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The Transformation Of The iPad From 2010 To 2021

Slashgear

The iPad added a new dimension to handheld devices while offering popular features of both the iPhone and the iMac. Here is how the iPad has evolved. Technology

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Oil From the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Disaster Continues to Spread in Disturbing Ways

GizModo VR

million barrels of oil gushed into the Gulf of Mexico during the Deepwater Horizon spill of 2010. An estimated 4.9 New research chronicles the fate of the oil that wasn’t cleaned up. Read more.

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Launching the #CPUOverload Project: Testing Every x86 Desktop Processor since 2010

Anand Tech

One of the most visited parts of the AnandTech website is our benchmark database, Bench. Over the last decade we've placed as much benchmark data as we can in there for every sample we can get our hands on.

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Every Samsung Galaxy Tablet Released In Chronological Order

Slashgear

Here is the evolution of the Samsung Galaxy tablet from 2010 through today. Samsung popularized the tablet for users outside of the Apple-sphere. Technology

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Daft Punk 360 VR Tribute Show Coming To Los Angeles

VRScout

The French duo has produced a number of award-winning albums, including an official musical score for the 2010 film Tron: Legacy. Electronic dance music fans in Los Angeles are in for a treat.

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Magic Leap 2 Gains Certification so Doctors Can Use AR During Surgery

Road to VR

Founded in 2010, the Plantation, Florida-based company initially exited the gate with consumer ambitions for its first AR headset, Magic Leap 1 (previously styled ‘One’).

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The UN’s 2020 biodiversity report is ugly, but there’s still hope

Digital Trends

The United Nations new report on biodiversity finds none of the targets set in 2010 have been met. News biodiversity climate change COVID-19 United Nations

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Saudi Arabia Gains Majority Stake in Magic Leap in $450M Deal

Road to VR

Founded in 2010 by Rony Abovitz, the Plantation, Florida-based company kicked off its consumer ambitions with a long and ambitious tease of its first AR headset, Magic Leap 1 (previously styled ‘One’), starting its marketing campaign as it emerged from stealth in 2014.

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NieR Replicant upgrade review: Still flawed, but more engrossing than ever

Digital Trends

NieR Replicant is a much-needed touch up of the 2010 cult classic with all the same strengths and flaws. Gaming Nier Replicant

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Birdemic 3 Teases Climate-Change Horrors and Feathery Mayhem

GizModo VR

The original (2010's Birdemic: Shock and Terror ) caused a sensation. If you love ultra-low-budget, dare we say schlocky (but in-on-the-joke schlocky, not “we think we’re making a masterpiece” schlocky) horror movies—well, you are well familiar with animal-attack saga Birdemic.

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The Walking Dead's Final Trailer Begins the End

GizModo VR

Eight more hours of TV, and then the zombie show that began back in 2010 will receive a proverbial bullet in the head and finally be laid to peace. It’s a bit hard to believe, but there are only eight episodes of The Walking Dead left.

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The Minions Sequel is Taking the Box Office By Storm, Prepare Yourselves

GizModo VR

Illumination’s Minions—those goggle-wearing, babbling yellow monstrosities —have very clearly outgrown the Despicable Me franchise they first appeared in all the way back in 2010.

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QReal Launches Multi-Brand, Multi-Category AR Virtual Try-On App TRYO

ARPost

Converse, for one, first offered this shopping experience back in 2010 through The Sampler iPhone app which leveraged augmented reality. Virtual try-on is not an entirely novel concept.

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A Second Person in France May Have Caught Deadly Prion Disease From Lab Exposure

GizModo VR

One woman has since died, almost certainly after having been exposed during a lab accident in 2010, while the second is… Read more.

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Breakthrough Discovery of Decade: AlphaTensor

ARVR

It was founded in 2010 and acquired by Google in 2014. In a world of Stories and Novels, She just started to learn the Alphabet. Deep learning is a subset of machine learning where artificial neural networks, algorithms inspired by the brain, learn from large amounts of data.

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‘All On Board!’ Aims to Let You Play Any Board Game in VR, Kickstarter Now Live

Road to VR

Founded in 2010, The Game Kitchen are known for their point-and-click adventure The Last Door (2013) and critically-acclaimed indie title Blasphemous (2019), both of which were successfully funded through Kickstarter campaigns.

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10 Years Later, Christopher Nolan's Inception Remains Magnificent

GizModo VR

Somehow, 2010's Inception has suddenly become topical again—an idea that seems like it was mysteriously planted in our minds by Leonardo DiCaprio himself.

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Watch the Eggs

GizModo VR

It is July, 2010, and I am on a plane discovering Janelle Monáe. She is an up-and-coming performer , and I am a 19-year-old college student reading about her on io9. It is October 4, 2019.

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The Suzuki CS-1X Is the “World’s First” Motorcycle Built Using AR

VRScout

RYCA Motors first entered the custom bike race back in 2010 with the CS-1, a specialized motorcycle kit designed to convert the Suzuki LS650 Savage from cruiser to cafe racer. Early investors can use an AR-enhanced app to customize their limited edition cafe racer.

