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How To: Get onto MySpace at school when it's blocked
The video provides you two easy ways to get onto MySpace at school. There is no need to install anything at all. If you have a Windows operation system, open a command prompt window and just ping MySpace. Then copy and paste the IP addresses you found directly into your browser's address bar. In case you have a Mac computer, try search 'ip address finder' on Google and tool sites such as ip-address.com can help you find the same information. Now getting onto your favorite MySpace will never b...
News: Unity 2018.2 Release Continues Optimization of 3D Content Performance for Mobile Devices & Desktops
On Tuesday, Unity released the latest version of its 3D engine, which brings improvements to the Scriptable Render Pipeline that the company introduced earlier this year.
How To: Run Browser in Safe Mode for Faster Internet Speed
This tutorial video will show you how to run the browser in safe mode for faster internet speed. In browsers add-ons consume memory and slow down the browser’s speed. But you could open your browser in safe mode where the browser opens without add-ons. This safe mode increases internet or browser speed.
How To: Test Your Social Distancing Skills from Home with This AR App for Android & iOS
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus has practically guaranteed that the virus, along with the phrases "social distancing" and "flattening the curve," will rank among the top search terms of 2020. USA Today combined the phrases in its latest augmented reality experience, which quizzes your knowledge in the best practices of social distancing.
News: Lowe's New Tango-Based App Helps Shoppers Find Products They Need
Lowe's Home Improvement laid another brick in their augmented reality foundation with today's announcement of a new app for Tango-enabled smartphones.
How To: Tag a picture with a friend's name on Facebook
In this tutorial, Mike Montgomery shows up how to tag a friend in a picture on Facebook. First, log into Facebook and click your photos and upload your photo to the desired photo album, or create a new one. Once it's uploaded you can add a caption to the picture as you wish, then click on "publish now". If you would like to involve your friends in the picture that have Facebook, click on the "tag this photo" button. You can click on their faces in the photo, then a drop down menu of your frie...
How To: Use the My Location feature in Google Maps for mobile
The new "My Location" (beta) feature on Google Maps for mobile helps you know where you are on the map, even if your phone doesn't have GPS. Just press [0] to move the map to your approximate location. Save time and tedious keystrokes finding where you are, what's around you, and how to get there.
How To: Set up text alerts in Edmodo
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to set up text alerts in Edmodo. Begin by opening your browser and go to the Edmodo website. Select Settings, which is on the top fight side of the page. Now click on the Notifications drop-down menu and select Text Message. Type in your cell phone number one the next blank space. Then select your cell phone provider. Then check the boxes that you wish to be alerted to. Finish by clicking Save Notifications. This video will benefit those viewers who u...
News: Samsung Updates AR Emoji with Better Tracking & Facial Features
With Apple preparing to bring a slew of new features to its Animoji app this fall, Samsung has updated its AR Emoji imitator with the ability to create more realistic digital doppelgängers.
News: Unity with Native Tango Support & Vuforia Integration Coming Later This Year
The keynote at this week's Vision Summit 2017, a two-day event put together by the Unity team in beautiful Hollywood, California, revealed a few new features coming to the Unity platform. They also previewed some of the beta features that are currently available for those less scared of the occasional hiccup.
How To: Simply unlock the iPhone 3GS
Unlock a jailbroken iPhone 3GS to use it with T-mobile. DISCLAIMER: This only works with an iPhone 3GS, not any other iPhone, and only on firmware 3. 0 or lower. 1. Turn off 3G under "settings" and then "general". 2. Go to Cydia. 3. click "manage" and then "sources". 4. Press "edit" and then click "add". 5. Type in: http: //repo666. ultrasn0w.com. 6. Add source. 7. Wait for it to update the sources. 8. Click "repo666" and then "Ultrasn0w". 9. Click "install" and wait for it to install . 10. H...
How To: Watch flash videos on your iPhone
Learn how to watch flash videos from websites other than YouTube on your iPhone. Using a free download from videohamster.com
News: Take Spectator View to a Whole New Level with DataMesh's MeshExpert
Beijing- and Seattle-based DataMesh have announced the release of a new enterprise geared mixed reality middleware — MeshExpert. This solution for collaborative interaction with dynamic data is made up of two primary components: MeshExpert Live!, a 4K mixed reality capture system built off of the Microsoft Spectator View, and MeshExpert DataMix, which offers the ability to blend different types of data with XR and mobile hardware.
