HPHP was one of the many companies that built a virtual reality headset for the Windows Mixed Reality platform which launched back in 2017. Microsoft provided a SteamVR-compatible software platform, controller design, and inside-out, six-axis, positional-tracking technology; hardware companies like HP provided the rest, greatly reducing the price of PC-attached virtual reality. Today, HP is…
ADDIS ABABA/PARIS (Reuters) - The investigation into the final minutes of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 turned on Tuesday to the secrets in the cockpit voice recorder as Boeing and a shaken global aviation industry hung on the outcome. FILE PHOTO: A man watches debris at the scene of the Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET 302 plane…
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionJacinda Ardern told parliament she would never use the Christchurch gunman's name New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has vowed never to say the name of the Christchurch mosque gunman."He sought many things from his act of terror, but one was notoriety - that is why you…
Enlarge / Chet Faliszek, Dr. Kimberly Voll announce the creation of Stray Bombay, a new video game studio. Sam MachkovechSAN FRANCISCO—In 2017, game designer and writer Chet Faliszek left Valve Software. The departure was notable in part because Faliszek was perhaps second only to company co-founder Gabe Newell in terms of public exposure, but also…
MAPUTO/HARARE (Reuters) - The number of people killed in a powerful storm and preceding floods in Mozambique could exceed 1,000, the president said on Monday, putting the potential death toll greatly more than current figures. Flooding caused by Cyclone Idai is seen in Chipinge, Zimbabwe, March 16, 2019 in this still image taken from social…
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern (R) said details of the new gun laws would be outlined within days PM Jacinda Ardern says New Zealand's cabinet has backed gun law changes "in principle" after an attack on two mosques left 50 dead and many injured.Australian Brenton Tarrant, 28, has been charged…
There's a scene somewhere in the middle of a new flat Earth documentary that acts as metaphor for so much that surrounds it. Two of the central figures of Behind the Curve are visiting a spaceflight museum that pays tribute to NASA, an organization that they believe is foisting a tremendous lie on an indoctrinated…
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Bouquets of white roses surrounded aviation staff as they gathered at Bole International Airport on Sunday to remember the two pilots and six crew, who perished along with 149 passengers in the Ethiopia Airlines crash a week ago. Ethiopian Airlines crew members mourn as pallbearers carry the coffins of their colleagues…
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionNew Zealand gun laws will change, says PM The man charged over Friday's twin mosque attacks in the New Zealand city of Christchurch is believed to have acted alone, police say.Australian Brenton Tarrant, 28, a self-described white supremacist, live-streamed the attack on Facebook.Three others arrested afterwards are…
My pick for SXSW 2019's best VR film, Metro Veinte, asked viewers to sit in wheelchairs while they watched the 18-minute film. Sam Machkovech Another top pick, the BBC's Nothing to Be Written, had viewers sit next to a wall of replica postcards from WW1. Sam Machkovech Runnin', the dance-filled music experience from Intel, was…
