Boogie Dice automation of clap your hands will roll the dice

　　If you have trouble playing the Tablet kids sitting together, play a game of happy families, appeared on Kickstarter for a pair of new dice might be able to let the children throw the touchscreen because they don't need to touch to your roll.

　　Boogie Dice were invented by Nimrod Back an electric dice, it looks larger than traditional game of dice, but every cube comes with a lot of electronic components, such as vibration motors, colored LED lights, battery and microphone (Yes, microphone). When the dice when the component is running, we just need to snap or clap clap could let it roll.

　　For those who think that just click on the touch screen for people who are struggling, this product will be available to allow Dice Games easier to play without each round to throw dice to throw.

　　It is worth mentioning that, the creators of Boogie Dice through efforts to ensure it even in environments filled with electronic components to achieve a perfect balance, the true random toss. You probably can't see the dice in the Casino there, but use them to play games what should be or can be.

　　When I saw this product, your first reaction might be "wow!" automatic dice, our society has become so lazy? "or" do you mean to say, the dice filled with innumerable gadgets, I need to charge it every night? ". In fact, these feelings are understandable.

　　It is interesting, in addition to developing hardware, invent the Boogie Dice also created some custom games, get involved in the game can use some unique way to use dice, and not just used to generate random numbers. Givenchy iPhone 6

　　In addition, the Boogie Dice can also connect wirelessly to a free smart phone App, the player can adjust the parameters of this App on the dice, such as dice rolling, duration of color LED light flashes of color and dice's sensitivity to sound, and so on.

　　However, the app is not a panacea, at least one thing is impossible, that is keep the dice in a particular number, that is, who could pass Boogie Dice to cheat.

　　At present, the Boogie Dice is $ 50000 in funding on Kickstarter. This product inventors hope to complete the electronic components inside the product works and is ready to enter mass production. By press time, Boogie Dice are already supported by 1118 users raise 71927 dollars.

　　It is understood that Boogie Dice all the raised price of us $ 22, if all goes well, it will be shipped on the next March. In addition, if you are willing to pay an extra $ 20, you can also book a custom game Bots Battleground.

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Consumer version of Oculus Rift so expensive because there is too much money

Last night was not double 11 or 12, but there is some enthusiastic fans in front of the computer, such as scalping. They want to grab the consumer version of virtual reality equipment Oculus Rift, and when the $ 599 price was announced, everybody realized that this really is not a shopping day.

Immediately they ridicule, saying prices were too high, almost to $ 1000 plus to match a powerful PC, will scare a lot of interested consumers; of course, it is not difficult to find that there are a number of people willing to pay for-than-expected prices, even after waiting for several months to get the line. After all, everyone's budget is different for VR, acceptance of new products is also different.

But in the past few months or few years, Oculus could have less impact of price shocks, but it is constantly hinted that Rift will be very affordable, at least not like this.

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People think the biggest cause of Rift will be affordable, may be the Developer Edition price. DK1 is $ 300, 2014 with the DK2 is $ 350, it's easy to think consumers will at least be a lot lower than the 599. Developer Edition is not a perfect product, but by last summer, still sold 175,000 units, most of which buyers don't belong to the VR software can be developed among the staff.

Oculus itself also had some impact on price drops. If it is bought by Facebook in March 2014, founder of Palmer Luckey says, trade allows them to "significantly reduce the price of Rift." A few months later, Luckey also stated that the consumer version of the price will be $ 200 to $ 400, and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg himself has said, will be "the lowest possible price" sale.

Recently, Oculus began to improve the bottom line of Rift. Last September, the company's product VP says "at least US $ 300", October, Luckey said the consumer version will be more expensive than the $ 350 DK2. They said yes, but gives the impression it is 300 or 350 should be the final price, how many dozens of such, and now the difference is too great.

If you carefully analyze the Oculus executives had expressed, you will find that they are indeed hinted at slightly higher prices. Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe said in May, a Rift and PC in the $ 1500, and Oculus did say in today's announcement are bundled to sell at this price "Oculus certified" PC package. Oculus also didn't expect the Rift to quickly become a mass consumer goods. virtaul reality case

However, Oculus should let buyers prepared. It earlier said the Developer Edition components than finished products cheaper, and set the Xbox One handle, Oculus accessories such as Remote will let prices higher, even as other companies announced prices as early as a few months or weeks. But it did not.

Why are prices so high?

In a recent interview, Luckey said, Facebook money so that "many things have changed", they did it on the product even better quality than previously thought, but the price is rising.

DK2 Oculus planned upgrades, into consumer versions, although they also designed some dissatisfaction. And the frame rate is too low, will allow users to see Flash, resolution is not satisfactory. But let them see more Facebook, they want to know is for virtual reality and what would be the effect of the Panel, the frame rate can be pushed much higher, encapsulates much of optical screens and interpupillary distance adjustment and what happens?

