Of the 40 project ideas that came out of Hulu's annual hackathon this summer, more than a quarter addressed the needs of users with disabilities. Today, Hulu shared some of those accessibility-focused concepts.
In 2016, haptic technology company Immersion filed two rounds of lawsuits against Apple. Both alleged that the tech giant had infringed upon some of Immersion's patents with the first focusing on the iPhone 6, 6 Plus, 6s and 6s Plus as well as Watch,...
Fitbit is facing hard times between slowing fitness tracker sales and a reportedly floundering smartwatch project. Unfortunately, there's more bad news to add to the pile. Immersion is suing Fitbit in China and the US for allegedly violating multip...
I stepped inside a small, dark room in a large, airy loft space in New York's Soho district early Wednesday morning. Our host fitted me with an HTC Vive and told to explore the world around me. Within moments, I was trapped in a glass box, surrounded...
Virtual reality is inescapable here at Computex -- you're either stumblng into another Vive demo area or bumping into the occasional VR backpack. What's often missing is a sense of true immersion, though, and a startup called Machina is trying to fix...
:::Indigenous epicurean adventure escalates among ‘victual vacationers’:::Exemplifying this is data from Venngage underscoring the importance of food in travel, revealing that over a third...
Scientists at Disney Research have developed a 360-degree virtual reality application that enables users to enhance their experience by adjusting feel effects - for instance, a light sprinkle or a...
You probably haven't heard of Immersion, but it's a company that does two things well: haptic technology and hiring lawyers. The company is already suing Apple, claiming that the iPhone 6/6S and Apple Watch's force touch violate several of its patent...
Apple's the star in the latest chapter of Immersion's court drama. The California haptic feedback developer known for going to court to guard its technologies has filed a lawsuit against Apple and AT&T. It says the haptic feedback systems of the...
If you haven’t seen Immersion yet, it’s a new series by Rooster Teeth. The idea is that they recreate elements of popular video games in real life. It’s pretty awesome. The latest episode has members of the team bringing the classic arcade video game Space Invaders to life.
They did an amazing job too. They had a number of people dress up as the Space Invaders and march in unison, tossing paint balloons, while on the other end, some guys are moving back and forth and attempting to shoot them down with NERF darts. All I can say is, after watching this I NEVER want to encounter that UFO again. Put some clothes on!
This is a fun video. fans of the game will want to check it out.