JJ Abrams’ film company Bad Robot has launched its own game development studio, Bad Robot Games Studio. The entertainment company run by the Star Wars filmmaker has hired Michael Booth, a veteran game creator behind titles such as Valve’s Left 4 Dead.
Booth will be the general manager of the internal studio, and he will report to former Valve and Oculus leader Anna Sweet, who was recently…
Sensorium has teamed up with Mubert to develop AI-driven DJs that can create music at virtual concerts in virtual reality. It’s the latest in an effort to create artificial people, or virtual beings.
Los Angeles-based Sensorium is known for providing simulated virtual…
Papercup raises $10.5 million to dub videos with AI-generated speech
December 10, 2020
Papercup, a U.K.-based startup developing speech translation technology for video creators, has raised $10.5 million in venture funding. The company says the funds will be put toward machine learning research and expanding its human-in-the-loop quality control feature for…
In at least one region of Canon’s massive global empire, the company has begun listing its sensors for sale to other companies, following in Sony’s footsteps.
This is a noteworthy development, as Canon has to this point reserved its sensors for only its own camera hardware regardless of business division.
Originally reported by EOS HD, Canon appears to have begun listing its CMOS sensors for…
Salesforce today peeled back the curtains on ReceptorNet, a machine learning system researchers at the company developed in partnership with clinicians at the University of Southern California’s Lawrence J. Ellison Institute for Transformative Medicine of USC. The system…
Xiaomi has introduced a new smartwatch dubbed Mi Watch Lite, which is based on the Redmi Watch that was launched in China last month.
The Mi Watch Lite sports a 1.4″ color touchscreen of 320×320 pixel resolution, which has auto brightness adjustment and a pixel…
Nokia is announcing a new Android Go smartphone on December 15
December 10, 2020
HMD is expected to launch a couple new smartphones, including the flagship Nokia 9.3, and the affordable midranger Nokia 5.4, but apparently another device will get to stand in the limelight first – a phone with Android Go is coming out in China.
The announcement will take place on December 15, the Nokia account revealed on Weibo.
While we don’t know what to expect from Nokia, we do know…
Oppo Reno5 Pro+ specs leak ahead of announcement
December 10, 2020
Oppo’s Reno5 series is launching in a couple of hours in China and we’re expecting three phones – the Reno5 5G, Reno5 Pro 5G and Reno5 Pro+ 5G. The latter was the subject of a fairly detailed leak last week but tipster managed to squeeze another one just before the…
The Reno5 series is now live with two initial models. They are nearly identical with the chipset being the major difference – as expected, it’s a mix of Snapdragon and Dimensity. The phones will run ColorOS 11 based on Android 11 out of the box.
Oppo Reno5…
Oppo Reno5 Pro+ coming on December 24, here's our first official look at the handset
December 10, 2020
Oppo just announced its Reno5 5G and Reno5 Pro 5G, but the beefiest member of the new lineup only got a teaser. Still, the Reno5 Pro+ is coming in just two weeks – on December 24 – and we even got our first look at it.
And even if Oppo skipped the Pro+ announcement today, that doesn’t mean we don’t have enough specs to work with and maybe paint a fuller picture. As per…
