The Transformation Of The iPhone From 2007 To 2022
Slashgear
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
Apple has released a new model for iPhone almost every year. As technology has evolved and the needs of people have changed, so has the iPhone.
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Insanely Popular Rhythm Game ‘Osu!’ Now Playable In VR
VRScout
NOVEMBER 2, 2020
to AUDICA converter, a free tool that allows fans of the uber popular 2007 rhythm game to easily transport millions of user-created maps to Harmonix Music System’s VR rhythm experience AUDICA. Originally launched on Microsoft Windows back in 2007, Dean Herbert’s osu!
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Daft Punk 360 VR Tribute Show Coming To Los Angeles
VRScout
JULY 31, 2022
Similar to the group’s famous Alive 2007 performance, these DJs will perform on a 3D LED stage. . “ CONTACT is a multisensory dance party meets immersive space opera inspired by the legendary duo: Daft Punk,” says the official description.
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The XR Week Peek (2023.08.28): Quest 3 unboxing leaked, Samsung+Google headset situation is blurry, and more!
The Ghost Howls
AUGUST 28, 2023
More info Is Apple working on the Vision Pro since 2007? A fascinating report by 9to5Mac shows that Apple filed a patent defining an XR headset already in 2007, when the first iPhone was launched. Of course, we expect much more for when the app will be released to production , but in the meantime, 10K is a good start.
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The 'But It Came Out in 2007' Meme Is Here to Ruin the Ending of Every Movie
GizModo VR
AUGUST 24, 2022
Better late than never, the meme of the summer is here. Which is a relief, since the meme cycle has been grim, lately. We just went through a brief flirtation with the “ Dark Brandon ” series, in which libs appropriate the type of fascist imagery involving “ God Emperor Trump ” that was popular with the MAGA crowd a few… Read more.
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The 10 Best Google Maps Street View Photos Of All Time
Slashgear
JUNE 7, 2022
Google Street View has captured the world since 2007 -- and a fair amount of hardy shenanigans have taken place along the way. Here are the 10 best.
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Falconer Uses 360 Camera To Record Epic VR Fly-Over
VRScout
NOVEMBER 5, 2022
Klima, who has been hosting falconry workshops for the past 20 years, came up with the idea in 2007 during a nature film production for a Bavarian TV show. The only way you could get this type of footage is by enlisting the help of a winged friend.
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One of Meta’s Most Well-funded VR Games is Shuttering Multiplayer This Year
Road to VR
AUGUST 21, 2023
EA deprecated online support for a number of MoH titles in February 2023, including Medal of Honor (2010) , Medal of Honor: Warfighter (2012) and Medal of Honor: Airborne (2007)— all of which benefitted from wide support across PC, Xbox and PS consoles throughout their tenure.
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Metaverse School Teaches Kids How To Code For VR/AR
VRScout
MAY 19, 2022
These platforms are incredibly effective and they set the stage for the kid’s coding movement back in 2007, however, the vast majority of them are restricted to 2D project creation, built for the age of smartphones and flat screens.”.
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The Reason The U.S. Banned One Of Alfa Romeo's Coolest Cars
Slashgear
JUNE 6, 2022
Alfa 8C Competizione entered the market in 2007, and the automaker only built 500 units for the world. Why was this beautiful machine banned from U.S.
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‘The Secret of Retropolis’ is the Latest App Lab Success to Make the Leap to the Main Quest Store
Road to VR
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
Indie team Peanut Button says they took inspiration from Grim Fandango (1998), Blade Runner (1982) , BioShock (2007) , and Batman: The Animated Series (1992). . You might also recognize a few artistic influences. You’ll find The Secret of Retropolis on the Quest Store for Quest and Quest 2, priced at $13.
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Super Fan Remaking Original Witcher Game In VR Using Unreal Engine
VRScout
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
Rather than developing a mod for the original 2007 release, however, Loan is constructing the entire experience from the ground up in Unreal Engine, resulting in higher quality visuals as well as a new range of possibilities. Enter Patryk Loan, a Witcher megafan currently in the process of rebuilding the original Witcher game in VR.
