{"id":57028,"date":"2016-10-04T14:48:01","date_gmt":"2016-10-04T18:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=57028"},"modified":"2016-10-06T08:58:56","modified_gmt":"2016-10-06T12:58:56","slug":"todays-announcements-from-google-vr-ai-cognitive-computing-developments-in-hci-continue-their-march-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2016\/10\/04\/todays-announcements-from-google-vr-ai-cognitive-computing-developments-in-hci-continue-their-march-forward\/","title":{"rendered":"Today&#8217;s announcements from Google. VR, AI, cognitive computing, &#038; developments in HCI continue their march forward."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2016\/10\/04\/google-welcomes-the-future-of-mobile-vr-with-its-daydream-view-vr-headset\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Google welcomes the future of mobile VR with its $79 Daydream View VR headset<\/strong> <\/a>&#8212; from techcrunch.com by Lucas Matney<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Today at its October hardware\/software\/everything event, the company showed off its latest VR initiatives including a Daydream headset. The $79 Daydream View\u00a0VR headset looks quite a bit different than other headsets on the market with its fabric\u00a0exterior.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Clay Bavor, head of VR,\u00a0said the design is meant to be more comfortable and friendly. It\u2019s unclear whether the cloth aesthetic is a recommendation for the headset reference design as\u00a0Xiaomi\u2019s Daydream headset is similarly soft and decidedly design-centric.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The headset and the Google Daydream platform will launch in November.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2016\/10\/04\/google-welcomes-the-future-of-mobile-vr-with-its-daydream-view-vr-headset\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/10\/0063.jpg\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2016\/10\/04\/google-pixel\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Here\u2019s the Google Pixel<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from techcrunch.com by Brian Heater<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">While the event is positioned as hardware first, this is Google we\u2019re talking about here, and as such, the real focus is software. The company led the event with talk about its forthcoming Google Assistant AI, and as such, the Pixel will be the first handset to ship with the friendly voice helper. As the company puts it, \u201cwe\u2019re building hardware with the Google Assistant it its core. \u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/10\/google-pixel.jpg\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FPfQMVf4vwQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2016\/10\/04\/say-hello-to-google-home\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Google Home will go on sale today for $129, shipping November 4<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from techcrunch.com by Frederic Lardinois<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/home.google.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Google Home<\/a>, the company\u2019s answer to Amazon\u2019s Echo, made its official debut at the Google I\/O\u00a0developer conference earlier this year. Since then, we\u2019ve heard very little about Google\u2019s\u00a0voice-activated personal assistant.\u00a0Today, at Google\u2019s annual hardware event, the company finally provided us with more details.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Google Home will cost $129 (with a free six-month trial of YouTube red) and go on sale on\u00a0Google\u2019s online store today. It will ship on November 4.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Google\u2019s Mario Queiroz today argued that our homes are different from other environments. So like the Echo, Google Home combines a wireless speaker with a set of microphones that listen for your voice commands.\u00a0There is a mute button on the Home and four LEDs on top of the device so you know when it\u2019s listening to you; otherwise, you won\u2019t find any other physical buttons on it.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/10\/googehome_bases.jpg\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrfocus.com\/2016\/10\/google-working-with-netflix-hbo-hulu-for-daydream-content\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Google Working with Netflix, HBO &amp; Hulu for Daydream Content<\/strong><\/a>&#8212; from vrfocus.com by Kevin Joyce<br \/>\n<em>#madebygoogle reveals services ready and on the way to support Google Daydream<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Google\u2019s #madebygoogle press conference today revealed some significant details about the company\u2019s forthcoming plans for virtual reality (VR). Daydream is set to launch later this year, and along with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vrfocus.com\/2016\/10\/google-on-pixel-made-for-mobile-virtual-reality\/\" target=\"_blank\">reveal of the first \u2018Daydream Ready\u2019 smartphone handset<\/a>, Pixel, and Google\u2019s own version of the head-mounted display (HMD), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrfocus.com\/2016\/10\/google-reveals-the-first-look-at-daydream-view\/\" target=\"_blank\">Daydream View<\/a>, the company revealed some of the partners that will be bringing content to the device.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2016\/10\/04\/what-google-announced-at-todays-launched-event.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Google officially unveils $649 Pixel phone with unlimited storage; $129 Google Home<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from cnbc.com by Anita Balakrishnan<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/mattdrange\/2016\/10\/04\/google-unveils-home-embraces-aggressive-shift-to-hardware\/#240d800365ed\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Google Unveils &#8216;Home,&#8217; Embraces Aggressive Shift To Hardware<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from forbes.com by Matt Drange<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">You can add to the seemingly never-ending list of things that Google is deeply involved in: hardware production.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">On Tuesday, Google made clear that hardware is more than just a side business, aggressively expanding its offerings across a number of different categories. Headlined by the much-anticipated Google Home and a lineup of smartphones, dubbed Pixel, the announcements\u00a0mark a major shift in Google\u2019s\u00a0approach to supplementing its massively profitable advertising sales business and extensive history in software development.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\nAimed squarely at Amazon\u2019s Echo, Home is powered by more than 70 billion facts collected by Google\u2019s knowledge graph, the company says. By saying, \u201cOK, Google\u201d\u00a0Home quickly pulls information from other websites, such as Wikipedia, and gives contextualized answers akin to searching Google manually and clicking on a couple links. Of course, Home is integrated with Google\u2019s other devices, so adding items to your shopping list, for example, are easily pulled up via Pixel. Home can also be programmed to read back information in your calendar, traffic updates and the weather. \u201cIf the president can get a daily briefing, why shouldn\u2019t you?\u201d Google\u2019s\u00a0Rishi Chandra asked when he introduced Home on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">A comment from DC:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/em><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">More and more, people are speaking to a device and expect that device to do something for them. How much longer, especially with the advent of chatbots, before people expect this of learning-related applications? <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Natural language processing, cognitive computing, and artificial intelligence continue their march forward.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Addendums:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/2016\/10\/new-google-hardware-trojan-horse-ai\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57041\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/TrojanHorse4AI-googleoct2016.jpg\" alt=\"trojanhorse4ai-googleoct2016\" width=\"538\" height=\"618\" border=\"0\" srcset=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/TrojanHorse4AI-googleoct2016.jpg 538w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/TrojanHorse4AI-googleoct2016-131x150.jpg 131w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 538px) 100vw, 538px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/2016\/10\/google-hardware-event-everything-announced\/?mbid=nl_10416_p1&amp;CNDID=44878795\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57047\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/GoogleAssistantEverywhere-Oct2016.jpg\" alt=\"googleassistanteverywhere-oct2016\" width=\"555\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/GoogleAssistantEverywhere-Oct2016.jpg 555w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/GoogleAssistantEverywhere-Oct2016-146x150.jpg 146w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google welcomes the future of mobile VR with its $79 Daydream View VR headset &#8212; from techcrunch.com by Lucas Matney Excerpt: Today at its October hardware\/software\/everything event, the company showed off its latest VR initiatives including a Daydream headset. The $79 Daydream View\u00a0VR headset looks quite a bit different than other headsets on the market [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[113,329,354,356,817,32,210,141,63,391,196,195,206,367,253],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-21st-century","category-24x7x365-access","category-av-audiovisual","category-artificial-intelligence-agents-llms-and-related","category-bots","category-education-technology","category-emerging-technologies","category-engagement-engaging-students","category-google","category-human-computer-interaction-hci","category-productivity-tips-and-tricks","category-tools","category-trends","category-vendors","category-virtual-reality-worlds-learning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57028"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57028\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57048,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57028\/revisions\/57048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}