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Combined VR/AR headset for 2022 to be followed by “lightweight” AR glasses in 2023.
Enlarge / An image from a patent Apple filed back in 2008 shows exactly what Apple's VR/AR headset will look like, 100%, with no changes if/when it launches over 15 years later.
Right around this date in 2017, Bloomberg reported that Apple was working on a pair of augmented reality glasses for a planned 2020 launch. Now that it's late 2019, The Information is reporting (and Bloomberg is largely confirming) that Apple is now planning to launch a combined VR/AR headset in 2022, following up with a lightweight pair of AR glasses in 2023.
Apple's perpetually three-or-more-years-away headset plans have "a focus on gaming, watching video and virtual meetings," Bloomberg reports, and now include a new 3D sensor that builds off of Apple's existing FaceID sensor. A 1,000-person team inside the company—reportedly led by former Dolby Labs engineer Mike Rockwell and involving former Virginia Tech professor Doug Bowman—is still reportedly working on a completely new operating system for the headset dubbed rOS (reality operating system).
The market for VR and AR headsets looks very different today than it did back in 2016, when reports first started leaking out regarding Apple's plans in the space. Back then, expensive PC-tethered VR headsets like the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive were launching to a lot of fanfare but generally disappointing sales. Today, improvements in technology have moved the focus to cheaper "all-in-one" untethered headsets like the $400 Oculus Quest, which has reportedly sold a decent-but-uninspiring 400,000 units since its launch in May (a relatively poor showing when compared to other recent portable gaming-focused hardware).
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Die Unternehmen Intel, Fastly, Mozilla und Red Hat wollen mit der Bytecode Alliance das ursprünglich für Browser gedachte Webassembly gemeinsam in anderen Bereichen einsetzen, also etwa auch auf Servern und embedded Geräten. (Wasm, Open Source)
Die Unternehmen Intel, Fastly, Mozilla und Red Hat wollen mit der Bytecode Alliance das ursprünglich für Browser gedachte Webassembly gemeinsam in anderen Bereichen einsetzen, also etwa auch auf Servern und embedded Geräten. (Wasm, Open Source) Vodafone ist mit seinen Gigabit-Zugängen im Kabelnetz erfolgreich. Der Gesamtkonzern hebt die Gewinnprognosen für das laufende Geschäftsjahr an. (Vodafone, DSL)
A group of 23 law professors are warning that a recent recommendation from a Colorado magistrate judge opens the door to unprecedented piracy liability risks. In addition to threatening Charter and other Internet providers, customers could be faced with privacy-invasive monitoring and permanent disconnections.
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In March several major music companies sued Charter Communications, one of the largest Internet providers in the US with 22 million subscribers.
Helped by the RIAA, Capitol Records, Warner Bros, Sony Music, and others accused Charter of deliberately turning a blind eye to its pirating subscribers.
Among other things, they argued that the ISP failed to terminate or otherwise take meaningful action against the accounts of repeat infringers, even though it was well aware of them. As such, it is liable for both contributory infringement and vicarious liability, the music companies claim.
The ISP disagreed and filed a motion at a Colorado federal court, asking it to dismiss the vicarious liability claims. Charter argues that it doesn’t directly profit from copyright-infringing subscribers, nor does it have the ability to control them.
Previously, other Internet providers have been successful in getting vicarious infringement claims dropped, but Charter’s case appears to go in the other direction. Last month Magistrate Judge Michael Hegarty recommended the court to deny the motion to dismiss.
According to the Judge, Charter’s “failure to stop or take other action in response to notices of infringement is a draw to current and prospective subscribers to purchase and use Defendant’s internet service to ‘pirate’ Plaintiffs’ copyrighted works.”
Charter objected to this recommendation and hopes that the court will not accept it. The company fears that this will subject the company, and pretty much all other ISPs, to a wide range of piracy liability claims.
They are not alone in this assessment. Yesterday, a group of 23 copyright law professors submitted an amicus curiae brief in support of the company. According to the legal scholars from prominent institutions including Harvard and Stanford, the recommendation would set a dangerous precedent.
The copyright professors point out that, based on the complaint, it can’t be concluded that Charter enjoyed direct financial benefits from the alleged infringements, as vicarious liability prescribes.
Vicarious liability requires ISPs’ actions to serve as a “draw” to potential infringers. However, the professors argue that this isn’t the case here. Instead, the potential to use Charter to pirate should be seen as an “added benefit.”
The draw, in this case, is access to the entire Internet, with the potential to pirate being an added benefit.
“Access to this universe of content and services is the draw for subscribers, and the use by some subscribers of some portion of that service to download infringing material can only plausibly be seen as an added benefit of the service.
“This is especially true with ISPs, like Charter, because subscribers pay the same flat monthly rate for a particular level of service irrespective of whether, or how often, they infringe,” the professors add.
The Judge’s recommendation fails to properly make this distinction according to the professors. Neither does it show the necessary causal link between infringements and the financial benefit. As a result, it would expose Charter and other ISPs to “unprecedented risks of liability.”
The fact that Charter advertises “blazing-fast” speeds that allow users to download “just about anything” efficiently is not relevant either. According to the professors, these features are valued by all Internet users whether they engage in infringement or not.
“The Recommendation’s misapplication of the direct financial benefit analysis would cause considerable harm to other ISPs, consumers, and the public,” they write.
