Samsung is opening a VR studio in New York City

The library of things you can play and watch on a Gear VR headset is growing, but Samsung doesn’t think it’s growing quickly enough — it wants to help make some of that content, too. The company has revealed to Sundance Film Festival guests that it’s opening a New York City studio that will create virtual reality experiences. Samsung isn’t saying much about the content in question, but the studio will be...

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The VR arcade of the future will look something like this

“Don’t look down!” my partner shouted from closely behind me, a tall, bald woman not unlike Sigourney Weaver’s Ripley in Alien3, with solid birthing hips and a gruff voice that belied her exterior. We’d met only minutes before when ‘she’ was a physical he in the real world, an older, white-haired gentleman of 6’3″ who happened to be wandering through Sundance’s New Frontier...

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The VR arcade of the future will look something like this

“Don’t look down!” my partner shouted from closely behind me, a tall, bald woman not unlike Sigourney Weaver’s Ripley in Alien3, with solid birthing hips and a gruff voice that belied her exterior. We’d met only minutes before when ‘she’ was a physical he in the real world, an older, white-haired gentleman of 6’3″ who happened to be wandering through Sundance’s New Frontier...

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Apple Brings Innovation Back to Television with All-New Apple TV

Watch the keynote Watch the film Watch the TV ad TV is a major part of our lives. We gather together around our big screens to watch big shows and big events. Yet somehow, the overall experience of TV has continued to stagnate. Until now. It all starts by recognizing that apps are the future of television. HBO NOW, WatchESPN, Netflix, Hulu, iTunes — apps are quickly becoming how we watch today. So we built a new foundation around this...

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Twitter is reportedly losing some of its top executives (updated)

The departures would be sudden, but not unexpected. Twitter is still having problems attracting new users, and recently installed CEO Jack Dorsey has been cleaning house in a bid to turn things around. This would just be the first time that his axe falls on management in a big way. There’s no telling whether or not this will work, but it’s safe to say that this won’t look good to outsiders — while some new...

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