intel – PSafe Blog https://www.psafe.com/en/blog Articles and news about Mobile Security, Android, Apps, Social Media and Technology in general. Thu, 19 Jan 2023 14:49:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 https://www.psafe.com/en/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/cropped-psafe_blog_purple-shield-32x32.png intel – PSafe Blog https://www.psafe.com/en/blog 32 32 <![CDATA[Everything You Need to Know About Intel’s Project Alloy]]> https://www.psafe.com/en/blog/everything-need-know-intels-project-alloy/ Tue, 27 Sep 2016 21:27:36 +0000 https://www.psafe.com/en/blog/?p=4181 Intel is currently developing a new project that will allow users to live in a semi-virtual reality. Users who wear the Project Alloy headset can live in a controlled virtual reality that is influenced by its environment. It sounds very confusing, but Intel presented a demo at their recent convention that made the concept very clear.

At the conference, a user wore the headset, and the images he saw were projected on a giant screen behind him. The person was able to use a dollar bill as a lathe to slice a virtual stack of gold. He was also able to reach up and flip a switch with his hands to turn on a light in the virtual reality world. This exemplifies how you can use real life objects and your environment to influence the game play in these merged reality settings.

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The system allows you to move in six directions. Intel says that the user can play within a “large space,” but they did not quantify the size. Project Alloy is also unique because it has built in sensors. While most virtual reality systems require the users to set up auxiliary sensors in the room, Project Alloy has the sensors built into the wireless headset.

Intel plans to reveal the blueprints of the Project Alloy as an open source next year. This is so third parties could develop headsets and further the progression of this technology. Furthermore, Intel is partnering with Windows to optimize the development of the software within Project Alloy.

While critics note that the Project Alloy isn’t as precise as other top notched virtual reality systems, they also praise the innovation that Project Alloy is bringing to the world of virtual reality.

Between the cordless headset and the low budget required for its production, Project Alloy is certainly an exciting project that will serve as an excellent building block for further innovation.

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]]> <![CDATA[What You Need to Know About Intel’s New Joule System]]> https://www.psafe.com/en/blog/need-know-intels-new-joule-system/ Mon, 26 Sep 2016 21:36:46 +0000 https://www.psafe.com/en/blog/?p=4130 Sometimes people don’t understand what the Intel corporation does for the computing community. We know it’s a huge corporation and are accustomed to seeing their logo sticker on our laptops. “Powered by Intel” seems like the slogan to every best buy commercial. But what does Intel actually do? The company makes the processors for your computer, which is basically a mechanism that gives the basic instructions to the computer on what to do. But Intel has a new goal: they are putting their efforts towards make technology suitable for developers. They’ve announced the Joule and it’s pretty spectacular.

What is It?
The Joule is basically a technology board for developers that’s tiny in size (about as wide as a quarter). Don’t worry, though. What this board lacks in size, it makes up in power. The Joule is able to run Intel’s RealSense, which is basically a camera system similar to the camera system on Xbox Kinnect. It’s aimed to help out the developers who want to use the technology to innovate in fields such as robotics, virtual reality, the Internet of Things (IoT), and other augmented reality concepts.

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How Does it Work?
The board is important because it allows innovators to design and prototype their concept quickly and inexpensively. The board contains a lot of memory and storage as well as a 4K video capture and display, varied high-speed physical interfaces, and lots of OS support. By purchasing a Joule, you will also have access to the kits that come along with it. There are two different versions to choose from: one kit is 550x, with a 1.56Hz quad-core Atom with 8GB of storage, while the other is 570x with 16GB of storage.

Who Can Buy it?
Don’t think you have to be a billionaire tech wizard for the Joule to be worth your while. The point of the Joul is to make creation fast and inexpensive. For those of us who use Microsoft, Windows IoT Core is a supported programming language. Companies have already started to use Joul in their own IT support. The Bamboo Company, an institution that reminds diabetic school children to check their sugar content, has already adapted the Joule into their internal makeup.

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