This weekend Steve Worswick will be pushing the boundaries of what it is to be human, attempting to fool a panel of judges into thinking they are chatting to another person while really they will be talking to a chatbot. But Steve isn’t an engineer at Apple or Amazon, he is a designer from Leeds […]
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John Carmack: Oculus Quest will end up competing with Nintendo Switch
During his keynote today during the Oculus Connect 5 event, chief technology officer John Carmack said that he believes that the upcoming Oculus Quest headset will have to compete with Switch, Nintendo’s hit home console/portable system. Oculus Quest is coming out this spring, and it will serve as a middle ground between the Oculus Rift […]
Firefox is getting new icons; Mozilla shows off two competing designs
System 1 versus System 2. Fight! Mozilla This would be the “Masterbrand Icon” used to represent all of Firefox. That fox head would be a pretty radical departure. Mozilla From left to right, these would be “Firefox,” “Firefox Nightly” and “Firefox Developer Edition.” Mozilla Icons for Firefox Focus, Firefox Reality, and Firefox Rocket. Mozilla These […]
Mirrorless vs. DSLR: How do these competing camera systems stack up?
Interchangeable lens cameras sit at the top of the gear pyramid for serious photographers. Both mirrorless cameras and DSLRs boast the flexibility of different lenses and larger sensors compared to compact cameras and smartphones. DSLRs made an easy cross-over from film, just adding a D onto the 35mm film SLRs that many professionals favored for […]