fully reusable design, Starship aims to make space travel more economical, paving the way for regular trips to Mars and other celestial bodies. Musk's vision is to e...

NEW from Vrilya AI Fashion — In an era where technology seamlessly blends with creativity, the “33C1" fashion collection emerges as a beacon of innovation, merging avant-garde fashion with artificial intelligence to redefine the essence of style in a cyberpunk dystopia. This ...