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“People will fall for it like a drug”—Game devs on the future of VR

Industry luminaries discuss the promise and pitfalls of impending headsets with Ars.

Sam Machkovech

Say hello to the HTC Vive Pre—the near-final version of the VR system. The headset comes complete with two tracking wands and two laser-tracking stations.

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Nine years ago, when the first iPhone was about to debut, not many people envisioned a revolution that would fundamentally change the shape of the game industry (for good or for ill). Today, as we await the impending release of high-end consumer virtual reality headsets from the likes of Oculus, Valve, and Sony, it feels like we're at a similar crossroads.

Unlike the slow, quiet dawn of smartphone gaming, the hype around VR has been building to a relentless, deafening pitch for years. Yet despite this hype, the industry and those watching it seem relatively split on the eventual impact of VR gaming. It could be a smartphone-level technological change—the biggest the gaming industry has seen in years—or it could be a quickly irrelevant fad on the order of the Wii or Kinect.

The answer to that question will determine the state of the video game market for years to come. So as many of the industry's biggest names gathered for the DICE Summit and Awards ceremony in late February, I asked everyone I could get my hands on what they thought virtual reality gaming would look like a decade from now. The range of responses shows just how unsettled, and unsettling, the fate of the latest virtual reality boom really is.

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Community: Tele Columbus und Primacom starten offenes 10-MBit/s-WLAN

Tele Columbus und Primacom haben heute ein offenes WiFi mit 50.000 Hotspots gestartet. Mitmachen dürfen aber nur Internetkunden mit einer gebuchten Datenrate von 60 MBit/s. (WLAN, Kabel Deutschland)

Hound voice assistant for iOS, Android launches (exits beta)

Last year SoundHound introduced an early version of a voice assistant app for smartphones that works a bit like Siri or Google Voice Search. It’s called Hound, and it leverages SoundHound’s expertise in audio recognition to provide quick responses to your queries. SoundHound, by the way, was one of the first apps that allowed you […]

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Computerhändler: K&M Computer übernimmt Atelco-Filialen und Website leitet um

Der insolvente Computerhändler Atelco hat seine restlichen acht Filialen an K&M Computer abgetreten, die Webseite leitet auf deren Mutterkonzern – die Bora Computer Gruppe – um. (Wirtschaft, PC-Hardware)

Der insolvente Computerhändler Atelco hat seine restlichen acht Filialen an K&M Computer abgetreten, die Webseite leitet auf deren Mutterkonzern - die Bora Computer Gruppe - um. (Wirtschaft, PC-Hardware)

Playstation 4: “Offline” als neue Funktion in Firmware 3.50

Wer beim Spielen seine Ruhe haben will, kann sich auf der Playstation 4 mit Firmware 3.50 künftig als “offline” markieren – selbst wenn er online ist. Diese und weitere neue Funktionen testet Sony ab morgen im geschlossenen Betatest. (Playstation 4, Sony)

Wer beim Spielen seine Ruhe haben will, kann sich auf der Playstation 4 mit Firmware 3.50 künftig als "offline" markieren - selbst wenn er online ist. Diese und weitere neue Funktionen testet Sony ab morgen im geschlossenen Betatest. (Playstation 4, Sony)

Record Labels Sue Radionomy Over DIY ‘Pirate’ Internet Radio

A group of prominent U.S. record labels have filed a lawsuit against the DIY online radio platform Radionomy, which also own Winamp and Shoutcast. In their complaint the labels accuse Radionomy of promoting and facilitating mass copyright infringement by hosting ‘pirate’ radio stations of its users.

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cassette In recent years the music industry‘s battle against piracy mostly focused on torrent sites, cyberlockers and unauthorized MP3 indexes.

However, those are certainly not the only ‘threats’ it faces. Online radio stations, often operated by hobbyists, also remain a concern.

This has prompted a coalition of record labels to file a lawsuit against Radionomy, a platform that allows users to start their own online radio stations.

In their complaint filed at a California federal court Arista Records, LaFace Records, Sony Music Entertainment and Zomba Recording accuse the service of several forms of copyright infringement.

Radionomy, which also owns Winamp and Shoutcast, offers between 30,000 and 50,000 radio stations which are controlled by its users. These stations are freely broadcasted online through a variety of sites and apps.

