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Tag Archives: VR
AI Beginning To Infiltrate Increasingly Adult-Oriented Toy Market
“Toys aren’t just for kids” is now more than just a tired truism within the toy industry. With an aging population combined with more advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence, the so-called “kidult” and “elder toy” markets are slowly gaining prominence … Continue reading
Posted in TWICE
Tagged Abacus, Addams Family, AI, Artificial Intelligence, Atari, Big Bird, Cookie Monster, elder toy, Elmo, Javits Center, Karaoke, kidadult, Miko, Penn & Teller, Professor Maxwell, Razor, robot, Sesame Street, Singing Machine, SpinMaster, STEAM, STEM, Thames & Kosmos, Thing, Toy Association, Toy Fair, toys, virtual pet, virtual reality, VR, Wednesday, Wow!
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Report: CE State Of The Industry 2023
Sales of premier consumer technology products – smartphones, TVs, PCs/tablets, smart home, for instance – continue to dip. High-interest rates, inflation, and recession fears continue to either delay discretionary consumer purchasing or are pushing consumers to “trade down” to lower-priced … Continue reading
Posted in TWICE
Tagged AVB, BrandSource, COVID, CTA, desktop PCs, IDC, inventory, LG, recession, retail, Samsung, smart home, smartphones, supply chain, Ukraine, Vision Pro, VR, World Wide Stereo
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Is Apple’s Vision Pro Mixed-Reality Headset Too Far Ahead of Its Time?
Apple finally unveiled its innovative and potentially revolutionary mixed reality goggles, the Vision Pro. But Vision Pro is more than just another augmented reality (AR) or virtual reality (VR) headset, and more than how Apple describes it, as “a new kind … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, Techlicious, VR/AR
Tagged Apple, Apple App Store, AR, augmented reality, Mixed Reality, spatial audio, virtual reality, Vision Pro, visionOS, VR
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Tech And Business Tactic Trends For 2023
With CES just around the corner, what new technologies will be coming in 2023, and, in a post-pandemic world, what new business ways and means will come to the fore in the new year? Read the rest of this report … Continue reading
Posted in Internet/Social Media, TV/4K/UHD/8K, TWICE, VR/AR
Tagged 8K, Alexa, Apple, AR, augmented reality, autotech, CES, CES 2023, Consumer Data, first party data, Google Assistant, home automation, HomeKit, Matter, medtech, smart home, virtual reality, VR, VR/AR
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SmartTechCheck Podcast: CES 2022 Preview
My December 30, 2021 appearance on the SmartTechCheck podcast with host Mark Vena and fellow tech reporter John Quain. This week we previewed the upcoming CES 2021 and recapped the top tech trends of the year. Watch the video of … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, cell/smartphones, home office, smart home, SmartTechCheck Podcast, TV/4K/UHD/8K, VR/AR
Tagged 8K, CES, CES 2022, COVID, home office, Matter, virtual reality, VR
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Home Virtual Reality’s Problem: It’s the Headset, Stupid
A few weeks ago, I piloted an F18 Hornet fighter jet off the flight deck of the aircraft carrier U.S.S. John C. Stennis. I gently cruised above the coast of the Dubai, dipping down as low as 5,000 feet to … Continue reading
Posted in cell/smartphones, Digital Tech Consulting, VR/AR
Tagged F18, U.S.S. John C. Stennis, virtual reality, VR, Vrgineer
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12 Techiest Tech Toys from Toy Fair 2019 (Plus 1)
Amidst the usual multitude of plush toys, licensed action figures, toy, RC and ride-in/on vehicles, construction kits, books, games, and other indoor and outdoor playthings at Toy Fair 2019, taking place at New York City’s Javits Center this week, are … Continue reading
Posted in Gear Brain, music players/speakers, VR/AR
Tagged 2001: A Space Odyssey, Android, AR, Artie 3000, augmented reality, Carpool Karaoke, coding, Coding Critters, e-bike, HAL9000, Hidden Side, Karaoke, LeapFrog, LeapStart, Learning Resources, Lego, Mensa, PaiBotz, Professor Maxwell, robots, Rubik's Cube, Single Machine, Stanley Kubrick, STEAM, STEM, Toy Fair, virtual reality, VR
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My CES 2019 Coverage
Here’s some of my coverage of CES 2019 for the TWICE Show Daily, distributed daily on the show floor. CES 2019 Was The 8K TV Show – For 8K TV Vendors CES 2019: TV Makers Form 8K Association CES 2019: … Continue reading
Posted in CES, smart home, TV/4K/UHD/8K, TWICE
Tagged 4K, 8K, Alexa, Amazon, Android, Android TV, AR, Carnival Cruise, CES, CES2019, Changhong, Far Field, Google Assistant, Hisense, Las Vegas, LED, LG, MicroLED, OLED, Pharell Williams, QLED, Samsung, Sharp, Skyworth, smart home, Sony, Spider-Man, TCL, TV, VC, VR, wireless power
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A/V In ’18: 5 Foundational Changes & 11 Newsmakers
Traditionally, A/V product categories don’t tend to be very newsworthy outside of the latest updated versions of existing products and technologies. But 2018 unusually saw five major foundational changes in audio and video. See the rest of this 2019 recap … Continue reading
Posted in ear/headphones, IFA, music players/speakers, smart home, Tech History, TV/4K/UHD/8K, TWICE
Tagged 5G, 802.11ax, 8K, A/V, AR, ATSC 3.0, IMAX, IMAX Enhanced, LG, smart speakers, Sony, TCL, true wireless, VR, Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi 6
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