A HORRIFYING EXPERIENCE. On July 13, game developer Red Meat Games released its fifth virtual reality (VR) project, Bring to Light. It was particularly appropriate to release it on Friday the 13th, since the developers designed the VR horror game to quite literally push players to their terror limits with the help of a biometric sensor. PUMP UP THE TERROR. In Bring to Light, […]
Are You Up For This VR Horror Game?
Hinge Using A New Algorithm To Find Your Perfect Partner
MODERN DATING, OLD ALGORITHM. : Not having any luck with online dating? Maybe a decades-old algorithm can help. On Wednesday, Hinge — a dating app that claims to be for “people looking for real connections” — rolled out “Most Compatible,” a feature that presents users with Hinge’s daily pick for who they’re most likely to hit it off with. To take some […]
Get Rid Of Those Annoying Ads Targeted At You
Ever wonder what Google actually knows about you? Or why that ad pop-up is strangely semi-related to something you Googled yesterday? Google recently updated its “Ad Settings” feature, now letting you see why certain ads are targeted toward you and what information Google thinks it knows about you. With the update, you can turn off certain interest signals that Google uses […]
Shopping On Snapchat?
Shopping and Snapchat could soon be synonymous. As originally reported by TechCrunch, the popular social media platform is experimenting with a new visual search feature called “Eagle.” App researcher Ishan Agarwal was the first to notice the Snapchat code in the Android version of the app, and has previously been the tipster behind a number of other app features, including […]
Skype To Introduce Read Receipts
If you want folks to know that you’ve seen their message (and are just choosing to be slow to respond), rejoice! There’s now another medium through which you can exercise your passive-aggressive tendencies (or just generally let folks know that their messages aren’t going into the void). This week, Skype announced that its latest version (Skype 8.26.76) will finally include “read receipts,” […]
Facebook Adds Trivia Gameplay To Live Video
Game shows may conjure up images of lounge chairs and a TV with rabbit ears featuring Vanna White or perhaps Regis. But that definition could be breaking out of the box as Facebook pushes online video interaction into gameplay. On Tuesday, June 20, Facebook launched several new tools for video creators, including the option to add game-show-like interaction to Live […]
Homeluv Gets Homebuyers With Builders
Wherever you keep your dream home vision board — Houzz, Pinterest, a shoebox full of magazine clippings — it probably doesn’t represent a single, cohesive home that actually exists in real life. You might have a dining room from a ranch-style home in California, a farmhouse kitchen from New York, and a bathroom that rarely exists outside a spa. HomLuv.com, […]
Fight Opiod Addiction With Game
Earlier this year at the Health 2.0 WinterTech Conference, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and Catalyst @ Health 2.0 launched the RWJF Opioid Challenge, an initiative aimed at bringing together healthcare and technology innovators to solve a growing epidemic of addiction in the United States. A panel of 19 judges evaluated 97 initial submissions based on innovation, scalability, and overall […]
Explore Our Planet With This AR Immersive Experience
As outdoor enthusiasts, we care deeply about the planet we live on. There is always more to learn about our changing world including past, present, and future information. AstroReality has launched the project Earth on Kickstarter — a 3D hand-painted globe that, when paired with a unique application, can provide in-depth information about the planet we live on. The physical […]
Emoji Based Maps?
Getting a map out of the glovebox is a nearly ancient practice — but for one new iOS map app, so is typing an address in with a keyboard. WYD, short for “what you doing,” jumbles a medley of social media features all onto a single map designed to help find that next place to explore. But the most surprising […]