Casino Games That Make Use of Virtual Reality Technology
Virtual reality (VR) has been deployed by all sorts of
technology companies to make a more immersive experience.
Sometimes, VR is used for pure entertainment and sometimes for
much more serious applications, such as training people to
experience potentially dangerous situations in a
consequence-free virtual environment. In the past, VR equipment
was expensive and you needed to wear rather large stereoscopic
headsets that were hooked up to local servers providing the
images in front of the wearer's eyes. Today, the technology is
much lighter, easier to use and much less expensive. You can
even make use of the positioning technology in conventional
smart devices rather than rely on specialist VR headsets.
What's even more impressive is that the data that needs to flow
back and forth from the display equipment and the server can be
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The Supreme Court has given the go-ahead on sports betting on a
state-by-state level. In other words, each state will be able
to decide whether or not it will allow sports betting.
Naturally there will be a divided opinion. There will be those
who rejoice and those who see it as a step in the wrong
direction.
Quite frankly, I’m not surprised. Sports betting has brought
the integrity of sport into question, which is why there is
dissent around this topic. On the other hand, now that the ban
has been lifted, it means that something that’s been in the
dark can now be exposed to the light and be fully regulated,
and that’s good news for everyone. It’s not going to happen
overnight either. Yes, stock in certain gaming corporations has
risen, and a couple of states already have laws in place and
are ready to move ahead. But from the looks of things, many
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Extra-marital affairs, haemorrhoids, surprise party plans, or financial information – Siri does not care.
According to reports and rumours online, if you have secrets, the Apple voice assistant might blab them to all and sundry. No longer are your casino online wins a private affair, your medical conditions something that only you, your doctor and , and your weird searches kept mum.
According to reports published in Mac Magazine, 9to5Mac, and on other sites, the bug appears to be limited to Beta versions of iOS 11.3. It was claimed that Siri can read lock screen app notifications, even if content previews have been disabled, and that it does so without confirming the identity of the listener.
While the potential for embarrassment, if not disaster, is great, it appears that not many users have been affected by the possible bug. There are also reports that allege the stories of Siri’s blabbermouth bug are nothing more than rumours based on a simple ...Continue reading
Swiss watch brand Hublot has launched its very first smart watch, and we can hardly think of a better marketing campaign more prone to hit that ever-elusive sweet spot than, you guessed it, the 2018 FIFA World Cup! Hublot has officially been appointed time keeper for the upcoming World Cup and the watchmaker has elected to design its signature virgin smart watch to run on, surprise-surprise, Android technology. Or, more correctly, as the technology has recently been re-branded, Wear OS.
The Big Bang Referee 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia watch is powered by the Intel Atom Z34XX processor, which happens to be the same (master)piece of technology that drives the 2017 Tag Heuer Connected Modular 45. This is no happy accident either, as Hublot and Tag Heuer are both owned by parent conglomerate LVMH.
Timepieces To Live By
Quite befittingly, only 2,018 Big Bang Referee 2018 FIFA World Cup signature timepieces have been manufactured and being one of the cool kids who owns one of these ...Continue reading
Biomedical engineers from the University of Sydney may just
have come up with technology that is about to make a huge
impact in the worldwide medical industry as a whole. Engineers
have developed a high-elasticity surgical glue that is proving
effective in sealing up even the most toughest and
hard-to-close wounds. Best of all? The glue eliminates the need
for staples or stitches.
The full impact of the new technology only really hits home
when one considers that wounds are not always on the surface of
the body. Wounds are often suffered to internal organs like
lungs, arteries and hearts. Wounds to internal organs are
particularly difficult to seal, and the tissues found in these
organs are continuously expanding and relaxing, so
there is constant movement present.
That having been said, the use of tissue adhesive is nothing
new in the medical field, but up until recently, these have
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Better eating or healthy eating is nothing new. Dieting and the
need to maintain a healthy frame has become more prominent in
the last 50 years and mainly because the way food gets produced
has changed. Our food has changed and thus so have we. The
science is quite simple. Eat more and you’ll weigh more. Eat
less and you’ll weigh less. The problem is that as a species
we’ve complicated our pellets through our increased consumption
of processed foods and in turn created a host of problems to
face off against.
Processed foods and refined foods all undergo an industrial
process which involves various levels of artificialness. The
end products – cold meats, canned goods, biscuits, chocolates,
cereals – are all a mixed bag of good and bad things. Is
it any wonder then that as people we find our bodies enduring
something of a similar nature? For as long as I can remember,
there’s ...Continue reading
2018’s list of the happiest countries right down to the not very happy at all countries has been released. As many of you have correctly guessed, the Central African Republic did not make the top 5. This initiative was kicked off in 2012 and submitted the year before by the country that came 97th on the list – Bhutan. If this proves anything, it’s that just because you invented something, doesn’t mean you’re the best at it. Jokes aside, Bhutan came up with the concept of measuring the happiness of its citizens and its prime minister proposed a World Happiness Day to the UN in 2011. A year later the UN had set aside March 20 as World Happiness Day.
How is Happiness Measured?
Fast-forward to 2018 and we have the pleasure of perusing the latest list. Before we go any further, I’d like to alleviate any fears of this being a long and dreary read. In fact, I’ll touch on the top 10, no wait, even better, the top 5! In total 156 ...Continue reading
Recent studies have shown that people who play video games can potentially reduce the risk of getting Alzheimer’s disease as gaming stimulates parts of the brain that may otherwise lie dormant and become prone to degeneration. New research shows the connection between playing 3D games and the growth of brain cells in critical areas of older people’s brains.
This research was done in two separate studies, with similar results:
Study 1
A study that was published in The Journal of Neuroscience, has found that the grey matter located in the hippocampus, which is the main area of the brain used for memory building and the first to illustrate the effects of Alzheimer’s, has shown growth when playing 3D video games. Interestingly enough, 2D games do not have the same effect on the brain as 3D games and researchers found that a 3D game like Super Mario could boost memory up to 12%, the amount that memory decreases between the age of 45 and 70.
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Which nation has a habit of offering lottery tickets to minors
as part of their birthday or Christmas gifts? Have you ever
wondered which nation in the world enjoys gambling the most?
These are only two of the fun facts you’ll learn about in the
following infographic from Spin Palace. Expand your
borders and explore the world of casinos and betting with some
cool visuals, and learn some interesting facts about the
world’s top gambling destinations.
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There are many important software and hardware companies in the
gaming world, such as Electronic Arts, and Blizzard, that have
contributed an enormous amount to the gaming industry. Without
Blizzard, after all, we would not have had Warcraft, and so
perhaps never had real time strategy games as they exist today.
And World of Warcraft would never have existed, a game that has
dominated the MMO scene for over a decade.
There are a few companies, however, that all but shaped the
gaming industry as a whole, pushing innovation and design in
ways that defined gaming entirely. One such company is Atari.
Had it not been for Atari, the gaming world as we know it would
have been entirely different.
Let’s take a look at the enormous role played by this one
company, which guided the world of games to where it is today,
and landed up being a big player in the casino gaming industry.
Early Atari
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