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Project Glass team member shows off mockup for glasses-wearers, says it's for 'everyone'

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While Google isn’t ready to answer all of the questions we have about its Project Glass concept yet, a member of the team has chimed in on one of the most common questions — could it work even the user wears prescription glasses? Industrial designer Isabelle Olsson says the team ideally wants it to work for everyone , and posted a photo of the Glass-on-glasses mockup shown above to her Google+ page. Unless you’re a Google exec this doesn’t bring you any closer to going retinas-on with the heads-up display / augmented reality project yourself, but hopefully it keeps the dream alive even for the near / far sighted among us. Project Glass team member shows off mockup for glasses-wearers, says it’s for ‘everyone’ originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:29:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink Project Glass (Google+) | Isabell Olsson (Google+) | Email this | Comments

 

Skyrim gets Kinect integration on Xbox, over 200 voice commands in tow (video)

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Okay, we have some excellent and some disappointing Skyrim tidbits to share. The good news being that bestseller The Elder Scrolls V is finally adding ( real ) support for Microsoft’s Kinect , but unfortunately, it’s coming exclusively to the Xbox console (sorry PC folks). That said, developer Bethesda says the update — which is arriving later this month — will bring more than 200 voice commands to the title, allowing things like Dragon Shouts, Follower Commands and Hotkey Equipping. In addition to busting out your best moves, you’ll also be able to control menus within the game, as well as save and load your Skryim progress. While the full list of commands is set to be unveiled “in the coming weeks,” there’s a sneak preview waiting on you right now just past the break. Continue reading Skyrim gets Kinect integration on Xbox, over 200 voice commands in tow (video) Skyrim gets Kinect integration on Xbox, over 200 voice commands in tow (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 12 Apr 2012 19:03:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink Joystiq | Bethesda Blog | Email this | Comments

 

Pebble smartwatch raises $100,000 in two hours, retires on a beach

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It always pleases us when interesting Kickstarter projects do well . Especially ones that fly as well as this. Just two hours after launching, the Pebble watch from Allerta landed $100,000 in pledges. Two. Hours. When you consider the phone-friendly e-paper timepiece was being offered at $115 a pop, that’s a lot of individual supporters, and therefore pre-orders to fulfill. Of course, we like to think we played a small part in this story, but the credit ultimately has to lie with the product developers themselves, who clearly captured people’s imaginations. And then some. At time of writing, the tally’s run to well over $1 million with 36 days still to go. Pebble smartwatch raises $100,000 in two hours, retires on a beach originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:50:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink Phone Arena | Kickstarter | Email this | Comments

 

Amazon CloudSearch brings A9 to devs and businesses

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Amazon certainly isn’t the first to offer hosted search services for third parties, but its model might make it the simplest option. Businesses or devs looking to create custom search indexes need only to upload what they want to make searchable and Amazon takes care of the rest — including deciding how much hardware to provision based on index size and traffic. Using the company’s A9 search engine, CloudSearch can quickly whip up complex query tools, including support for Boolean functions. For more details check out the PR after the break. Continue reading Amazon CloudSearch brings A9 to devs and businesses Amazon CloudSearch brings A9 to devs and businesses originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink | | Email this | Comments

 

OCZ says its Indilinx controller is actually built by Marvell, but has custom firmware

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OCZ received stacks of praise following its brave switch to in-house Indilinx-branded controllers, which have delivered solid performance in both the Octane and Vertex 4 SSDs. However, the company has now confirmed to AnandTech that its Indilinx Everest 1 and 2 controllers are actually still based on Marvell products, with a little overclocking on the side, and it hasn’t yet implemented its own hardware. That would explain why the latest SSDs are so closely on a par with other Marvell-powered drives, like the Crucial’s m4 and Intel’s 520 . But if it sounds like the brightest kid in the class just admitted to copying some other student’s homework, then we should probably all chill out: after all, OCZ never made any precise claims about Everest’s provenance in the first place. Besides, one of the most important aspects of a solid state drive is its firmware and OCZ insists that’s totally home-cooked. The news here is that we still haven’t seen what OCZ is fully capable of following its Indilinx acquisition . OCZ says its Indilinx controller is actually built by Marvell, but has custom firmware originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 12 Apr 2012 10:42:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink | AnandTech | Email this | Comments

