Collaborate Disseminate
We love hearing about a good experiment, and here’s a pretty neat one: researchers used a VR headset, an off-the-shelf VR360 camera, and some custom software to glue them together. …read more Continue reading Giving People an Owl-like Visual Field via VR Feels Surprisingly Natural
Instead of equipping its sharp-looking GR-1 general purpose humanoid with a full next-gen sensor suite including such things as radar and LiDAR, Fourier Intelligence’s engineers have gone vision-only.Continue ReadingCategory: Robotics, TechnologyTags: … Continue reading GR-1 humanoid takes a multi-camera approach to the world around it
When we last heard from LimX Dynamics, the Chinese robotics firm was showing off a quadruped robot that could walk on legs or roll on wheels. The company has now released a video of its new humanoid robot, which can autonomously climb stairs.Continue R… Continue reading Video: LimX humanoid robot climbs stairs that it scopes out in real time
Before you hop on your next Zoom call, you might want to tailor your background in a very particular way, says a new study. Doing so could make everyone else on the call perceive you as being more competent – whether or not you really are.Continue Read… Continue reading Study reveals which Zoom background items make you look more competent
Reading someone’s facial expressions or body posture is important for understanding their personality, emotions, motivations, or intent. But what about dogs? Can they draw information from faces and bodies like we do? A new study has provided the answe… Continue reading Dogs’ brains perceive faces and bodies just like human brains do
When you view the image above, does it look like black smear in the center is expanding? If it does, that means you’re like most people – and your brain may even think that you’re entering a tunnel, adjusting your eyes accordingly.Continue ReadingCateg… Continue reading “Expanding hole” illusion tricks the brain into dilating the pupils
An innovative anamorphic illusion has taken the top prize in the annual Best Illusion of the Year contest. Twisting minds for 17 years the contest highlights the ways our brain can be tricked using simple perceptual illusions.Continue ReadingCategory: … Continue reading The best optical illusions of the year 2021
Historically, the capabilities of real world humanoid robots have trailed far behind their TV and movie counterparts. But roboticists kept pushing state of the art forward, and Boston Dynamics just …read more Continue reading Boston Dynamics Atlas Dynamic Duo Tackles Obstacle Course
Microsoft today announced Azure Percept, its new hardware and software platform for bringing more of its Azure AI services to the edge. Percept combines Microsoft’s Azure cloud tools for managing devices and creating AI models with hardware from Microsoft’s device partners. The general idea here is to make it far easier for all kinds of […] Continue reading Microsoft launches Azure Percept, its new hardware and software platform to bring AI to the edge
Historically, product managers have regularly come across different (and often conflicting) interpretations given to a singular event by the different participants of that event. This could be a user story discussion, a UX experiment or a sales event w… Continue reading Rashomon Effect and Product Management