Oculus in the ultimate way to walk away, according to Luckey's argument, they later made a prototype of the Crescent Bay, when compared with the previous version it, and found the gap is significant, that they are embarrassed to say that the previous upgrade will allow consumers to use.

We also know, that high prices. Luckey says, do the best virtual reality equipment than do a good, the cost is much higher.

Oculus this indirect price suggests that is probably intentional policy, the objective is to promote interest in virtual reality. If the price is relatively low, virtual reality of outsiders may come sooner in the future, such as knowing the Rift and HTC Vive will launch earlier in the year, a lot of people found in 2016 will be "first year of virtual reality". virtaul reality case

But the tactic is likely to have the opposite effect. $ 599 price, there are a number of potential consumers have been scared. But even earlier Oculus price won't be cheap, true love powder still look forward to a possible revolution in virtual reality, their price sensitivity is not high, the watchers will have to wait for more people at the moment. If the product quality, over a period of time after the publicity would attract the interest of consumers, without hope as they are now.

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Humans monitor the computer That was the beginning of disaster

　　Researchers said that as more and more computers participate in modern passenger aircraft in flight, require human pilots to monitor these computers could be a disaster.

　　Their 2013 Asiana Airlines flight crashed in the San Francisco event to explain their conclusion, they said, investigators looking into the cause of the accident to find plane in automatic mode, one close to a dangerous decline in low-speed, but the pilots in the cockpit did not perceive this, cannot prevent the occurrence of accidents.

　　Today, in the modern cockpit of the airliner's computer screen is capable of displaying a large number of automation-related information, such as speed, altitude, and the aircraft's current position, and so on. In that case, pilots of the Asiana flight why not detected dangerous?

　　In a recent study, researchers said, pilot missing information is very likely to occur. They say that humans are naturally not good at observing how computers work, which makes the monitoring task itself is a prescription for failure.

　　So, why such a fault occurs after high intensity training and experienced airline pilots who? from United States NASA research psychologists and from the University of California, Santa Barbara's brain and psychological Sciences Professor has studied. Study results showed that hard work, distraction, and daydreams will lead to actual failure of the monitoring task.

　　Researchers organized 16 commercial jet pilots in a flight control experiment. Previous research has shown that computer is a very tiring process, just sit there motionless staring at a screen can lead to inattention. Now, researchers have found, is also true in the simulated cockpit.

　　Jonathan Schooler of the University of California, Santa Barbara, said: "our study does show that vigilance for human beings is a very difficult task. Long-term continuous monitoring can make people physically and emotionally exhausting. "One possible solution is to break the monotony of the long, such as talking to ground control center, but the researchers found that this interrupt may also lead to distraction.

　　In addition, they also said that humans have nothing to do usually spontaneously out of this is a normal phenomenon. Therefore, the researchers suggest, the best computer monitoring tasks to other computers.

　　From the United States NASA researcher Steve Casner said: "monitoring computer systems the task, even if there is nothing we try to do. You can try to focus your attention, you can also try a short break, but sooner or later you will miss some important information. " Michael Kors iPad Case

　　He therefore suggested that, using robots to do the job would be more suitable. Steve Casner, added: "it is time to rethink our ways to design these systems, allow humans to do what they are good at, and let the computer handle the daily chores. "

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Musk within 5 years your spaceship to space station

　　Beijing on January 29 morning news, SpaceX CEO Elon-horse gram (Elon Musk) at the StartmeupHK Forum in Hong Kong this week to answer key questions about Mars plan, also revealed that his personal space flight plans.

　　There are rumors in recent months, the company will soon release an ambitious framework to start the human lunar mission in 10 years. But people familiar with the matter said, the company will not immediately announced the plan. Mr MASKEY said, indeed. Kenzo mini case

　　Musk in Hong Kong, said: "I hope later this year in the International Aerospace Congress elaborated this framework, I think it's very exciting. "This year's International Space Conference will be held from September 26 to 30th in Mexico Guadalajara, there will be discussion of overweight rockets, as well as a large number of human Starship from the Earth to Mars.

　　Why would remain the ultimate target on Mars, and musk give a poetic answer: we need to protect the future of mankind, "the light of consciousness will never die". Another important reason is that: "it was an incredible adventure, is the greatest adventure of all time, we needed something to inspire people. "

　　Sure is, traditional aerospace SpaceX immigrants over the next 20 years the planet's technological and financial doubts. However, Mr MASKEY said, human landing mission to Mars from about 2025. When asked whether some of the gun, musk said, 9 "for me has been a very long".

　　Musk hopes to ride in four or five years "Dragon ships" to the international space station. Has a small amount of space tourists by the Government before the aircraft arrives at the international space station, an aerospace company he founded as musk, and then take the company's spacecraft to space, but it is unprecedented.

　　Site moderator asked whether Mr MASKEY and related Aerospace training, he gave a negative answer. He has made a number of parabolic flight, simulation in about 20 seconds of weightlessness--but nothing more. "I don't think it's how hard it is. "Mr MASKEY said," is to float up. " Kenzo case for iPad Mini

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Is virtual or real it is really important for VR

"Editor's note" author of the Tiber, VR senior industry practitioners.

