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New NVIDIA DesignWorks Features Put the World of VR and 360 Video in Developer’s Hands

Have you ever wanted to have 360 videos on the palm of your hand? Have you wanted to wanted to watch anything from game-plays, TV Shows, documentaries and even some other random videos? You can with Littlstar, a content distribution network that’s using immersive VR and 360-degree video powered by the NVIDIA DesignWorks, Video Codec SDK. This week at the GPU Technology Conference, NVIDIA launched new updates to DesignWorks, helping developers take advantage of an entire suite of tools and technologies designed for cutting-edge 360-degree video and VR. With DesignWorks, Littlstar streams video from major brands like Sony Music, The Economist, CNN and Showtime. Individuals can

Audio/Video, Breaking, Entertainment, News, Software Programs, Virtual Reality (VR)

CyberLink Enters VR with the New PowerDVD 17

CyberLink is one of first software companies coming out of Taiwan that succeeded in becoming a major international player. From the dawn of multi-media and first DVD-ROM drives, PowerDVD software was there to play the content (and yes, we’ll never forget the ability to change the regional lock through software). Just like everything changes with time, PowerDVD gained tens of millions of users. With PowerDVD 17, their flagship movie and media player is bringing native support for 360 and 3D-360 video for VR headsets, Ultra HD Blu-ray video, as well as HDR10 format support. PowerDVD 17 adds support for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive VR headsets to bring

AMD, Breaking, E3, Entertainment, Gaming, Microsoft, News, Opinion, Sony, Virtual Reality (VR)

Microsoft Tick-Tock: Xbox One S and Project Scorpio

At it’s pre-E3 2016 conference, Microsoft announced the long awaited shift of its console model. In a nutshell, Xbox is becoming an regularly-refreshed product just like the Surface line of tablets and convertible PCs. Future Xbox refreshes will occur in an annual cycle, moving to a strategy that Intel used to call “Tick-Tock”. Just like Intel, Microsoft plans to release a high-end version of the console first, followed by a slimmed down version. Microsoft did not disclose the exact refresh cycle strategy, but we would not be surprised if the company decides to use E3 as the place where their annual or bi-annual refreshes will be announced. The exact

Android, Breaking, Gaming, Google, Hardware, News, Nvidia, VR World

Nvidia Shield Update Adds 4K60, HDR Support – VR Next?

Nvidia SHIELD Android TV console is perhaps the best Android TV device on the market. Ever since its launch a year ago, this Tegra X1-based device gained over 10 upgrades with improvement in specifications and features. With the Google I/O 2016 conference taking place at the Googleplex in Mountain View, CA, Nvidia wanted to make sure their announcements reflect on the strength of Android ecosystem and its capabilities. The Software Upgrade 3.2 brings the support for High Dynamic Range (HDR) TV devices, which are coming to the market later this year. It also now supports YouTube 4K at 60 fps / Hz, which was not the case in the

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AMD’s RTG Presents its 2016 Technologies

At the recently held event in Sonoma, California, newly formed AMD spin-off gathered selected press representatives to brief them about the developments the new company is working on. With the Radeon Technologies Group spin-off, the focus should work on pushing away from politics (which lead to a lot ‘spilled digital ink’, like the R9 Nano ‘fair reviews’ affair) into technology and products. Recent hiring of Scott Wasson, founder and editor-and-chief of the Tech Report should help with the technology development and quality control. As we were not invited for the event, we will only bring you a verbatim copy of what came from Mrs. Caitlin, AMD’s Account Executive at Edelman PR Agency.

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