How to Get Your Apple Watch Up and Running [iOS Blog]
If you are one of the lucky few to receive your Apple Watch on launch day, you are probably excitedly going through the steps to setting up and customizing your device. With a completely new operating system to get used to, we’ve got a couple of tips for getting your Apple Watch ready for daily use.
Apple Watch Overview
Apple yesterday released a user guide for its wrist-worn device that provides a detailed overview of the case for those who aren’t yet familiar with various features. For starters, you can easily identify the Digital Crown/Home button on the side of the watch case. Press it to go to the Home screen while viewing an app, or to display the watch face.
You can also double-click the Digital Crown to access your most recently used app. To activate Siri, press and hold it. Zoom in and out or scroll by turning the crown.
The side button, which sits just below the Digital Crown is used to show or hide friends, turn on or off Apple Watch, and access Apple Pay (with a double-click).
The back side of the case houses the speaker, heart rate sensor, and microphone. You will also be able to remove your watch band by pressing the band release buttons on the back of the case.
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Next version of Google Glass will be out soon, says Italian eyewear maker Luxottica
Massimo Vian, CEO of Italian eyewear maker Luxottica, spoke earlier on Friday at a general meeting in Milan, Italy regarding Luxottica’s relationship with Google, and how the Google Glass project is moving along. While Mr. Vian didn’t mention a specific timeframe for the launch of the next-gen Glass headset, he did comment that a 2nd generation product is in the works and that it will be out sometime soon.
Here’s what Mr. Vian had to say, according to The Wall Street Journal:
In Google, there are some second thoughts on how to interpret version 3 [of the eyewear]. What you saw was version 1. We’re now working on version 2, which is in preparation.
Luxottica became a partner of the Glass project back in March 2014, among a long list of other partners.
Before we heard this news, we already knew a few details regarding the next generation of Google Glass. For starters, Nest co-founder Tony Fadell took over Glass shortly after the project graduated from Google’s X labs. Fadell had reportedly said that the next generation headset wouldn’t be available to the general public until he achieves perfection, and that he plans to completely redesign the product. Also, Google will supposedly not bring back the Glass Explorer program this time around, so the product likely won’t launch until it’s ready for everyone to use.
Samsung Galaxy S6 Gear VR pre-order starts today
Best Buy is now accepting pre-orders for the Samsung Galaxy S6 Gear VR Innovator Edition. The Gear VR does not come cheap at $249.99, especially considering you can buy Google’s Cardboard for less than $20 which pretty much does the same thing as Samsung’s accessory. Fortunately, the Galaxy S6 Gear VR will fit both the standard Galaxy S6 as well as the Galaxy S6 Edge and it will arrive in stores on May 8. The Gear VR Innovator Edition comes with a built-in fan to help keep your head cooler, but that is quite an expensive fan. I’m a huge fan of Samsung, but the price of this accessory is rather obscene.
Will you be getting the Galaxy S6 Gear VR Innovator Edition or Google Cardboard? Let us know in the comments section below.
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Twitter introduces a simple summary of the best Tweets for you called Highlights
Reading through tweets can be daunting. By the time you have read through 20 or 30 tweets, there is a good chance that 30 new tweets have been published. It can be impossible to get through every tweet, especially when many tweets are replicated about the same topic.
In comes Highlights, a fast and simple summary of Twitter of the stuff that is most relevant to you. Highlights are created by gathering tweets from people you are close with, topics and events in your region, and people that are popular among the people you know. If and when you opt into Highlights, you will get up to two notifications per day with your summaries. When you open the notification, you will be taken to the Twitter app where your Highlights will be displayed in a brand new interface.
Highlights will only be available in English to Android users for the time being.
Source – Twitter Blog
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How cheap VR helped a Stanford professor bring his dream to Tribeca
Last year, the Tribeca Film Festival began highlighting new mediums being used in storytelling, and that trend has translated over to 2015. Virtual reality is, naturally, a big part of this movement, as filmmakers start creating more content for consumer-grade devices like the Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear VR and Google Cardboard. This is why the current edition of the event is hosting Stanford’s Virtual Human Virtual Interaction Lab, a venture started in 2003 by Jeremy Bailenson, who’s a professor at the university and has been working on digital human representation since 1999. It features a set of VR experiences that attendees can check out, all with the same goal of transporting you into another reality.
Nowadays, that mission is simplified by the myriad companies investing in the space — including Facebook with Oculus VR, Google, Samsung and, most recently, HTC and Valve. “We used to have a $40,000 headset that couldn’t leave the lab, with thousands of wires on it,” Bailenson says, emphasizing how much easier it is to use Oculus hardware as part of the workflow. The fact that he no longer has to rely on a stationary, ridiculously expensive headset is extremely valuable. If he did, bringing his latest work to the Tribeca Film Festival, roughly 3,000 miles away from home, simply wouldn’t have been possible.