 

Adobe outs Premier Pro CS6: a 'massive release' with better multicam and more

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If you turned your back on FCP X even after the big update , then the latest version of Adobe Premier Pro may be of particular interest. CS6 brings an enhanced 64-bit playback engine that can handle 5K resolutions and higher, new trimming options, compatibility with Mac touchpad gestures, a Warp Stabilizer that was previously confined to After Effects, expanded multicam editing for more than four cameras and other stuff too plentiful to list in one breath. Inhale . That’s what the source links are for. Adobe outs Premier Pro CS6: a ‘massive release’ with better multicam and more originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 12 Apr 2012 07:35:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink | Adobe (1) , (2 — PDF) | Email this | Comments

 

Adobe outs Premiere Pro CS6: a 'massive release' with better multicam and more

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If you turned your back on FCP X even after the big update , then the latest version of Adobe Premiere Pro may be of particular interest. CS6 brings an enhanced 64-bit playback engine that can handle 5K resolutions and higher, new trimming options, compatibility with Mac touchpad gestures, a Warp Stabilizer that was previously confined to After Effects, expanded multicam editing for more than four cameras and other stuff too plentiful to list in one breath. Inhale . That’s what the source links are for. Adobe outs Premiere Pro CS6: a ‘massive release’ with better multicam and more originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 12 Apr 2012 07:35:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink | Adobe (1) , (2 — PDF) | Email this | Comments

 

Adobe outs Premiere Pro CS6: a 'massive release' with better multicam and more

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If you turned your back on FCP X even after the big update , then the latest version of Adobe Premiere Pro may be of particular interest. CS6 brings an enhanced 64-bit playback engine that can handle 5K resolutions and higher, new trimming options, compatibility with Mac touchpad gestures, a Warp Stabilizer that was previously confined to After Effects, expanded multicam editing for more than four cameras and other stuff too plentiful to list in one breath. Inhale . That’s what the source links are for. Adobe outs Premiere Pro CS6: a ‘massive release’ with better multicam and more originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 12 Apr 2012 07:35:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink | Adobe (1) , (2 — PDF) | Email this | Comments

 

Adobe outs Premiere Pro CS6: a 'massive release' with better multicam and more

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If you turned your back on FCP X even after the big update , then the latest version of Adobe Premiere Pro may be of particular interest. CS6 brings an enhanced 64-bit playback engine that can handle 5K resolutions and higher, new trimming options, compatibility with Mac touchpad gestures, a Warp Stabilizer that was previously confined to After Effects, expanded multicam editing for more than four cameras and other stuff too plentiful to list in one breath. Inhale . That’s what the source links are for. Adobe outs Premiere Pro CS6: a ‘massive release’ with better multicam and more originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 12 Apr 2012 07:35:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink | Adobe (1) , (2 — PDF) | Email this | Comments

 

Adobe outs Premiere Pro CS6: a 'massive release' with better multicam and more

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If you turned your back on FCP X even after the big update , then the latest version of Adobe Premiere Pro may be of particular interest. CS6 brings an enhanced 64-bit playback engine that can handle 5K resolutions and higher, new trimming options, compatibility with Mac touchpad gestures, a Warp Stabilizer that was previously confined to After Effects, expanded multicam editing for more than four cameras and other stuff too plentiful to list in one breath. Inhale . That’s what the source links are for. Adobe outs Premiere Pro CS6: a ‘massive release’ with better multicam and more originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 12 Apr 2012 07:35:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink | Adobe (1) , (2 — PDF) | Email this | Comments