Distance

I got around to completing a little side project shot in 4k resolution with my Google Nexus 6P. Nothing crazy, simply some travel footage. I feel like the choice of music went perfectly to the visuals. Cheers.



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The Affordable Future of Virtual Reality; Google Cardboard

So we've all heard of Oculus Rift. The startup company by Luckey Palmer which refreshed the desire to create high quality, working virtual reality equipment; essentially for gaming.

 It was recently purchased by social media goliath Facebook, for approximately 2 billion USD.

Now, a dev unit costs around 300$+, while over at Google, their engineers fabbed up an interesting VR unit which goes for as little as 30$. 

What I like most about this product happens to be that it encourages users to be innovative. Writing code to create new applications that can utilize this device. Even though it is primarily dependent on an Android smartphone, and not necessarily created for high end gaming, there are an overwhelming amount of possibilities to be had.


                            

Anything is possible in this realm, essentially paving the way to a technologically advance future which consists of virtual realistic environments and a new way of interacting with computers. All this is possible, not just thanks to the massive tech corps, but to the curious consumer who desires to do a little more with their devices.



It's all in the eye of the beholder.



Make your own Google Cardboard HERE.

Google Presents: Android Wear

In addition to its own Glass project, Google has released Android Wear. Sporting an interesting new operating system capable of message notifications and voice commands. Google also promises that your favourite fitness applications will work seamlessly on the device.

(Lenovo owned) Motorola, is the first company to embrace the idea and create their own iteration of the device and implement their own operating system. They coined it "Moto 360".

I'm curious as to how both Android Wear, Google Glass and your cellular device will work in unison. Multiples of the same data displayed on all three at a time? Ah well, I guess only time will tell.

Zing!


Stay tuned for pricing and more in depth information as it becomes readily available.

Google Glass

Google has officially moved out of the "project" phase and into a whole new testing cycle with a recently announced contest for Google Glass. To kick off the contest, they launched a new Website that details simplistic questions for the augmented reality glasses like "how it feels", "what it does" and "how to get one".

Google is accepting applications until February 27th with those passionate about the projectm answering questions and paying a hefty $1,5000 USD fee to be the first to test out the built-in-voice recognition, on-board, hands-free video recording, and photo capture.



Up until now, Google employees were the only ones wearing Google Glass, developed by Sergey Brin.


Here is the official place to get your hands on one Google Glass

Technology really is making a breakthrough. I would like to see how these are down the line in terms of production and "styles" for frames.

Google Maps Ocean View

This will be very useful when Apple Maps drives you into the ocean.

In all seriousness, this could definitely becoming a very interesting tool.....or method used to kill time instead of Googleing random crap.     ...Or am I the only one that does that ....

~ Hacknik