Breaking, Companies, News, , VR World

Top Five Articles You Should Read This Thursday

Welcome to this week’s edition of Top Five Thursday. What’s new around the globe: Sky is the limit for the upcoming drone with a 100 megapixel camera! https://www.slashgear.com/dji-and-hasselblad-team-for-a-100-megapixel-camera-drone-25483279/ “This new 100-megapixel aerial solution is a combination of three products: the DJI M600 Pro drone, the aforementioned Ronin-MX Gimbal, as well as Hasselblad’s H6D-100c camera. When combined, these products enable drone operators to capture very high resolution photos from the sky. The camera boasts a large 53.4mm x 40mm sensor, among other things, for superior low-light performance.” NVIDIA Starts to Focus on VR in Gaming with a new bundle for GeForce GTX cards http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/nvidia-offers-geforce-gtx-oculus-bundle-with-3-free-games.html  “There is “no better

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Business, Mobile Computing, VR World

Qualcomm Spins off Gimbal Business Unit into Gimbal, Inc.

Gimbal

Gimbal today quietly announced that they had spun themselves off from Qualcomm. Gimbal was part of Qualcomm’s foray into wireless retail and helps retailers communicate more easily with their audience within a close proximity, giving them relevant information and valuable offers. We actually met with Gimbal’s now CEO, Rocco Fabiano, back in September to talk about Gimbal and what it enables from both the retailer and the consumer perspective. The technology itself is very promising and will likely get slow uptake in the retail industry as many retailers look for new ways to communicate with their customers. Below, we’ve got a video for you to get an

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Business, Mobile Computing, VR World

Qualcomm Spins off Gimbal Business Unit into Gimbal, Inc.

Gimbal

Gimbal today quietly announced that they had spun themselves off from Qualcomm. Gimbal was part of Qualcomm’s foray into wireless retail and helps retailers communicate more easily with their audience within a close proximity, giving them relevant information and valuable offers. We actually met with Gimbal’s now CEO, Rocco Fabiano, back in September to talk about Gimbal and what it enables from both the retailer and the consumer perspective. The technology itself is very promising and will likely get slow uptake in the retail industry as many retailers look for new ways to communicate with their customers. Below, we’ve got a video for you to get an

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Audio/Video, Hardware, Mobile Computing, VR World

NAB 2014: DJI Launches Phantom 2 Vision Plus with Gimbal and GPS

At NAB 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada, DJI, the maker of the Phantom 2 Vision announced their latest addition to their quadrocopter lineup, the creatively named Phantom 2 Vision Plus. This quadrocopter takes a lot of the features of its predecessor and improves upon them in ways that enables film makers and serious videographers to be able to capture cinema quality footage from the comfort of a quadrocopter. Enabling shots and angles that would normally require a helicopter rental and thousands of dollars to rent one. The current model, the Phantom 2 Vision can be had at Amazon for a discounted $1,179, down from the

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