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(Video) Adobe's Project Morpheus Uses AI to Automate Frame-by-Frame Video Edits
[Tech]
2021/11/02 09:05
Something Adobe does at nearly every one of its annual design conferences is preview experimental features that may one day make their way to its apps. In 2020, it was a tool called Sharp Shots. This year, it was Project In-Between and a feature called Project Morpheus.Building on the Neural Filters Adobe debuted last year, Project Morpheus is capable of automating frame-by-frame video edits in...
Future of Autonomous Vehicles - 3 Wheeled Experience Pod
[Design]
2021/11/02 09:04
There is no second thought about the future of mobility being fully autonomous, providing a sustainable and predictably safer way for people to move about at the touch of a button. When the future is here, we could have autonomous experience pods gliding on the roads with interiors alterable at will.Future casting is a term used loosely to imagine whatever the will permits in order to stay ahea...
(Infographic) 5 Trends Shaping the Future of eCommerce
[Business]
2021/11/02 09:03
By 2025, it’s expected to reach $4.2 trillion in revenue. But the fast-growing eCommerce market is evolving just as quickly as it’s expanding. And because of rapid innovation in this space, tomorrow’s eCommerce landscape could look vastly different from today’s.While we can’t predict the future, there are some telling signs of what’s to come. This graphic sponsored by Logiq explores five...
(Patent) Apple has Won a Patent for a Smartglasses that Work with a Direct Retinal Projector
[Tech]
2021/11/01 09:10
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office officially granted Apple a patent that relates to a VR Headset and/or smartglasses that uses a direct retinal projector system to resolve convergence-accommodation conflict. Apple has been working on this for a few years now. Apple was granted another patent related to this project back in September 2021. One of Apple's first in-depth patent application cove...
(PDF) Deloitte - Streaming Video on Demand, Social Media, and Gaming Trends
[Consumer]
2021/11/01 09:09
Media companies are trying to retain paid subscribers on their streaming video services. But they also compete with social media and gaming, which offer both entertainment and social interaction.At the start of 2021, we launched our 15th annual Digital media trends survey, deep in the second wave of COVID-19. With more time for home entertainment, streaming video providers were competing for su...
2021 Red Dot Design Concept Best of the Best - Poppu Go Board
[Design]
2021/11/01 09:08
The Go board gets a portable and inclusive revision with this paper-based game design.Go or ‘Weiqi’ is a strategic board game that is immensely popular in many East Asian countries, especially China. It’s an intriguing two-player game, wherein both the players attempt to capture and surround more territory than their opponent. However, the traditional game set is often ergonomically difficul...
(Paper) AI Can Change a Fashion Model’s Pose and Alter Their Clothes to Match
[Tech]
2021/11/01 09:07
Soon, the model showcasing your online clothing purchases may not have actually made the pose in the picture. That’s because a neural network can now repose human beings and change their clothes in photographs without losing key details.Badour AlBahar at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg and her colleagues developed an algorithm that breaks down a source image into constituent body parts, with a neu...
With the Return of the ‘90s, Burberry Tries to Be Cool Again
[Business]
2021/11/01 09:06
The brand has found a new CEO to steer its turnaround plan. Can Jonathan Akeroyd work his Versace magic?Burberry Group Plc has found its check mate. The British luxury brand, best known for its black, white, tan and red plaid, has named Jonathan Akeroyd, currently the head of Capri Holdings Ltd’s Versace, as its new chief executive officer.Burberry had been looking for a new boss since Marco G...
(M&A) Meta (Facebook) is Buying Within, Creators of the ‘Supernatural’ VR Fitness App
[Investing]
2021/11/01 09:05
A day after Facebook’s rebranding as Meta (and simultaneous and unceremonious dropping of the Oculus brand), the company announced that it is acquiring Within. The Los Angeles firm is the developer of Supernatural, a Beat Saber-style workout app, Supernatural has been one of the real success stories in virtual reality fitness, with movement-based high-impact cardio exercises.It’s a sensible a...