News: Valve Opens the Gates for Third-Party HTC Vive Controllers
The HTC Vive and Valve's SteamVR make for one of the more compelling virtual reality experiences, mixing in real-world motion tracking with the immersive headset. But third-party manufacturers couldn't tap into the Vive's full potential and make creative new peripherals—until now.
News: Sally Beauty's YouCam-Powered AR Try-on Kiosks Land in 500 US Stores
Another major retailer is putting all its chips in on the relentless rise of selfie culture. Sally Beauty is rolling out kiosks to try-on "some of its best" hair dyes in 500 of its stores throughout the US. The in-store augmented reality-powered kiosks invite you to view yourself on video, overlay a punky (or otherwise) hair color, and snap a selfie on the screen to share your #glowup with friends.
How To: Use parental controls on a cell phone
If your a parent and you child keeps bugging you about them wanting a cell phone, this next video might help. Parents are often worried that their kids may spend too much time on the phone and abuse the power they have in their hands. Well, this tutorial is going to tell you how you can use parental controls on a cell phone.
Razer Nabu: The Pager of Smartbands (And That's a Good Thing)
The Razer Nabu is a smartband that alerts you when you've received a notification on your Android or iOS device. This fitness smartband not only notifies you, but keeps track of your steps, sleep time, messages, calories lost, and of course, the time. The screen is very simplified and resembles that of a pager.
News: Social VR Startup vTime Lands $7.6M to Launch Augmented Reality Version Later This Year
One of the earliest players in the social virtual reality space, vTime, has just landed $7.6 million in new funding, which the company says is partially earmarked for developing and releasing an augmented reality version of its platform later this year.
News: Apple Releases First iOS 13.4.5 Public Beta for iPhone Today
Apple just released the first public beta for iOS 13.4.5 today, Thursday, April 16. This update comes one day after Apple released 13.4.5 developer beta 2, which itself arrived just over two weeks after 13.4.5 dev beta 1.
Dev Report: New ARKit Updates & Native Level Design Features Finally Come to Unity
Continuing to take the steps necessary to reign supreme among the top game engines of the world, with a steady stream of major updates, enhancements, and new features, the team at Unity are keeping the user base in a regular state of surprise. At this rate, it's almost like Christmas every few days.
News: Google, Facebook & Huawei Seed AR & VR Talent Pool with Massive Donation to Univ. Of Washington Lab
Google, Facebook, and Huawei have made an investment in nurturing the future of augmented and virtual reality through $6 million in contributions to the opening of a new center at the University of Washington.
Water Music: Conducting with Conductivity
What do you get when you mix water-filled bowls with electrical wiring and human hands? The answer may shock you. Artists Ion Furjanic & Isaac Souweine write, "Electric Tea 1.0 is the first in a series of works that put sound where it doesn't belong. [It] uses porcelain bowls, metal orbs, speaker wire, water, and the conductive power of the human body to create a water based musical controller."
How To: The Best Way to Type on Your Touchscreen Chromebook
Touch typing on a Chromebook is difficult. With displays well over seven inches, it's barely possible to type in portrait mode, and landscape mode is a joke. But you don't have to resort to a physical keyboard, because there's a better way that works regardless of the screen size.
News: Android Co-Founder Andy Rubin Gives Us a Sneak Peek into Essential's New Bezel-Less Smartphone
Andy Rubin, the cofounder of Android, departed Google in 2014 to go on and start his own smartphone company, Essential. Rubin first gave us a clue at what he would be working on when he announced in January that he wanted Essential to create a premium smartphone with a bezel-less edge-to-edge display.
How To: Set an MP3 as a ringtone for a contact on your Droid
Phil from droidboards.com shows you how to set a specific MP3 that you have as a ringtone on your Motorola Droid. As long as you have this new phone and MP3's in your play list. The MP3 that you select from your phone can be used as a ringer for a specific contact and can still be used as a traditional MP3. This video will teach you step-by-step how to do it showing you on the phone while talking you through it so you can set a ringtone for any individual you want.
News: Vuforia Parent PTC Goes All-In on 3D Content Creation with $470 Million Acquisition of Onshape CAD Platform
There's a direct correlation between the proliferation of augmented reality apps and the demand for 3D content, and PTC just quantified that in dollars.