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Relive the moment Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone exactly 15 years ago
Digital Trends
JANUARY 10, 2022
Steve Jobs unveiled the very first iPhone at a special event in San Francisco on January 9, 2007. Relive the historic moment exactly 15 years on.
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BioShock is Everywhere in Games, and Yet Nowhere in Itself
GizModo VR
AUGUST 21, 2022
For those who play video games, 2007 is often considered one of the best years of the medium. It was a year of bangers: Microsoft had Crackdown and Halo 3 , Nintendo took Super Mario to the Galaxy, Call of Duty blew the world open by going modern, and so on. It cannot be understated how much that year just kicked ass … Read more.
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Lyme Disease Is Surging in Parts of the U.S., Insurance Data Suggests
GizModo VR
AUGUST 2, 2022
The research found that private insurance claims related to the tickborne disease have substantially climbed since 2007, including more recently in the last five years. Newly released data is the latest to show that Lyme disease cases in the U.S. are on the rise. This relative increase was especially dramatic in rural… Read more.
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I Am Legend Screenwriter Forced to Tell Anti-Vaxxers His Zombie Movie Is Fake
GizModo VR
AUGUST 10, 2021
The screenwriter who penned the 2007 zombie movie I Am Legend starring Will Smith has been forced to clarify something on Twitter that’s sure to make us all depressed today. The writer, Akiva Goldsman, had to explain that I Am Legend is, in fact, fiction. It’s not a documentary about zombies or something like that. Read more.
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The Robotech Movie Nabs Hawkeye Director, May Actually Happen
GizModo VR
APRIL 26, 2022
The live-action Robotech movie, which has been in development since 2007 and has switched multiple writers, directors, and even studios over the years, took a step toward actually happening by hiring Hawkeye ’ s Rhys Thomas to direct the film. The protoculture must flow. Read more.
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Traffic Deaths Soared in 2020 and Experts Blame Risky Road Behavior During Pandemic
GizModo VR
JUNE 4, 2021
surged in 2020 to the highest level since 2007 and experts in the U.S. Traffic deaths in the U.S. government believe they know why. Despite driving fewer miles during the covid-19 pandemic, Americans involved in car crashes were taking more risks, including everything from not wearing their seatbelts to driving drunk. Read more.
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Nvidia's New RTX 3080 Can Barely Run Crysis: Remastered at 4K
GizModo VR
SEPTEMBER 18, 2020
One of my hopes for Crysis: Remastered was that it would be just as punishing on PCs today as it was when originally released in 2007. You see if the RTX 3080 can run it, naturally. Now that the game has… Read more.
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OK, Jake Gyllenhaal, we see you belting out Celine Dion
Mashable VR
APRIL 10, 2022
Ambulance actor Jake Gyllenhaal channeled his inner Celine Dion for his first Saturday Night Light hosting gig since 2007. "There were sketches I'd never do again but then they'd always seemed right." Sure, the world looks a little different from the last time Gyllenhaal hosted, but it's all coming back to him now.
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Billionaire Investor Who Predicted the 2008 Housing Crash Says Crypto Is a 'Worthless' Bubble
GizModo VR
AUGUST 30, 2021
John Paulson, the billionaire investor who accurately predicted (and bet against) the subprime mortgage crisis in 2007, has some kind words for cryptocurrency: mainly, that it is a vacuous financial bubble bound to eventually collapse. Read more.
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‘Half-Life: Alyx’ is the Best Rated PC Game of 2020 & Best Rated Steam VR Game of All Time
Road to VR
MARCH 25, 2020
When looking at the top rated PC titles of all time on Metacritic , Alyx holds the 31st position in the list, surrounded by PC gaming classics like The Sims (2000) , Warcraft III (2002), Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007), and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2005) , while far exceeding Half-Life 2: Episode One & Two.
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Mass Effect 3's Ending Changed Fandom Forever
GizModo VR
MARCH 7, 2022
When BioWare’s Mass Effect franchise first released in 2007, it quickly gained momentum and a passionate fanbase that not many new IPs today have really managed to achieve. At the time, the sci-fi RPG’s claim to fame was giving players choices that would matter , either in the immediate moment as it related to their… Read more.
