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NTT Demos Visually and aurally accurate virtual communication system

By DigInfo TV - [21/2/2013 - 07:44] - 0 - Networking

NTT is developing technology that faithfully reproduces pictures and sound from distant locations, creating a natural sense of distance and position, as if both people are in the same room. “Regarding the picture, this system inc[...]

NTT Demos Visually and aurally accurate virtual communication system

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United Arrows – Marionettebot – Clothing store mannequin imitates movement

By Stephen - [18/2/2013 - 02:48] - 1 - Hands On

Another good example of the mix of technology, interesting ideas and craziness in Japan. United Arrows, A popular clothing chain store in Japan created the Marionettebot – a store show window display mannequin in Shibuya, Tokyo t[...]

United Arrows – Marionettebot – Clothing store mannequin imitates movement

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ZMP announced a new Kinect controlled Robot Car for research purpose

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [5/8/2011 - 01:12] - 0 - Robot

ZMP is the company responsible for the amazing e-Nuvo and RoBoCar for example, and earlier this month, the company sends us a press release announcing yet a new scale 1/10 of the RoBoCar vehicle, the RoBoCar Lite, that uses Microsoft K[...]

ZMP announced a new Kinect controlled Robot Car for research purpose

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Five Finger Input Device For Complete Hand Recognition by Double Research & Development Co.

By DigInfo TV - [23/6/2011 - 06:53] - 0 - Peripherals

Double Research & Development Co. has developed a new input device called “amenbo” which can sense the movements and pressure of individual fingers. As the complete hand movements are directly input into the PC, it can [...]

Five Finger Input Device For Complete Hand Recognition by Double Research & Development Co.

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Unitycorp introduces ASUS Xtion PRO kinect like motion sensor for PC in Japan

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [15/4/2011 - 08:20] - 0 - Accessories

Unitycorp announced today that it will start shipping in Japan ASUSTeK’s Kinect likte motion Sensor, the Xtion PRO. Priced at around 19,800 and scheduled to be available later this month, the Xtion PRO comes with a proprietary SDK made[...]

Unitycorp introduces ASUS Xtion PRO kinect like motion sensor for PC in Japan

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Ghost In The Shell S.A.C for Real thanks to KAYAC & BMCL

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [31/3/2011 - 05:27] - 5 - Gaming

Ghost In The Shell is by far my favorite Japanese Anime, and it seems that some pretty clever folks in Japan succeed to recreate Ghost In The Shell S.A.C (Stand Alone Complex) Interactive Cyberspace experience thanks to a very clever V[...]

Ghost In The Shell S.A.C for Real thanks to KAYAC & BMCL

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LG and Microsoft Announced the LG Kinect Cinema 3D Smart TV in Korea

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [29/3/2011 - 03:31] - 0 - Gaming Home Entertainment

LG and Microsoft is offering in Korea a new bundle, the LG Kinect Cinema 3D which includes an Xbox 360 with Kinect as well as a 47” 47LW5700 or 55” 55LW5700 3D Smart TV at a discount price announced to be 32% cheaper than if you where [...]

LG and Microsoft Announced the LG Kinect Cinema 3D Smart TV in Korea

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The Future is NAO (Now). Kinect Controlled NAO Robot and Aldebaran’s Prototype charging station

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [7/3/2011 - 03:19] - 2 - Press Conference Robot

This weekend I had the chance and opportunity to attend Aldebaran’s developer program meet-up in Tokyo and to check in the “Flesh” their awesome robot NAO. If you are a bit curious about Robotics I am sure that you have already heard a[...]

The Future is NAO (Now). Kinect Controlled NAO Robot and Aldebaran’s Prototype charging station

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Kinect-like device for your PC

By Akihabara News Team - [5/1/2011 - 12:12] - 0 - Gaming

PrimeSense, the same people who worked with Microsoft on Kinect, are now teaming with Asus to create a similar device. It will be called WAVI Xtion (maybe it’s not supposed to be pronounceable, like Prince, the artist, that guy). The d[...]