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AR 101?—?A brief summary (Part 1)

ARVR

Augmented Reality Trends (Part 2) Brief history Some important AR facts: 60s : Engineer Ivan Sutherland, created the SketchPad project, a system based on what is now known as computer graphics, and created a see-through to present 3D graphics (Krevelen, 2010)(Jaimini, 2016). Source AR 101?—?A

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You Can Now Play ‘Red Dead Redemption 2’ In VR

VRScout

Enjoy Rockstar’s groundbreaking action-western game in VR thanks to a new mod by Luke Ross. Despite having been released all the way back in 2018, Rockstar Games’ Red Dead Redemption 2 remains one of the most popular video games currently available on consoles and PC.

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Walking Dead Lawsuit Ends in $200 Million Settlement

GizModo VR

Frank Darabont, the Oscar-nominated filmmaker behind The Shawshank Redemption , was a key figure in bringing The Walking Dead to AMC way back in 2010.

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Metaverses in the making

ARVR

Even LEGO went there in 2010 creating a Massive Multiplayer game called LEGO Universe , just to experience that it was too early, closing it down in 2012.

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'Marcel the Shell' is back with adorable film trailer

Mashable VR

The pocket-sized (but don't leave him in there) hero of Jenny Slate and Dean Fleisher Camp's viral 2010 video will star in a feature film directed by Camp in which Marcel embarks on a search to find his family. Marcel the Shell is back, and he's on a mission.

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Benedict Cumberbatch will host 'SNL' in May

Mashable VR

They've previously performed in 2007, 2010, 2013, and 2018, according to Pitchfork Actor Benedict Cumberbatch will return to host Saturday Night Live for the second time on May 7, with Arcade Fire as the musical guest.

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Wiz Khalifa Concert Coming to ‘Oculus Venues’ Today, May 6th

Road to VR

Among hits such as ‘Work Hard, Play Hard’ and ‘See You Again’, Wiz is most well-known for his debut single ‘Black and Yellow’ , which nabbed him number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100 list in 2010.

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Google Has A Very Apple-like Plan For Google TV

GizModo VR

Google TV has undergone quite a few branding changes since it first launched in 2010, but it’s still managed to become one of the top streaming platforms. It’s no secret that Google’s been vying for a space in your living room for years.

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Natasha Lyonne Is a Bloodthirsty Delight in a New Trailer for Cult Classic All About Evil

GizModo VR

Here’s something spooky: the day io9 got an email inviting us to debut the new trailer for Joshua Grannell’s 2010 horror-comedy cult classic All About Evil, I just so happened to be wearing my “Peaches Christ Is My Homegirl” sweatshirt—Peaches Christ being Grannell’s horror-loving drag alter ego.

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Jane Campion becomes third woman to win Oscar for Best Director

Mashable VR

The award has previously been won in 2010 by Kathryn Bigelow, director of The Hurt Locker , and in 2021 by Chloé Zhao, director of Nomadland. At the 94th Academy Awards , Jane Campion, director of The Power of the Dog , became the third woman to ever win the Oscar for Best Director.

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Doctor Strange 2's New Promo Highlights Stephen Strange's Magical Entourage

GizModo VR

Since Iron Man 2 in 2010, pretty much all of Marvel’s movies have been team-up films in some form or fashion, and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is no exception.

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Can Web-Based 3D Content Help the “Metaverse” Reach Its Full Potential?

ARVR

Can Web-Based 3D Content Help “the Metaverse” Reach Its Full Potential? All abroad another “metaverse” article!

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Oh, Right! A Percy Jackson Streaming Series! We Totally Forgot!

GizModo VR

The first Percy Jackson movie was released in 2010. The first Percy Jackson book was released in 2005. And now, 22 months after news broke of a Percy Jackson streaming show, that’s officially happening too. Read more.

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A Lab Accident Likely Led to a Woman's Death From Brain-Destroying Prions 9 Years Later

GizModo VR

A lab accident in 2010 likely led to a woman’s untimely death nearly a decade later, according to doctors in France.

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House Democrats' Climate Plan Is Finally Here, Doesn't Totally Suck

GizModo VR

If implemented, it says it would reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 37% below 2010… Read more. Democrats unveiled a 500-page plan to address the climate crisis on Tuesday morning.

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BP Worries a Green Coronavirus Recovery Could Kill Its Business

GizModo VR

That’s especially true these days for BP, the London-based multinational fossil fuel corporation most notorious for causing the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010. Oil giants are coming to terms with their impending doom.

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Snap & Vogue Launch AR Fashion Exhibit

VRScout

Stella McCartney : The 2001-founded British house’s exhibition room is transformed into a grotto of giant colorful mushrooms, where mannequins display cascading ruffled dresses from the brand’s spring/summer 2010 collection.

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#834 XR Ethics: Eye Tracking Privacy Risks + HoloLens History with Avi Bar-Zeev

Voices of VR

Avi Bar-Zeev has been involved with immersive technologies for over 27 years, including working on the very first prototypes of Microsoft’s HoloLens back in 2010. Podcast Archive