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Check Out New Crossfire: Sierra Squad Realism Mode Gameplay
Upload VR
JUNE 14, 2023
Crossfire is a long-running first-person shooter franchise that began with the original Crossfire on Windows in 2007. While previously thought to be a potential PSVR 2 exclusive, the recent confirmation of a simultaneous PC VR launch has put that notion to bed. Sierra Squad will mark the franchise's first foray into VR.
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V/H/S/94 Is a Grimy, Gory Found-Footage Throwback
GizModo VR
OCTOBER 4, 2021
The first V/H/S movie came out in 2012, arriving at the tail end of the low-budget found-footage horror craze ( Paranormal Activity and REC came out in 2007; Cloverfield was 2008) and capturing the last moment in culture before VCRs became totally obsolete. Two sequels followed, with 2014's V/H/S: Viral embracing phone… Read more.
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Benedict Cumberbatch will host 'SNL' in May
Mashable VR
APRIL 17, 2022
They've previously performed in 2007, 2010, 2013, and 2018, according to Pitchfork. Cumberbatch first hosted SNL in 2016, back when the first Doctor Strange came out. Meanwhile, this is the fifth time Arcade Fire will grace the SNL stage.
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Mysterious Radio Burst in Our Galaxy Came From a Magnetar
GizModo VR
NOVEMBER 4, 2020
For the first time ever, astronomers have linked an actual object to those mysterious radio bursts they’ve been detecting since 2007. The culprit in this case, as suspected, is a super-dense object known as a magnetar, but the finding has prompted an entirely new set of questions. Read more.
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Daniel Craig and No Time to Die's Crew on Creating That Emotional Ending
GizModo VR
JANUARY 2, 2022
Since he first took the role in 2007's Casino Royale, Craig’s time with the character has been a fascinating one, and it was interesting to see how it would end for real this… Read more. In the many prolonged months leading up to its release, No Time to Die was touted as the final outing for Daniel Craig’s tenure as James Bond.
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Jerry Seinfeld's Sorry for Bee Movie Being So Horny
GizModo VR
OCTOBER 4, 2021
Though the official line on 2007's Bee Movie has always insisted that there was never any sexual energy humming between its two leads—Vanessa, a human woman voiced by Renée Zellweger, and Barry, an anthropomorphic bee voiced by Jerry Seinfeld—anyone who’s actually seen the Steve Hickner-directed film knows that… Read more.
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The New Diary of a Wimpy Kid Trailer Looks Appropriately Awkward
GizModo VR
OCTOBER 19, 2021
I’m not going to lie: I’m not really up on the Diary of a Wimpy Kid franchise, given that the first volume of Jeff Kinney’s enormously popular novels about a beleaguered middle school -aged kid named Greg came out in 2007, a full 17 years after I left middle school myself. However, I do know a decent movie trailer when… Read more.
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Valve’s Gabe Newell: ‘We’re excited to return to Half-Life, VR has energized the studio’
Road to VR
NOVEMBER 21, 2019
Valve hasn’t released a full-length single player game since 2011’s Portal 2 ; the game will also be the first entry in the Half-Life series in 12 years, with the last being Half-Life 2: Episode 2 released in 2007.
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The Xbox Series S Is for Gamers Who Hate Upgrades
GizModo VR
NOVEMBER 5, 2020
When my mom moved back in 2007, she decided that living in a new house after 30 years in the old one warranted a new TV. Made sense—ours were all from the ‘80s. She bought a fancy (for the time) Sony with 1080p resolution, and 13 years later, I’m still trying to convince her to upgrade. If my mother were a gamer (I… Read more.
