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Cutting-edge Varjo Mixed Reality coming to Augmented World Expo

At the Augmented World Expo, Varjo will be showing off their latest VR headset, set to release by the end of the year. Boasting two displays per eye, foveated rendering and high-end display technology, the new headset should impress. More important than the new VR headset, however, is their Mixed Reality add-on, planned for release in early 2019 to their Early Access Partners. We’ll cover this below. What makes the Mixed Reality add-on special? According to Varjo, the most important advantage that their Mixed Reality solution boasts over its contemporaries is video-centric technology. The Mixed Reality add-on to their headset captures real-time video with 2

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CES: Intel CEO Krzanich keynote highlights AI and VR

Intel CEO Brian Krzanich used Monday’s CES 2018 keynote to highlight how data is changing our work and personal lives, while simultaneously pushing forward technological innovation both at his company and within the larger technology sector. His keynote also specifically addressed Intel’s new initiatives in the VR space. “Data is going to introduce social and economic changes that we see perhaps once or twice in a century,” Krzanich said. “We not only find data everywhere today, but it will be the creative force behind the innovations of the future. Data is going to redefine how we experience life – in our work, in our homes,

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You can now customize your new BMW i with ARKit

BMW is first brand to offer a configurator through Apple’s Augmented Reality app using ARKit with iOS 11. The BMW i Visualizer app allows you in that way, to select and customize a life-sized version of the BMW i3, i3s, or i8 car while in any location. Now customers in select markets can use their iPads and iPhones to to view real-size 3D renderings of BMW i cars like the i3 and i8. While the app is available in 17 countries already, there’s support for over 21 languages offered through it. “Our products are highly emotional vehicles which customers need to experience,” said Andrea Castronovo, BMW Group

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Tesla’s Musk Delivers First Model 3 Vehicles

Tesla CEO Elon Musk was on display past weekend handing over the car keys to company’s long-awaited Model 3. At minimum, you will see 30 mid-priced electrical sedans on the roads in North America. With over 500,000 pre-orders, Tesla Model 3 is one of the most anticipated vehicles the auto industry have seen to date. Priced at $35,000-55,000, this is a drastic reduction compared to Musk’s Model S and X, which are often more than double the cost. “We finally have a great, affordable, electric car – that’s what this day means,” Musk said. “I’m really confident this will be the best car in this

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Tesla New Master Plan: 5 New Vehicles, Uber 2.0, Power 2.0

In the late afternoon California time, or early morning Singapore time, Elon Musk, Chairman of the Board and CEO of Tesla Motors, Inc. posted what is his second Master Plan for Tesla. On August 2nd, 2006 Elon posted the first Tesla Master Plan, one we can say the company pretty much checked all the marks. Just a few days before the 10 anniversary, we’re treated to another plan. In this article, we’ll bring you the most interesting bits: Tesla is Becoming an Utility Company “Create a smoothly integrated and beautiful solar-roof-with-battery product that just works, empowering the individual as their own utility, and then scale that throughout the world.

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BMW M2 Revealed, Comes With 370 Horsepower Engine

Coming from a long line of impressive compact high-performance sports cars, the BMW M2 continues with said philosophy in a great way. Drawing its heritage from the likes of the BMW 2002 Turbo and BMW E46 M3, it posses the technology, performance and looks to continue the lineage. It is also one of the most highly coveted sports cars arriving in the market in recent years. From the beefed up design, impressive looking exterior to great performance numbers, this truly is one of the most appealing vehicles available on the market today. Characteristic M design A single glance is all it takes to pick the

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BMW statement concerning the current discussion of diesel engines

Volkswagen has been caught with their fingers in the cookie jar a few days ago. They cheated on diesel emission tests and created a solution which allows their models to achieve smaller emission levels. This allowed their diesel engine powered models to provide a better eco-friendly emission level, adding to their popularity in United State. While this situation was reported by both us and seemingly thousands of other websites, a small, rather worrying report for BMW came out a few days ago as well. According to a report by Auto Bild, the somewhat similar situation happened with a few BMW models, namely the BMW X3.