“Defendants operate an online music service through which users can listen to music stations, or create stations, that Defendants stream to listeners worldwide,” the complaint reads (pdf).

“To program music stations on Defendants’ service, users can upload music from their own collection or use music from Defendants’ library of popular music and podcasts.”

In addition to picking tracks from the Radionomy library, users can also upload their own tracks and stream these online. Listeners from all over the world can then tune in by searching for stations by theme, genre or even artists.

While many users and listeners enjoy the service, the record labels point out that Radionomy fails to pay the proper licenses. As such, they argue that it’s promoting and facilitating widespread copyright infringement.

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The labels list hundreds of tracks that were used without permission on Radionomy including work from Adele, Bob, Dylan, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Elvis Presley, John Mayer, Michael Jackson, One Direction, Pink Floyd and Shakira.

“On January 12, 2016 a station on Defendants’ service, named ‘One Direction The Radio,’ played the recordings ‘Nobody Compares’ and ‘Something Great’ by One Direction, both of which are Plaintiffs’ owned or exclusively licensed copyrighted works,” one of the examples reads.

As an example, the labels further mention that Radionomy encourages its users to start popular stations offering rewards for the number of listeners they attract, while canceling the least popular stations.

“Defendants encourage users to include popular copyrighted recordings in programmed stations by offering to ‘reward’ users with cash payments if they create a station that reaches a large audience and threatening to deactivate users that fail to reach ‘minimum audience’ requirements,” the complaint reads.

Late last year the labels reached out to Radionomy, which is owned by the entertainment industry mogul Vivendi, who reportedly admitted that they had not paid royalties to SoundExchange since 2014. Despite these talks, no agreement was reached on the issue.

The music companies now hope to get help from the court and are requesting a permanent injunction against the radio service, as well as damages which can easily add up to dozens of millions of dollars.

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Fujifilm will stop making FP-100C Polaroid-compatible film

Stock up now—the peel-apart film won’t be around for much longer.

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Still using an old Polaroid camera? Fujifilm has some bad news for you, as it has announced (in Japanese) that it will cease production of its FP-100C peel-apart film, which has kept many of the Polaroid cameras from the 1960s and '70s in operation today. The film is compatible with any instant camera that takes 3.25×4.25-inch photos, and Fujifilm's website describes it as ideal for ID and passport pictures.

However, its "fine grain and rich tonal gradation" weren't enough to save it from slumping sales. "Sales volume has declined significantly from year to year," Fujifilm stated. The company will end shipment of the FP-100C this spring, but according to some reports, there will still be film available for some time after that (likely while Fujifilm sells off the rest of its inventory).

This discontinuation may not spell doom for some Polaroid fans. The Impossible Project still makes film for Polaroid's SX-70 model, and it's less of a hassle to use since it foregoes the peel-apart technology of old-school film. But Fujifilm's decision isn't a shock. Fujifilm originally made black-and-white film at two speeds in addition to this color film back in the early days of instant photography. Since then, Fujifilm has killed off the two black and white options, and now the color film is on the chopping block.

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Vivo Xplay5 is the first phone with 6GB of RAM

Smartphones with 6GB of RAM are now a thing… at a time when entry-level laptops and tablets still have just 1GB or 2GB. Chinese smartphone maker Vivo has launched a new phone with 6GB of memory, a 5.5 inch, 2560 x 1440 pixel AMOLED display with curved glass edges, 128GB of storage, and a Qualcomm […]

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A10-7890K und Athlon X4 880K: Neue Kaveri-Topmodelle und CPU-Kühler von AMD

Etwas mehr Takt und andere Lüfter: AMDs A10-7890K und Athlon X4 880K setzen auf den Wraith- und den überarbeiteten Boxed-Kühler. Beide dürften die letzte Ausbaustufe der Kaveri-Technik sein. (Kaveri, Prozessor)

Landgericht München: Gericht erklärt Datenautomatik von O2 für unzulässig

Das automatische Nachbuchen von kostenpflichtigem Datenvolumen bei O2 ist unwirksam. Das hat das Landgericht München entschieden. Entgelte für weitere Leistungen seien nur zulässig, wenn der Kunde jeder Extrazahlung aktiv zustimme. (O2, Verbraucherschutz)