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Added 1 September, 2017

If you've ever browsed a restaurant menu and wondered what a particular dish looks like, then the augmented reality mobile app from Kabaq was made for you.
KabaQ displays highly-realistic 3D models of menu items on the user's view of their table, allowing them to see various selections from multiple angles and zoom levels.
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Added 28 August, 2017

Hundreds of thousands of Walmart products are now available to purchase using your voice and a Google Home gadget or Google Assistant.
Walmart also integrated its Easy Reorder feature into Google Express allowing for simple repeat purchases.
Google intends to use the Walmart account link to offer personalized shopping results based...

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Added 26 August, 2017

With much speculation surrounding whether the commercial up-take of drone delivery would ever hit the skies, it looks like we can now stop wondering. Drone technology company Flytrex, in partnership with AHA, Iceland’s largest online marketplace, is launching the world’s first operational on-demand urban drone delivery service.
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Added 26 August, 2017

The German government has published a list of ethical guidelines for self-driving cars. The rules favor the preservation of human life and preventing human injury over other concerns. The report stipulates 15 rules for software designers, to make “safety, human dignity, personal freedom of choice and data autonomy” a priority. Traditional...

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Added 25 August, 2017

The logistics company UPS is training student delivery drivers to spot and identify road hazards using Virtual Reality headsets that vividly simulate the experience of driving on city streets while teaching a more memorable classroom lesson. The company will begin launching VR training in September at its nine training facilities. IT experts at...

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Added 24 August, 2017

The Miami Heat announced Thursday that fans who attend home games this upcoming season will only be able to get through the gate with tickets on their phones. Fans who walk up to Miami's AmericanAirlines Arena on game night will receive Heat tickets on their phones, even though they are at the box office. In a statement, the Heat said they...

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Added 24 August, 2017

Two mobile carriers from South Korea and the US held the world’s first live hologram international call service via the companies’ fifth-generation networks, testing the future of the telecom service industry. In the demonstration, a KT employee held a meeting with a Verizon employee who appeared as a hologram image on a monitor in the KT...

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Added 24 August, 2017

oyole Corporation, a leading innovator and manufacturer of next-generation human-machine interface technologies and products such as advanced flexible displays, flexible sensors, and smart devices, has introduced the world's first 4G LTE 3D virtual mobile theater. The new 4G Royole Moon is first launching in China for the Chinese market....

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Added 22 August, 2017

Air France is testing an immersive entertainment system with virtual reality headsets allowing customers to enjoy 3D and 2D films or series in their own private movie theatre in isolation from the rest of the cabin. In an aim to surprise its customers and offer them a new form of entertainment, Air France is rolling out a brand new immersive...

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Added 21 August, 2017

Hundreds of thousands of hearing aid wearers are participating in rock-and-roll history when legendary rock band Styx broadcasts the final show of its U.S. summer tour directly to their hearing aids. This world's first live broadcast involves audio engineers capturing the live concert feed directly from Styx's soundboard and delivering it via a...