The results are in. The moment you’ve been waiting for has arrived. Just moments ago Adyen’s VP of Brand, Charles Gilbert, took to the stage at TNW 2021 to announce this year’s winner of the Tech5 competition. And it is… The UK based virtual events platform reached an unprecedented growth explosion. Founded in June 2019, at the time Hopin was a humble operation of six people. Just two years later, it’s already become one of Europe’s most coveted tech unicorns, valued at $7.75 billion. It’s now a global operation of 260 employees. “Going from just an idea to a product…
The Discord desktop application features a Streamer Mode that content creators can turn on before they begin livestreaming. When Streamer Mode is turned on, the Discord app may disable sounds and notifications, hide invite links and more, depending on the user’s preferences. Our guide will show you how to turn on Streamer Mode in the…Read More
The Discord desktop application allows users to change the app’s color saturation. By default, the saturation level is set to 100%, but users can lower this figure to suit their preferences. Our guide will show you how to change Discord’s color saturation in the Discord desktop app. Note: These screenshots were captured in the Discord…Read More
When you’re in the thick of a truly embarrassing or chaotic moment, the reigning thought running through one’s mind tends to be, “Get me out of here.” Rarely–if ever–is that thought, “This would make for an excellent coffee mug.” But a new campaign from Shutterfly and its recently announced AOR, Mischief @ No Fixed Address,…Read More
TNW Conference 2021 is live! You can check out the schedule here. Augmented reality effects and filters are fun to use on apps like Instagram and Snapchat. However, now many brands like Gucci and Nike have been using AR to promote new products. Speaking at the TNW 2021 conference, Jacqueline Rutgers, Head of Marketing, Northern Europe – Snap Inc., said that more than 200 million users engaging with AR every day. Plus, 94% of shoppers who’ve used any AR features, will be happy to do it again. She believes AR would be a norm amongst brands: Leading brands are already leaning…
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Our friends over at the big blue company seem to be still be naming everything stories, they’ve done this again this time teaming up with Ray-Ban to produce… Ray-Ban Stories Smart Glasses.
Cool shades bro.
Facebook have clearly set their sights on the future of VR and AR, first demonstrated when they picked up the leader of VR headsets, Oculus for a cool $2billion back in 2014. Their partnership with Ray-Ban sees creation of smart glasses which can take photos, video-capture and playback audio. While not true AR glasses, the Ray-Ban Stories is a deliberate attempt to enter the market for interactive glasses, a market, which will be worth $565m by 2030, according to forecasts. Currently a niche product , smart glasses could potentially replace smartphones in the future.
“Mobile is the platform of today, and now we’re also getting ready for the platforms of tomorrow,” says Zuckerberg.
However, the smart glasses market is volatile. Big names like Intel and Bose and well-funded start-ups like Osterhout Design Group (ODG) and Daqri have all exited the market, having failed to produce devices capable of living up to the hype. Added to this is the fact that for now atleast the glasses don’t really do much other than capture video and photo. There’s no app to really leverage the functionality, there’s no AR capability and there’s extreme privacy concerns with the only indicator of video capture being a tiny white LED that turns on (nothing a piece of black tape can’t hide).
In short… cool shades bro… but that’s about it. Ray-Ban Stories’ resemblance to regular eyewear will make them more acceptable to consumers. Facebook will continue to assess consumer perception towards smart glasses before launching its own-brand AR-capable devices, expected in 2022.
Connectivity, automation, electrification, and AI — these profound waves of change are all converging upon mobility right now. So, it’s only reasonable to wonder how legacy automakers will be able to transform as well, in order to meet the new needs of travelers. Speaking at the TNW2021 Conference, Usha Raghavachari, Innovation Lab Director at D-Ford, described how her team can bring a 118-year old brand into the future. D-Ford is a design startup within Motor Company, whose mission is to help the company learn and adopt new tools to create “what’s next.” As Raghavachari explained, D-Ford is focusing on a…
The integration of Instagram and Messenger From Facebook continued its momentum with the addition of several features Thursday, highlighted by the ability to start group chats across both applications. Cross-app one-on-one messaging between Instagram and Messenger debuted last year and, with Thursday’s update, people can start group chats including their Instagram and Messenger contacts. Messenger’s…Read More
