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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The 'Viscero' vest has been designed by Ireland-based Design Partners as a wearable ECG solution that would enable advanced readings to be taken in a discreet way. The shirt is positioned as a replacement to the traditional Holter monitors that are the standard for tracking atrial events but are quite clunky. The shirt makes use of sticky electrodes that would stick against the body underneath...

MONTHLY TREND REPORT - November. 2021 Edition Released !TRENDBIRD (What's the Next Big Thing ?) is a Global Trend Research & Consulting Service that Instantly Delivers Industry Expert Information on Emerging Trends & Future Business Opportunities from Around the World, Ahead of The Curve."

Becoming an AI-fueled Organization A Survey from the Deloitte AI Institute. Research uncovers what today's AI-fueled organizations are doing differently to drive successKey takeawaysSurvey respondents with an enterprise-wide AI strategy and leadership who communicate a bold vision are nearly 1.7 times more likely to achieve high outcomes.Organizations that document and enforce MLOps processes a...