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Disney's 'Magic Bench' Puts You in the Picture with Animated Figures

A new "Magic Bench" designed by Disney Research lets you interact with endearing animated characters — and no special glasses or headsets are required. Instead, the complete environment — the seat, the sitter and the cartoon humanoid animals — is mirrored on a screen opposite the bench, making it possible for others to watch the scene unfold.  How does the illusion work? A camera and sensor capture images and gather depth information about physical objects — the bench and the person — that algorithms integrate with the 3D animations, the researchers wrote in a study. Meanwhile, haptic sensors built into the bench deliver vibrations that are synchronized to animated actions on the screen, creating the illusion that the animated figures are occupying real-world space next to the user.   "Our mantra for this project was: hear a character coming, see them enter the space, and feel them sit next to you," Moshe Mahler, principal digital artist at Disney R...

What Is Computer?

“A Computer is an electronic machine that can solve different problems, process data, store & retrieve data and perform calculations faster and efficiently than humans”. Meaning of the word "Computer" Computer is derived from a Latin word “computare” which means to  “to calculate” , “to count” ,  “to sum up”  or   “to think together” . So, more precisely the word computer means a  "device that performs computation ". The basic parts of a computer system are: Monitor CPU (Central Processing Unit) Keyboard Mouse Speakers Printer   Input Devices: Devices that help us put data into the computer are called input devices. They help in giving instructions to the computer.  Let us learn about a few input devices . Keyboard: The keyboard is used for entering data into the computer system. It can type words, numbers and symbols.   Mouse:  The mouse is a pointing device. You can give input to t...

Best Android Browsers

Web Browsers are one of the most significant pieces of software on your device that serves as a window to access the World Wide Web. Mostly, a browser app is always pre-installed on every Android device. However, not all the browsers can provide you with a smooth and reliable browsing experience. There are a lot of third-party web browsers available in the Play Store which can give a fast browsing experience and will consume as little data as possible. We have hand-picked ten best Android browsers which come with all the necessary features and top-notch performance. Let’s take a look at the best Android browsers of 2018  Google Chrome Google Chrome has a cornucopia of features, including searching from the address bar, browsing the web in private Incognito mode, and automatically filling web forms with your data. Chrome’s default homepage is also surprisingly useful, serving up news articles it thinks you’ll like, as well as giving you links...

What Is Technology?

For something name-checked so widely throughout our society, the precise meaning of the word technology is not that well-known. Technology is so frequently placed in conjunction with the word science that many think of the two as the same. Some equate technology purely with gadgetry while others think somewhat hazily of all the things that make the present different from the past.            The  technology  is defined as the set of  knowledge and skills  which, when applied in a logical and orderly, enable humans to  modify their material or virtual to meet your needs environment  , that is, a combined process of thought and action in order to create useful solutions Technology responds to the desire and will that we people have to transform our environment, transform the world around us looking for new and better ways to satisfy our desires. Technology is the application of knowledge and skills to make goods ...