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Burger King Japan Offers Sweepstakes for a XBox 4G & Kinect

By Akihabara News Team - [9/12/2010 - 11:29] - 1 - Gaming Offbeat

Foreword: Like other fast-food chains here in Japan – McDonald’s, KFC – Burger King Japan are offering their greasiest, happiest, let’s-forget-about-trying-to-lose-weight-and-just-enjoy-the-holidays-(the-Japanes[...]

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Sony PlayStation Move sales hit 4.1M units

By Akihabara News Team - [1/12/2010 - 04:14] - 1 - Gaming

Sony released the newest PlayStation system in September of this year, the PlayStation Move. As we started to learn four years ago with the release of Nintendo’s Wii, gamers want to get off the couch and move. This is still true, but t[...]

Sony PlayStation Move sales hit 4.1M units

[TGS 2010] Kinect Sports and Kinect Joy Ride on Xbox360

By Akihabara News Team - [17/9/2010 - 08:21] - 3 - Gaming

At the Xbox booth, one of the main attractions was without any doubt the famous Kinect (originally known as Project Natal). Here again, we’re sure you’ve already heard lots of thing regarding this new controller-free gaming. Providing [...]

[TGS 2010] Kinect Sports and Kinect Joy Ride on Xbox360

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[TGS 2010] DanceEvolution on Xbox360 Kinect Hands-on

By Akihabara News Team - [17/9/2010 - 02:29] - 4 - Gaming

Most of you guys are probably aware of the ultra-famous DanceDanceRevolution series, introduced for the first time in 1998, where the player stands on a “dance platform” in order to hit colored arrows laid out in a cross with his feet [...]

[TGS 2010] DanceEvolution on Xbox360 Kinect Hands-on

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Dr Kawashima Brain Training Game arrives on Xbox 360 with Kinect

By Akihabara News Team - [9/9/2010 - 04:04] - 0 - Gaming

Namco Bandai and professor Ryuta Kawashima unveiled a new brain training game on Kinect during an Xbox 360 media briefing yesterday. Similar to other brain training games, the program determines your brain’s age as you solve prob[...]

Dr Kawashima Brain Training Game arrives on Xbox 360 with Kinect

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[Video] Hitachi “Minority Report” like interface.

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [22/7/2010 - 03:33] - 2 - Displays

Here you are the last bit of our tour at Hitachi exhibition, with the company vision of a “Minority Report” like interface. Perhaps closer to Microsoft Kinect UI, Hitachi system will let you control any kind of information display on a[...]

[Video] Hitachi “Minority Report” like interface.

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New X-Link Universal Remote Control for Xbox 360

By Akihabara News Team - [22/6/2010 - 02:35] - 0 - Home Entertainment

Overshadowed by all those news about the new Xbox Slim, Kinect motion control and the new Mac Mini from E3, we decided to give the new X-link Universal Control a belated chance. It is produced by the California-based SMK-Link Electroni[...]

New X-Link Universal Remote Control for Xbox 360

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New Xbox 360 Slim and Kinect, prices and availability announced

By Akihabara News Team - [16/6/2010 - 03:43] - 1 - Home Entertainment

On Monday we talked about Microsoft’s new motion-controller “Kinect” for Xbox 360 and promised you some more details. At E3, both Kinect and the new “slim” X360 are officially unveiled yesterday. So now i[...]

New Xbox 360 Slim and Kinect, prices and availability announced

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Project Natal re-named as “Kinect” unveiled on the eve of E3

By Akihabara News Team - [14/6/2010 - 05:22] - 0 - Gaming

Microsoft apparently unveiled the Kinect (formerly talked about as Project Natal) yesterday in Los Angeles at Pre-World Premier, an invitation-only special event ahead of the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) starting today. I am sure[...]