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Meet Brendan Bradley, the Artist Turning to Virtual Theater
ARPost
NOVEMBER 26, 2020
Bradley may principally be a stage and screen actor, but he’s been interested in “new media” since 2007 when he started exploring YouTube. Brendan Bradley can and does with his Future Stages project. Meet Brendan Bradley. See Also: VR Artist Rosie Summers on Art and Virtual Reality. “I
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Sixteen Years of Second Life Landmarks: A Trip Down Memory Lane
Ryan Schultz
MARCH 6, 2023
My oldest Second Life avatar, with the legacy name of Heath Homewood, was created on March 20th, 2007, which means that in a couple of weeks he will be sixteen years old! And yes, I can blame a work committee at my university library for falling down that particular rabbit hole; more details here in a blogpost I wrote in 2017.)
What Can Big Tech Companies Learn from Second Life?
XR Today - Virtual Reality
JULY 26, 2022
It might be an online environment but its impact expands and stretches into the real world insomuch that it includes a virtual economy that is dependent on actual money – in many ways, providing early inspiration for big tech companies now building out the metaverse. From Second Life then, to the Metaverse Now.
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Valve Makes All ‘Half-Life’ Games Free to Play Until ‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Launches in March
Road to VR
JANUARY 21, 2020
From the first Half-Life in 1998, the series has spanned seven titles, leaving the world with a doozy of a cliff hanger in 2007 with the release Half-Life 2: Episode 2. Half-Life is the cornerstone franchise that established Valve as one of the game industry’s most lauded developers.
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VR/AR Pioneer Nonny De La Peña Named WSJ Technology Innovator Of The Year
VRScout
NOVEMBER 19, 2018
“I humbly accept the award on behalf of women in tech and the leaders in VR/AR whose unwavering dedication towards positively impacting the creative ways we experience and see the world continue to inspire me.”.
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Road to VR
FEBRUARY 15, 2018
Robert Rodriguez, the director of films such as Sin City (2005) , Planet Terror (2007), and the Spy Kids franchise, just wrapped production on a newly announced VR action series with The Fast and the Furious franchise actress Michelle Rodriguez. Called The Limit, the VR series is set to premiere this summer.
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?Echo Combat? Open Beta Weekend Starts Tomorrow on Rift
Road to VR
JUNE 20, 2018
Offering a payload-based objective, much like the gametype in Team Fortress 2 (2007) or Overwatch (2016), you push the the cart on a track through the winding maze as an attacker, or defend the advances of the cart by pushing it backwards and running down the three-minute game clock.
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Amazon's Kindle will finally support epub files
Mashable VR
MAY 3, 2022
Also, the news is notable for the sheer fact that Amazon avoided supporting the otherwise widely supported EPUB format for nearly 15 years (EPUB is an open standard that originally launched in September 2007). SEE ALSO: Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition review: The upgrade is worth the money.
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Xbox Game Studios Has (inadvertently?) Acquired Heaps of VR Development Talent
Road to VR
JUNE 18, 2019
Founded in 2007 to take over the Halo franchise on Microsoft’s behalf from its progenitor studio, Bungie, 343 Industries is responsible for every Halo game since Halo Reach (2010) , including the upcoming Halo Infinite which is due to launch with the next Xbox console. 343 Industries – Halo: Recruit.
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The secret Wikipedia prank behind the Pringles mascot's first name
Mashable VR
MARCH 25, 2022
Notably, the claim was unsourced at the time — a fact later called out by a different editor in February of 2007. A Facebook group, created in 2007, with the name " Who knew he was named Julius Pringles " lists Justin Shillock and Michael A. There it is. Credit: Screenshot: Wikipedia. Wiseman as admins.)
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Rift S Globally Out of Stock Prior to ‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Launch, Here’s Your Alternatives
Road to VR
MARCH 20, 2020
Come March 23rd, Valve’s continuation of the Half-Life series is set to launch on all SteamVR-compatible headsets, breaking a 13-year gap between Half-Life 2: Episode 2 (2007) and the upcoming HL2 prequel Half-Life: Alyx.
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These Developers Hacked Knuckles & Vive Controllers to Play MIDI File Music
Road to VR
APRIL 17, 2019
Ostensibly, ‘m3gagluk’ was the first to hack the Vive controller to do this, making it play ‘Still Alive’ from Portal (2007). If you’ve ever seen the Imperial March played on floppy disk drives , you get the basic idea.
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