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Dieselgate: VW Cheated On Emission Ratings, Criminal Charges Ahead?

According to latest news reports from reputable media sources, Volkswagen cheated on emission tests in the United States, creating a #dieselgate affair. the apparent cheat was created in order to achieve better emission ratings, showing their cars using less polluting engines than what they actually are. This news comes as a big blow to VW’s expansion plans and overall sales in United States, with a potential global impact. The reality is that Volkswagen will face huge fines, rumoured to be as high as 18 billion U.S. dollars. That is not all, though – their executives may even face criminal charges as well. Essentially, the company admitted systematically cheating on EPA tests. The cheat happened for

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Official Media Gallery For The ALPINA D3 Biturbo

If you want the best what BMW can offer, drivers would typically go for the M Series product. However, just like Mercedes has Brabus, BMW has a crazy tuner known as ALPINA. They sell their own cars based on BMW cars, with numerous changes when compared to the regular beemer. We received details and a media gallery for the new ALPINA D3 Biturbo, bringing efficient performance and luxury to the sedan segment. The 3-litre straight-six diesel engine with two Turbochargers (Bi-Turbo) produces 257 kW (350 hp) and 700 Nm torque and delivers impressive performance in the compact, agile body of the multi-award winning BMW 3 Series. Alongside the

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BMW M3 with HRE P44SC Wheels

With the current generation of the BMW M3 powered by a 3.0 liter BMW TwinPower Turbo powerplant it offers unparalleled performance in its model range. The powerplant is shared with its M4 Coupe sibling. It produces 420 horsepower that afford to accelerate the car from 0-62 mph (0-100km/h) in just 4.1 seconds. With an electronically limited speed of 155 mph (250km/h), the super sporty M4 Coupe is one of the best cars in its class. For many owners the sheer sight of more BMW M3’s hitting the roads is a worrying one. Plainly speaking people love to have a unique vehicle, thus the need for

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BMW F82 M4 With Vorsteiner Flow Forged V-FF 102 Wheels

Ordinary considered by many a perfect blend of daily driving utility and many consider them the most impressive daily driving favorable performance model, the BMW M4 is one of the favorite high-performance sports cars out there right now! The BMW F82 M4 has a 3.0 liter BMW TwinPower Turbo powerplant delivering 420 horsepower to its rear wheels, allowing the vehicle the 0-62mph (0-100km/h) time of just 3.8 seconds. The same powerplant comes in the current generation BMW M3 as well, providing the two siblings with plenty of performance, to combat almost any vehicle on the road today. With so much of them rolling on the

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Big Three German Car Makers Buy Nokia Here For $3 billion

When Nokia announced it was reorganizing the company and splitting it in four parts, and then planning to spin off two, it was only a question of time before we see the acquisition of the second spin-off. First one (mobile phone division) went to Microsoft, while the final announcement about the sale just arrived. Nokia just sold its Here business unit to a consortium of German carmakers; Audi, BMW, and Mercedes’ parent company Daimler. This makes the three car makers owners of what some call one of the most impressive solutions in the mobile navigation market overall. “High-precision digital maps are a crucial component of the mobility of

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Photoshoot: BMW F82 M4 On VMR V803 Wheels

The BMW F82 M4 has a 3.0 liter BMW TwinPower Turbo powerplant delivering 420 horsepower to its rear wheels, allowing the vehicle the 0-62mph (0-100km/h) time of just 3.8 seconds. The same powerplant comes in the current generation BMW M3 as well, providing the two siblings with plenty of performance, to combat almost any vehicle on the road today. The BMW M3 and BMW M4 are a perfect blend of daily driving utility and many consider them the most impressive daily driving favorable performance models. The Austin Yellow BMW F82 M4 we have here comes equipped with VMR V803 wheels. The wheels are a perfect

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Video: All You Need to Know About the New BMW 7 Series