The immediate threat to ISPs is more lawsuits where dozens of millions of dollars in damages are at stake. If the recommendation stands, providers would have a hard time defending them. In addition, many would have to change their piracy policies, which could hurt consumer privacy.
In order to avoid vicarious liability claims, Charter and others would have to be more active against potential repeat infringers. This could lead to more Internet terminations and possible monitoring of legitimate users, the professors warn.
“Consumers, whether they personally engage in infringing conduct or not, could be subject to wholesale termination of their Internet access based on unproven allegations of infringement occurring at the IP address through which they connect to the Internet.
“Moreover, ISPs could be forced to engage in privacy-invasive monitoring of their subscribers’ Internet activity,” they add.
The brief explains that ISPs that don’t host any content should pass all Internet traffic along in a neutral manner. These companies should not be forced to become copyright enforcers based on mere allegations.
Based on the above, the copyright law professors urge the court not to adopt the Magistrate Judge’s recommendations. First, however, the court must decide whether it will accept the brief and add it to the record.
Given what’s at stake, it wouldn’t be a surprise to see submissions from more third-parties on this matter in the coming days.
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A copy of the professors’ amicus curiae brief, which has yet to be accepted, is available here (pdf).
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The main character appears to be completely redone—and much better for it.
A side-by-side comparison of Sonic from the first trailer (left) and the new one (right) shows the character has been completely re-rendered. [credit: Paramount/Sega ]
In early May, the first trailer for the Sonic the Hedgehog movie was released to almost universal criticism. The problem was, Sonic just looked… terrifying. Instead of the adorable16-bit hero most of us remember, this CGI Sonic was all wrong. His legs were weirdly tapered, and the body proportions were wrong, with perhaps the worst bit being that nightmare of mouth, full of teeth.
The backlash was immediate (and well-founded) and heard remarkably quickly. Within two days the film's director Jeff Fowler announced that changes would be made before the film's release, a date that soon slipped to February 2020—presumably once the scope of the work set in. On Tuesday, the extent of that became clear with the release of a new trailer for the movie, featuring a much-improved render of the main character.
The human body proportions are a thing of the past; now Sonic's feet are big and his ankles are implausibly wider than his thighs. His torso has shrunk, particularly at the waist, and his hands are now massive and once again clad in the proper white gloves. Our hedgehog's head has swelled, as have his eyes, and when he opens his mouth I no longer want to shriek in horror until professionals come and sedate me.
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Die erste computeranimierte Version von Sonic wirkte auf verstörende Art menschlich und führte zu entsetzten Fanreaktionen. Nun hat Paramount Pictures die überarbeitete Fassung des legendären Igels präsentiert. (Sonic, Sega)
This year Walmart launched a line of cheap Android tablets that sell for $50 to $100. While Walmart’s Onn tablets aren’t exactly high-performance devices, they do have one thing that helps set them apart from Amazon’s cheap line of Fi…
This year Walmart launched a line of cheap Android tablets that sell for $50 to $100. While Walmart’s Onn tablets aren’t exactly high-performance devices, they do have one thing that helps set them apart from Amazon’s cheap line of Fire tablets — the Onn tablets run near-stock Android software with the Google Play Store and […]
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Big business spent $1.5 million trying to unseat pro-tax candidates.
Enlarge / The Amazon Spheres in downtown Seattle. (credit: 400tmax / Getty)
Amazon has suffered a setback in its own backyard as several candidates for Seattle's City Council won election despite a $1.5 million campaign by business groups to defeat them. That included Kshama Sawant, an incumbent and socialist who has been a thorn in Amazon's side in recent years. The vote was held last Tuesday, but the results only became clear in recent days.
The result is significant for Amazon because last year Seattle's city council passed a $275 per employee tax on large employers. Amazon, Starbucks, and other large Seattle businesses blasted the law and funded a ballot measure to overturn it. Facing the threat of having their law overturned by voters, the city council itself repealed the measure a month after it passed.
If business groups had defeated pro-tax candidates in last week's election, it would have made the city council very reluctant to consider taxing employers again. Instead, the election results have emboldened supporters of an "Amazon tax."
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Die Stahlindustrie gehört zu den größten Emittenten von Kohlendioxid. Der Konzern Thyssen-Krupp will das ändern, indem er Wasserstoff im Hochofen einsetzt. Ein Pilotprojekt ist in Duisburg gestartet. (Nachhaltigkeit, Erneuerbare Energien)
Die Stahlindustrie gehört zu den größten Emittenten von Kohlendioxid. Der Konzern Thyssen-Krupp will das ändern, indem er Wasserstoff im Hochofen einsetzt. Ein Pilotprojekt ist in Duisburg gestartet. (Nachhaltigkeit, Erneuerbare Energien) 
Jetzt hat auch die Telefónica Deutschland ein 5G-Netz in Berlin eingeschaltet. Doch es ist nur ein kleines Campusnetz. (
Vodafone ist mit seinen Gigabit-Zugängen im Kabelnetz erfolgreich. Der Gesamtkonzern hebt die Gewinnprognosen für das laufende Geschäftsjahr an. (
Die erste computeranimierte Version von Sonic wirkte auf verstörende Art menschlich und führte zu entsetzten Fanreaktionen. Nun hat Paramount Pictures die überarbeitete Fassung des legendären Igels präsentiert. (
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