Hulu hackathon leads to eye-tracking controls for Roku

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.

Apple settles with Immersion over haptic feedback licensing

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 faces ill-timed lawsuits over haptic feedback

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...

Inside The Mill’s mind-bending alternate reality art showcase

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...

Fashion and tech collide in this VR-friendly connected shirt

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...

Culinary Cultural Immersion a Foodie-Forward Travel Trend


:::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...

Space Invaders Recreated in Real Life

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.

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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.