As a virtual reality industry, of course I have many opportunities to experience virtual reality. Wearing VR, I entered another world: there is a desk in front of me, scattered laid some stationery in front is not too far from a display, showing some pictures. I can turn to see what's behind me, you can also close to observe the details of the stationery on the tables. The world looks so realistic, I can't help but think that this is true. Perhaps this is "virtual reality" (Virtual Reality) the source of the name. Here, we may have to ask the question: If one day the development of virtual reality to the matrix phase, how are we to distinguish between real and unreal?

This is a matter of metaphysical philosophy. Here we might as well talk about a real problem: how to tell if a photograph is PS?

PS,Photoshop for short. We see those magazine beautiful landscapes and figures, according to the times, we will say that this picture is PS; and a circle of friends who every day take pictures, we know is PS. It can adjust exposure, brightness, white balance, saturation, color curve, and spots on the face can also be removed, or the leg lines become thinner. In short, use software, neither Photoshop nor the Mito is Instagram or VSCOcam, we became more beautiful pictures, but even less real.

Then, in front of the PS picture real?

If the human eye can see pictures of long exposure?

Consider the perspective of digital cameras. Mechanics of the camera eye is actually the same: Photon passing through the lens, falling on the sensor into corresponding signals; the camera's electronic system to collect electric signals, processed by the algorithm, and restore the color and brightness, and form we see here. In this one, algorithms to explain which parts of the signal is red, what aspect of how bright, adjust the options ranging from color to white balance; software processing, and processing within the camera, logically, what is the difference?

More metaphysical question is, from the signal back into an image, a series of processing steps, what we might call "real"? After that step, then let it be true?

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In this sense, becomes a relative term: our cognition of what is true, is certainly coming from our own world view. We can't help but picture compared with the scenes we see through the eyes of, if the photos in the blue like the blue color of the sky and we see, we feel that this photograph was taken of PS. But the question here is, the camera sees the world, is by Senor electronic systems and software algorithms that describe the world and we see the world is composed of retinal optic nerve system and brain's portrayal of the world, form the basis of the world will be different, how can we believe that the camera should see and we see the world?

Extended to more areas of science, a fraction of the visible wavelength spectrum, we cannot see infrared and ultraviolet light, not to mention long or hard-x-ray. IR UV Longwave and there is no x-ray? Can see wavelengths of biological or electronic system is more real than we see in the world?

So here we can make appropriate conclusions: the photo itself is not real or not, any photos would be a view of the building. Then we can use virtual reality as a reverse process of photography: photography is collecting photons and convert electrical signals, while virtual reality is converting the signal photons, eventually back into electrical signals in the brain.

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Oculus Michael Abrash, Chief Scientist at OculusConnect 2 and F8 's keynote speech was made by the General Assembly on this topic--virtual and real where is the limit? He used a series of evidence showing a little-we are "what's real" itself is a construct, let tens of millions of years of evolution to the world itself-we have already established model to observe the world through this model. Abrash lift has several example: say perspective completely errors of Windows, because we of Visual system has a perspective relationship should is how of basic assumed; say to within concave of dinosaur head model, because human see face on will think face is to outside raised of; also say, in also of pronunciation Xia, mouth type of different on will caused we of for pronunciation of cognitive differences. cover Kenzo iPhone 6

Abrash lecture wants to say is two things:

First, we do not have a thorough understanding of how the human visual system works;

Second, virtual reality and real, and there is no philosophical difference.

Therefore, Morpheus (Morpheus, think about why Sony VR project named Project Morpheus) asks what is real when he asked one question.

Virtual reality: is it real? It wasn't. And true in itself: is it real?

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Oculus Rift to the army tank driving

In recent years, with the development of military high technology, more and more civilian technology has also been applied to the army in the field. According to foreign media reports, Norway military has started using virtual reality glasses Oculus Rift, for driving a tank. This tank soldiers through the fixed tank outside of the camera, 360-degree images to see the outside world. Paul Frank case Paul Frank iPhone 6 plus cases

Although tank drivers use the Oculus Rift glasses can see outside barrier-free image, but the application is still in the pilot stage. In addition, more rational development and utilization of this system, the future may be used for graphical terrain surveys and so on.

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Oculus Rift in virtual reality

DK1, Oculus DK2 resolutions increased from 640x800 to 960x1080 (up 1920x1080). First generation of products in order to reduce the feeling of dizziness, DK2 OLED using low latency. One of the biggest improvement, believe the DK2 will join a group of detect head movements of the camera, so that players can implement such features as "close" movement, officials said just for this function's optimization team spent a lot of time. In addition, the DK2 gyroscopes, accelerometers and other sensors of the testing frequency will all upgrade to 1000HZ, but the weight will go up to 440 grams. Price was close to the people (although the DK2 still for developers)

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