Jeremy Bailenson during a Tribeca Film Festival panel.
So you can not only be the Stanford University quarterback in a training session, but also travel as a marine biologist to the bottom of the sea and even fly like a superhero. Or you can walk in someone else’s shoes, which is slightly similar to The Machine to be Another experience, though not nearly as immersive. While these projects are fun and interesting in their current state, Bailenson believes he’s just scratching the surface, noting that there’s still the need for better technologies, such as improved tracking, to get the most out of VR. (For reference, a DK2 was powering the demos I saw at the Tribeca Film Festival.)
“In the last year, there’s been more change [in virtual reality] than in the previous 18 years,” he says. “What we want right now is to tell people about VR.” Beyond that, Bailenson tells me there are many other projects in the works at the Stanford Virtual Human Interaction Lab — which, by the way, happens to be funded by none other than tech titan Google.
[Image credit: Getty Images]
Watch the Apple Watch unbox itself
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The appointed time has finally arrived. Months after its unveiling, Apple’s Watch is finally finding its way onto the public’s wrists. Yet, as is often the case with product debuts from the company in Cupertino, demand outstrips supply (for now). Fear not, would-be Watch wearers, even if you haven’t gotten your hands on one — yet — Engadget can still give you that kid-on-Christmas-morning feeling with our unboxing video.
Are you among the fortunate few who got one of Apple’s coveted Watches? Well, we want to see your unboxing videos, too. Be it Vine, Instagram or YouTube clip, just send it to us via Twitter using the hashtag #Gadgetsnaps or pop a link to the video in the comments below. We’ll be sharing our favorites next week, so show us what you got! And, stay tuned for our full review…
Photos by Will Lipman, video produced and edited by Ina Maria
JXE Training Day: How to play your first ‘League of Legends’ match
We covered the League of Legends basics during our very first episode Training Day. Loc Tran, he of San Jose State University’s rising League team, gave us the lowdown on just what mobile online battle arena (MOBA) games actually are, what it’s like to play them and which ones are right for beginners. This week, we dive into matches against live players. What do you need to know the first time you play League of Legends? What class of character is good for you? We’ll answer those questions and more on today’s Training Day.
Our second episode of Training Day will go live at 3:30PM ET today on Twitch.tv/Joystiq, Engadget.com/gaming and right here in this post.
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The LG G4’s leather backing takes about four times as long to make
With the G4 set to debut officially next week, we’ve seen a number of leaks showing off the brand new leather backing the device will sport. While there will be more traditional options, the leather is geared to give a premium feel. If you do decide to purchase the G4 with a leather backing know that a lot of effort went into making the back.
According to LG, it takes four times the effort to make the leather backing than it does the traditional backing. Instead of it being a four week process the leather back takes 12 weeks to manufacture. Some of the process involved is the vegetable tanning, which is considered one of the most environment-friendly way to do it.
LG also admits that the leather may look a bit weird on the G4, but that’s relative. Is a leather backing on the G4 enough to make it your next phone or does it even matter? Let us know in the comments section below.
source: Korea Times
via: G for Games
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Luxottica prepping upcoming version of Google Glass: Report
Popular eyewear manufacturer Luxottica which owns brands like Ray-Ban, Oakley and several other major sunglasses brands is now looking to partner with Google for the upcoming version of Glass. The information was given out by the CEO of Luxottica, Massimo Vian during the company’s general meeting in Milan, Italy.
Vian said – “In Google, there are some second thoughts on how to interpret version 3 [of the eyewear]. What you saw was version 1. We’re now working on version 2, which is in preparation.” Google however has been tight lipped about this project so far.
By pairing with a major eyewear maker like Luxottica, Google can hope to appeal to a large segment of audience with the new Glass. So this seems to be a logical move for the company. The arrival of the finished product is still some distance away though, so don’t expect it to hit the shelves anytime soon.
Source: Wall Street Journal
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Alleged HTC Butterfly 3 specs claim QHD display and Snapdragon 810 processor
The specifications of the HTC One M9 come across as underwhelming for some consumers. While the aluminum design is beautiful, the display and camera just miss the mark compared to its competition. The upcoming Butterfly 3 could be worth a look many consumers (in the event it leaves Asia). On CompuBench, specifications for an HTC device that is allegedly the Butterfly 3 surfaced. It shows a 5.1-inch display with 2560×1440 resolution and a Snapdragon 810 processor. The rear camera is 19MP and the front camera is 12MP. Certainly not underwhelming, right?
Source: CompuBench
Via: G for Games
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