With the unveil of the new-generation BMW 7 Series a few weeks ago, there was much talk about this brand-new flagship from the Bavarian car maker. Plenty of people are wondering what exactly (sans the refreshed looks, engine and interior gadgets) this car brings to market. While the new 7 Series packed with options, extras and driver safety features, the car really needs to be well showcased by someone that knows what he’s doing. There are several rather interesting features, things like the pedestrian warning, hand-gesture usage of the in car entertainment system and the all-new touchscreen for example. It is best to view the showcase, you will

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BMW F30 3 Series LCI Media Gallery

The BMW 3 Series is the founder of the modern sports sedan segment and considered an icon for the past 40 years. Recently, BMW launched 2016 models, known as BMW F30 3 Series LCI (Life Cycle Impulse) – a mildly updated 3 Series. The car received some minor cosmetic changes, but the biggest impact will be the powerplants installed in this vehicle. The car has received a lightly redesigned headlights package which now looks more a keen to the 7 Series design, making the much discussed issue of the headlights disappear rather nicely. The headlights now feature a few more modern additions, most notably the LED technology in some design

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BMW Group achieves steady sales growth in June

For June 2015 there have been rather positive results for BMW in terms of sales. BMW Group sales shipped 208,813 BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce brand vehicles in June. This is an overall increase of 8% compared to the same time period last year. The company also recorded its best ever first half of the year sales with an increase of 7.8% to total 1,099,748 vehicles delivered. This is a strong pointer to the state of the automotive industry, specially with the slowdown of Chinese market and the situation in Russia concerning the political situation. BMW has also revamped a few of their current models with the LCI

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Tuning: Vorsteiner BMW F82 M4 Aero Program

This BMW F82 M4 features Vorsteiner V-FF 103 Wheels in Carbon Graphite. The wheels come in a staggered 20×9.5 front and 20×10.5 rear fitment, utilizing a concave profile front and deep concave profile for the rear. Also fitted to this M4 is the Vorsteiner newest Evo Front Spoiler and evo deck lid spoiler, both a perfect carbon fiber addition for this vehicle. The build, with these parts installed, looks clean and rather fetching overall. The BMW F82 M4 has a 3.0 liter BMW TwinPower Turbo powerplant delivering 420 horsepower to its rear wheels, allowing the vehicle the 0-62mph (0-100km/h) time of just 3.8 seconds. The

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Photoshoot: BMW F10 M5 With Vossen Wheels Installed

The current generation BMW F10 M5 has been out there for a few years. The high-performance luxury sedan from the Munich based car manufacturer has always intrigued the car population. It also produced some rather amazing sales results for the car company and thus created some sweet troubles for their owners. By sweet troubles, we mean customizing their M5 beauties to be perfectly recognized among their peers and potential rivals on the parking lot. It is worth stating that the BMW F10 M5 uses the stock 4.4 L V8 turbo petrol engine delivering 560 horsepower (412 kW) at 6000 – 7000 rpm and maximum torque

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BMW Group and SCHERM Group officially put an electric truck into service

Being at the forefront of ecological and clean transportation, that’s what many car makers stride for today. For BMW the idea has been translated to reality as BMW Group and the SCHERM group will employ 100% electric trucks in their service. This means the BMW Group will be the first automobile manufacturer in Europe to use a 40-ton electric truck for material transport on public roads. It was launched at the BMW Group Plant in Munich by Bavaria’s Minister of Economic Affairs, Ilse Aigner. The 40-ton electric truck is a model from the Dutch manufacturer Terberg which has completed its first test drives. Beginning with

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Alpine White BMW M235i On VMR 703 Wheels

The much famed, albeit rather underrated, BMW M235i is one of those cars you simply have to love! And love at first sight. It features well-designed lines, amazing performance and it reminisces the much famed classical BMW models – like the BMW E46 M3 and BMW 200Ti as well. Currently this is the smallest BMW coupe. It’s definitely a looker, but the performance aspect is what many owners will place ahead of all the other traits for this vehicle. The performance output allows the vehicle to accelerate from 0-62mph (0-100km/h) in just 4.6 seconds and provides the driver with plenty of power to attack those