News: How to Watch the Galaxy S9 'Unpacked' Event on Replay
|UPDATE: The event is now over and we've learned all there is to know about the new Galaxy S9 and S9+. But if you're still interested in watching Samsung's presentation, we've left the replay video embedded below.
News: FaceTime for iOS 13 Uses ARKit to Help Callers Pretend They Are Maintaining Eye Contact
You may soon add feigning eye contact to the list of ways that augmented reality is improving our lives.
How To: The Easiest Way to Find Creative Commons Images for Anything You Want
Sometimes I actually search Google Images for things other than GIFs and pictures of athletes' extremely hot wives. Google Images has helped me with school projects, work, and proving my friends wrong on numerous occasions. Unless you're strictly using it for the latter, you're going to have to be aware of copyrights.
News: The Future of Touchscreen Is Kinda Like Having Lots of Acid Flashbacks
Swedish interface geeks The Astonishing Tribe predict what kind of touchscreen technology we'll be using in 2014 (that would be approximately 3 years, 4 months from today): Eek, that first movement that occurs around 0:25 (he pulls the screen to the right, extending it's width) is trippy. In a great way. The Astonishing Tribe says:
News: WaveOptics Sets Sights on Expansion of AR Optics Operations with $26 Million in New Funding
Augmented reality optics maker WaveOptics has just infused its operations with a fresh round of funding to facilitate its objective of bringing consumer-grade smartglasses at a $600 price point to market in 2019.
How To: Find All Songs Your Favorite Artists Helped Create on Tidal
Contrary to popular belief, it takes more than just one artist to create the sound, lyrics, and vocals of a song. With most music being enjoyed digitally nowadays, it's harder to know all of a track's collaborators, as this info used to be in the CD booklet. Well with Tidal, you can now easily find this information and more.
How To: Instagram Has 10 New Editing Tools & Here's How to Use Them
Known for its easily recognizable filters—and coining the hashtag #nofilter—Instagram has long been an app that focused more on photo posting rather than photo editing. Yet today, Instagram released an upgrade for both Android and iOS users that edges the app towards becoming a full-fledged photo editor.
How To: Location tag Picasa photos for Google Maps
Learn how to geo-tag your Picasa photos so that your Internet albums will display the locations of your photographs via Google Maps. You'll need a Google account or a Gmail account for this to work.
How To: Path Talk App Lets You “Text” Businesses Instead of Calling Them
In today's world of ordering food from your PC or hailing a cab with an app, it almost seems archaic when we have to actually use our vocal cords to contact a local business. It sure would be nice if we didn't have to use our smartphones as, well, you know...phones.
How To: Make Buying Stuff Easier on Instagram with the Checkout Feature
Instagram wants to bridge the gap between advertising and shopping for a more central buying experience. The app has long been a platform for advertisements, with both companies and creators using it as an outlet to link to products, so it's only natural for Instagram to allow users to buy content featured in posts without ever leaving the app.
News: Intel to Release Their 'Merged Reality' Project Alloy Headset by End of 2017
Intel, the company which is mostly known for creating computer processors, once again showed off their Project Alloy "merged reality" experience, this time during their CES 2017 press conference. Intel's Chief Executive Officer, Brian Krzanich, stated that they will be "productizing" this tech with their partners in the fourth quarter of 2017.
How To: Adjust display settings on the Samsung Reality
Looking for instructions on how to adjust the various customizable display parameters available on your Samsung Reality mobile smartphone? You're in luck. This free video tutorial will see that you need everything you need to know to set wall papers and tweak display settings. For thorough instructions, watch this cell phone guide.
News: Pinterest Adds AR Makeup Try-On Feature to Its Mobile Lens Tool
It's time to make some more room at the augmented reality cosmetics counter. This week, social media giant Pinterest unveiled "Try On," a virtual make-up visualization tool running on its Lens visual search tool.
How To: Packet sniff networks with the fundamentals
Hak5 isn't your ordinary tech show. It's hacking in the old-school sense, covering everything from network security, open source and forensics, to DIY modding and the homebrew scene. Damn the warranties, it's time to Trust your Technolust. In this episode, see how to packet sniff networks with the fundamentals.