Ray tracing is the very next level in graphical enhancement for your favorite video games but it’s out of the reach of most mobile gamers. However, with you can enjoy some of the biggest and best titles using ray tracing, almost unbelievably, on your Android device.
To summarize just what ray tracing is, it provides realistic lighting by simulating the physical behavior of light in a 3D space.
Sigma has released the latest version of its Sigma Optimization Pro 1.7.0 software, bringing with it new features for both the macOS and Windows version, as well as native support for Apple silicon.
Sigma’s USB Dock that’s used to update firmware on Sigma…
United Launch Alliance won’t be selling any more of its workhorse Atlas V rockets, and it has stopped buying the launch vehicle’s Russian-made rocket engines for good, the company’s chief executive told The Verge. ULA’s decision sets up the retirement of one of the…
CoCoPie, which optimizes AI for edge devices, raises $6M
August 26, 2021
A new GamesBeat event is around the corner! Learn more about what comes next.
CoCoPie, a startup developing a platform to optimize AI models for edge devices, today announced that it raised $6 million in a series A funding round led by Sequoia China Seed Fund. The capital, which values the company at $50 million post-money, will be put toward R&D and growing CoCoPie’s customer base…
Giant Tortoise Caught on Camera Killing and Eating Bird
August 26, 2021
Scientists have captured the first-ever images of a giant tortoise hunting, killing, and eating a bird. The “gentle giants” were previously believed to be herbivores.
Scientists were doing research on Frégate Island in Seychelles (an archipelago off the coast of East…
How to Choose the Best Lenses for Infrared Photography
August 26, 2021
Not all lenses perform well with infrared. A fantastic lens for normal visible light photography may be terrible for infrared (aka “IR”) photography. Choosing the right lens can be tricky.
If you’re planning to get an infrared conversion for your camera, make sure you…
How to wrangle data and manage your AI pipeline
August 26, 2021
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Rahul Singhal, who led IBM Watson products and now serves as chief product officer at Innodata, has a few strong beliefs about AI. One is that Google CEO Sundar Pichai is right: AI will have more impact on society than electricity. The other is a saying you’ve probably heard…
Scientists Teach AI Cameras to See Depth in Photos Better
August 26, 2021
An oft-underappreciated feature of human sight is the ability to perceive depth in flat images, and while computers can “see” thanks to camera technology, that kind of depth perception has been a challenge — but perhaps not anymore.
Humans can naturally see depth in…
Leaker corroborates ‘iPhone 13’ name, Foxconn hiring additional 200,000 workers to ramp up production
August 26, 2021
The next iPhone is rumored to be unveiled in the coming weeks. Now, a new image corroborates that the next smartphone from Apple will be indeed called “iPhone 13” and not 12s or something else.
As posted by Duan Rui on Twitter, an image posted to Chinese social network…
If you are not content with the most recent Android 12 Developer Preview or Beta build on your Google Pixel, it’s probably music to your ears knowing that you can downgrade your OS to a stable version of Android 11 if you encounter any major problems.
We’ve shown you how to install the Android 12 Beta or Developer Preview phase, so it’s only fair that we show you how to downgrade from…