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Key Takeaways Do not prank your friends in VR, as it may cause motion sickness. Adjust your VR settings to prevent discomfort. Take a break and choose a thrilling game with a compelling storyline. Modern VR is amazing, and there are some fantastic VR games out there, but feeling motion sickness while wearing the headset remains one of the most common complaints, especially among newer players. I’ve experienced it myself, and after feeling an unwanted bout of motion sickness, I think I know how to avoid it. Don’t scare my friends When people open their new VR headset, they’re likely…

The Indian National Space Propulsion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) has invited Indian start-ups and private companies to submit proposals for building and managing a space-based Earth Observation (EO) system. Public-Private Partnership for Advanced EO Systems This ambitious project, implemented under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model, involves the design, construction and launch of a constellation of satellites equipped with advanced imaging technology to create an autonomous, robust and sustainable Earth observation system to meet the growing demand for Earth observation data. “This initiative by IN-SPACe and ISRO aims to create a self-reliant, robust and sustainable Earth observation system that will meet…

The following article appeared in the July 29, 2024 edition of The Charlotte Ledger, an e-newsletter featuring smart, original local news for Charlotte. Free and paid subscription plans are available. Learn more here.The Queen City Robotics Alliance hosts a summer camp for students in grades four through eight that teaches beginner coding skills and lets them build robots out of Lego.Lindsay BanksUntil a few weeks ago, Jonathan Lesko, a seventh-grader at Kennedy Middle School, had never built or programmed a robot. He was interested in learning, so his mother signed him up for a week-long day camp this summer run…

Sports remains a hot investment target, with sports-related startups, from new professional leagues to media and gaming companies, reshaping the industry.Sports tech in particular is driving deal growth: 2023 was a great year for sports tech, with more than $37 billion in M&A and fundraising deal value, according to a report from investment bank Drakestar. This included 790 private fundraising deals, up from 752 the year before, driven primarily by early-stage companies.As the overall environment for startups becomes tougher, companies seeking funding face tougher competition than they did just a few years ago.But in recent months, companies including Breanna Stewart…

Kuehne+Nagel has installed a new robotized order sortation system from Libiao Robotics at its multi-client Châtres warehouse southwest of Paris, France, with integration services provided by Körber Supply Chain. Libiao Robotics announced that the new technology is designed to improve productivity, handle high volumes during peak times, develop collaborative techniques to assist human resources and reduce repetitive manual tasks. This is the first of Kuehne+Nagel’s distribution centers worldwide to be equipped with this type of mobile sorting solution. The Libiao solution is tailored to order fulfilment for e-commerce and fashion customers, “enabling our teams to remain flexible, responsive and maintain…

MetaCene, an innovative blockchain MMORPG, has partnered with Mantle, a high-performance blockchain infrastructure provider, to advance its gaming technology. The collaboration aims to improve user experience and showcase the revolutionary potential of blockchain in the gaming industry. Establishing strong collaboration The partnership between MetaCene and Mantle represents a new era of blockchain gaming. MetaCene has developed a comprehensive gaming ecosystem powered by Unreal Engine 5, focusing on the principles of “co-entertainment, co-governance, and co-creation.” With $15 million in funding from prominent investors such as Mantle EcoFund, Folius Ventures, SevenX Ventures, and Animoca Ventures, MetaCene has garnered significant support and market…

Flaunt has launched the first software-as-a-service loyalty offering for Shopify merchants, which was officially announced over the weekend at Revision Skincare’s annual Elite Retreat event in Dallas. With this launch, Flaunt introduces a truly unique solution to help Shopify merchants combat rising customer acquisition costs with creative customer retention strategies and profitable loyalty programs. Already serving brands such as Revision Skincare, PepsiCo, and Barefaced (which saw a 17% increase in net sales thanks to its partnership with Flaunt), Flaunt is now positioned as an alternative to existing loyalty software-as-a-service (SaaS) tools that have previously lacked the flexibility and capabilities to…

The world is an incredibly complicated place, and we’ve only just started to accept the concept of photoshopped images, and now AI deepfake audio and video are making it hard to believe anything. It’s important to listen to the voices in your head, just like Ferrari executives did, because the company likely avoided a costly and embarrassing mistake by outwitting the fraudsters in a cynical way. Akio Toyoda can’t blame AI for his company’s loss of credibility. No, this is a classic example of a company trying to do too much too quickly. Japanese car companies as a whole find…

WiMi Hologram Cloud Inc. (NASDAQ: WIMI), a leading global provider of holographic augmented reality (AR) technology, announced the development of a blockchain-based privacy and security protection framework. The framework is designed to leverage the decentralization, transparency and immutability of blockchain technology to facilitate secure data sharing and collaboration within smart cities. It aims to integrate various advanced encryption and authentication technologies and establish a secure and efficient ecosystem for Internet of Things (IoT) data. Secure Initialization and Authentication A blockchain-based framework begins by creating a decentralized network through a secure initialization process that includes rigorous authentication and registration of all…

Automotive and aerospace companies are actively exploring how quantum technologies can improve CFD, digital twins, and more. The race is on across all industries to develop the systems, from hardware to software, that will power quantum computing innovation. The technology has been in development for decades and has advanced to the point where many companies are testing how quantum computing will impact their engineering. “It’s not a question of if, but when. We just need to scale up the hardware to get there,” Eric Garcel, head of technical marketing at quantum software company Classiq, told Engineering.com. From simulation to digital…