A top 3D camera company is making a big bet on the technology for self-driving cars
/A startup that makes a powerful 3D camera for iPhones is going to sell the same technology that powers self-driving cars in a battery-powered package.
Occipital on Wednesday announced it was buying Paracosm, a small Florida-based startup that makes a handheld lidar sensor.
Lidar is a technology that uses lasers to track how far away walls and other objects are. It's gained a lot of attention as one of the main technologies that companies like Google, Apple, and Uber are using to develop self-driving cars.
Occipital will use Paracosm's lidar scanner system, PX-80, to quickly create large-scale drawings and CAD files for construction sites and other professional uses.
Music startup Roli adds Pharrell Williams as new investor and chief creative officer
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When it comes to music and technology, the bulk of attention has been focused on companies building digitised services to help deliver music to the masses, such as Spotify and Soundcloud. But an equally interesting development is how tech innovations have bridged into the world of music hardware, from devices to appreciate it to devices to create it; and today, one of the bigger movers in that space is announcing a new investor, who is also joining the company in an executive role.
Roli, a London-based startup that makes a new style of keyboard, along with other modular music creation instruments and tools that work by touch and sound, is today announcing that Pharrell Williams, the musician and investor, is joining the company as chief creative officer.
SmartRG® Unveils New Flagship Gigabit Broadband Access Gateway Based on Intel Technology
/SmartRG’s Corona SR900ac Gateway is First to Offer an Open-Source SDN/NFV-Ready Platform Integrated with Home Analytics and Powered by the Intel® AnyWAN™ SoC
VANCOUVER, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SmartRG Inc., a leading provider of solutions that optimize WiFi networks for the smart connected home, announced today the release of its Corona SR900ac AnyWAN broadband gateway. For the first time, service providers and system integrators now have access to an open-source-based, SDN/NFV-ready platform integrated with home analytics and based on Intel technology. Outfitted with an Intel® AnyWAN™ SoC GRX350, two Intel® Home Wi-Fi chipsets WAV500 Series, and pre-loaded with SmartOS™, SmartRG’s containerized operating system for NFV-enabled CPE, the Corona SR900ac delivers true Gigabit WiFi performance via class-leading 802.11ac MU-MIMO.
Seismic Games: We're making "big bets" on mobile VR and location-based gaming
/Founded in 2011, LA-based developer Seismic Games has already worked on huge franchises such as Call of Duty and Skylanders.
But that list only increases when one takes into account the now-defunct, formerly Activision-owned studio Pandemic, developer of major console games such as Star Wars: Battlefront and Mercenaries, from which Seismic Games emerged.
The studio is independent and has a mobile focus, but its acquisition of fellow LA outfit Grue Games in December 2016 also marked its ambitions in VR and AR.
To learn more about the origins of Seismic Games, its five games currently in development and the firm's vision for the future, PocketGamer.biz sat down with Co-founder and CEO Greg Borrud.