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Seeing food in VR games? This sensor will put the real taste in your mouth

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Table of Contents Table of Contents How it works? The possibilities for VR, and beyond The road to a realistic metaverse Over the past few years, researchers have tried to make virtual reality (VR) experiences even more immersive and personal. For example, back in 2022, the experts over at Stockholm University created a machine called … Read more

The Vivo X200 Ultra could launch with a much more powerful camera sensor

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When Vivo launched the x200 lineup last year, it teased an Ultra model but said we wouldn’t see it until 2025. While we’re still not clear on a release date, we’ve learned a few details about the upcoming flagship’s camera setup that have us excited. A tipster leaked the information on Weibo and revealed several … Read more

This tiny sensor could be the future of smartphone photography

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Table of Contents Table of Contents How PxE’s holographic technology works How could this improve smartphone photography? When could we see this on phones? Other applications beyond smartphone photography Why is this so exciting? If you’ve been taking portrait photos on your phone for several years, you’ll know that most phones have gotten progressively better. … Read more

Timex is making a wearable with a sensor to track brains, not hearts

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Timex has announced a partnership with Pison, a technology company that makes a brain-tracking, neural-sensing platform for wearables, and it intends to integrate it into a new range of products coming early this year. It may also be setting the stage for a new smartwatch powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon W5 processor. The Pison app Pison … Read more

Phone makers are scared to innovate and this tiny sensor proves it

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Table of Contents Table of Contents Why aren’t phone makers using it? What else can the sensor do? Is this the end for multispectral sensors on phones? “To the average consumer, the pictures they take with their phone are often good enough,” Spectricity’s chief marketing officer, Henrik Andersen, told me during a Google Meet call … Read more

Android 16 adds a new way to use the Google Pixel 9’s fingerprint sensor

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Biometric security — the ability to unlock your phone with your fingerprint or face — is an amazing feature, but you often have to turn on the phone’s screen before you can use it. That’s because many fingerprint sensors are optical and need light in order to work. Fortunately, Android 16 will make it so … Read more