Patently Apple have found a patent application that describes a 3D camera system intended for augmented reality use. AR gesturesThe camera system looks destined to allow for Minority Report-style hand gestures. With the depth-sensing camera potentially strapped to the front of a pair of Apple AR glasses, it would allow for interactions with a hovering holographic interface, just by moving your hands. The patent states that:”Such depth mapping may be applied to interactive video games. With a num

The OnePlus 5 is getting a lot of press, and one of the standout features is its new dual-lens camera, which allows for 2x ‘lossless’ zoom. As far as we can see OnePlus never said it was fully optical, despite some reports elsewhere, but with two lenses on offer and supposedly lossless quality it would be a reasonable assumption to make. In fact, the OnePlus 5 gives you 1.6x optical zoom according to OnePlus, with the remaining 0.4x handled by “SmartCapture multiframe technology” – a point the c

The terminal is the beating heart of Linux, no matter how hard today’s user-friendly graphical distros might try to push it into the background. If you need something done quickly and efficiently, chances are the best way to do it is with some complex keyboard wrangling. The key, if you’re a terminal-slinging Linux badass, is making sure you type those commands with as much style and panache as possible. Of course, your Linux distribution will have a ‘Terminal’ application already such as xterm,

Virgin has urged 800,000 of its customers to change their passwords to protect against a vulnerability that leaves its Super Hub 2 routers vulnerable to hackers. Not so with the Super Hub 2. A spokesperson from Virgin has said: “The security of our network and of our customers is of paramount importance to us. In the study eight out of the fifteen devices tested had security flaws. For the Super Hub 2, you simply plug your router into a computer using an ethernet cable, open a web browser and go

According to Recode, music industry sources have said that Tesla has been in talks with major music labels to create its own streaming service that it would then bundle with its cars. Details on how far along these talks are or what’s driving Tesla’s thinking here are thin on the ground. Tesla already has a deal with Spotify in some of its markets and it streams on-demand music through Slacker on its in-car dashboard. However, in the context of the increasingly autonomous and green car market it

The Humble Store is doing a bit of thunder-stealing from Steam’s big summer sale, by offering the popular (and gory) co-op survival horror shooter Killing Floor for free. You’ll receive the game via a Steam key for your Windows, Mac or Linux PC, so you’ll need a Steam account to redeem the key and play the shooter. Tight teamworkKilling Floor was originally a mod for Unreal Tournament, initially released way back in 2005, but the game has since made its name on Steam as a cult co-op shooter. Six

While YouTube’s investment in VR has been fun to watch, 360-degree videos aren’t the perfect catch-all for every kind of content — especially considering a majority of VR watchers look at just the first 90 degrees anyway. For this reason YouTube has announced VR180, a new format that combines the immersion of 360-degree footage with the practicality of “flat” video. Essentially a 360-degree VR video cut in half, VR180 video shows a 180-degree view that can still be explored with headsets like Go

Flip phones are a hard sell in the Era of the Smartphone, sure, but there’s still something undeniably charming about an old-school hinged handset. For those longing for the designs of old, Samsung is launching the Samsung Folder 2 — a sleek, two-screened flip phone that supports the not-so-ancient Android 6.0 Marshmallow operating system. Don’t flip outWhile it’s easy to see the appeal in Samsung’s slick new flip phone, obtaining one will be much more difficult. Like its predecessor , the Galax

It’s something that should be on every Android phone. Why and when is mattersHaving a physical mute switch on a phone like the OnePlus 5 has been a minor, but meaningful convenience in all sorts of situations for me. Contrast that to whenever I used any other Android phone. Big changes underway: iPhone 8 release dateRare for an Android phone, but shouldn’t beOnePlus 5 isn’t the first Android phone with a mute switch, but it’s rare today. Thankfully, the feature has been a OnePlus staple since th

LG will reportedly unveil the LG V30 smartphone at the IFA 2017 trade show in Berlin. LG’s plan for the V30 is to hold a launch event the day before IFA officially begins, according to ETNews, which reported on the phone’s launch timing. This lines up with previous rumors that the LG V30 will debut sometime in August. Launching the LG V30 in August also coincides with the release of Android O, the newest flavor of mobile operating system from Google. Will the LG V30 have what it takes to stand u

Prepare thy wallets: the Steam Summer Sale is upon us, and it’s not just games getting great deals. The HTC Vive is jumping in with a hardware bundle of its own that’s on par with Steam’s annual bargain bonanza. Throughout the course of the Steam Summer Sale, the HTC Vive hardware will be discounted for new customers from $799 (£759, AU$1,399) to $749 (£709, AU$1,339) and includes a $50/£50 Steam gift card perfect for clearing out any leftover games on your wishlist during the sale. As HTC explo

Valve is hoping to make virtual reality gaming a more finely-tuned and immersive experience with the introduction of a new ‘Knuckles’ controller for SteamVR that’s now shipping to developers. The strap means you don’t actually have to grip the wand to keep a hold of the controller. Losing your grip on (virtual) realityIn other words, you can either grip or fully let go, and your fingers are free to move and interact with objects in virtual reality. Multiple capacitive sensors are strategically p

Thanks to an Amazon developers kit, we now have a good idea how Alexa will look on its new smart speaker/screen the Echo Show. The developer kit has been released so that developers can start programming Display Cards for Alexa enabled devices, allowing Alexa to respond visually as well as vocally. The kit has strict guidelines for the design of the Display Cards, meaning you get a uniform Alexa experience across all devices. The Echo Show will be available from June 28th in the US and will reta

Well, that’s the plan, anyway. Some writers can simply sit down and start hammering out a first draft in Notepad fuelled only by coffee and their own remarkable imaginations, but I’m definitely not one of them. Faced with a blank page my muse withers, turns a nasty shade of brown and starts to smell. First, I need to plan my plan. Cat Ellis has turned to technology to help write her first novel.

Note: Our best Linux distro for small businesses feature has been fully updated. Running a small business is no easy task. The last thing you need is extra complexity in your IT infrastructure – so why turn to Linux? And, critically, Linux is free; at least if you don’t figure in support costs. So what’s the best choice for your small business?

It’s not clear how many Surface Pro hybrids are affected, and it’s likely to be a slim minority given the fact that we haven’t seen any major blow-up around this. But that said, there are certainly a number of folks reporting this issue on both Reddit and Microsoft’s own support forums. Other users have observed this hibernation bug, and have also witnessed their machine turning itself off completely on occasion. Whatever the case, these sort of interruptions are obviously going to be a major fr

After wearing a virtual reality headset for a while, you may have noticed that eye fatigue starts to set in. Now, however, optical engineers have developed a new type of 3D display that they say could solve this problem. “We want to replace currently used AR and VR optical display modules with our 3D display to get rid of eye fatigue problems,” said Liang Gao, from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The result is images that appear to be at a different depth when a user looks at the

Since its first release Shadow of the Colossus has been remastered for PlayStation 3 with improved HD resolution and some added PlayStation Network features. Even though I knew I adored Shadow of the Colossus overall, my memories of the game’s specifics had become pretty vague. First things first, if any game deserves an Ultra HD update it’s Shadow of the Colossus. To be honest, anything that comes from the minds of Team Ico should be in 4K but Shadow of the Colossus is especially deserving. Thi

Virtual reality headsets are advancing all the time, but none yet have managed to truly mimic seeing the natural world through human eyes. That may change, however, thanks to the work of startup Varjo – a team made up of ex-Nokia staff that thinks its cracked natural vision in VR. It’s working on a headset which it claims, according to The Verge, has displays which offer 70 times the clarity of rival hardware. But rather than just cramming in loads of extra pixels, Varjo is trying something a li

Samsung’s current Gear VR headsets require you to stick a Samsung phone in them to use as the screen and power source, but the next model might both have a built-in screen and massively increase the resolution. According to industry insiders speaking to Naver, Samsung is working on a new Gear VR model with a 2,000ppi screen. As great as Gear VR is, it’s held back by fuzzy images caused by having the display so close to your face. The higher the resolution, the better the nausea symptoms will be.