Something interesting about VR/AR/AI/Blockchain

HTC's world's first blockchain smartphone Exodus officially opened beta in the third quarter. At the same time, HTC teamed up with CryptoKitties, the world's first blockchain game, to unveil the world's most popular non-replaceable token (NFT) game on the mobile side. The emergence of Bitcoin and Ethereum also brings the concept of digital scarcity and non-fungible tokens. HTC has teamed up with the world's first blockchain NFT game CryptoKitties. From now on, the game will be exclusively available for some HTC mobile phone products including HTC U12+ (limited to applicable areas). Creating a platform and distribution channel is the very first step for developers who create digital products with irreplaceable attributes. Up to now, mobile devices are the most widely used devices and will be the focus of the distribution chain, enabling digital assets and decentralized applications to reach their full potential. For the NFT market and the encryption game Ap...

The handwriting will reveal identity information, but now AI technology goes a step further, and the handwriting can expose nationality. Researchers have tried to read handwriting through AI to get information about the person's emotions, gender, age, etc. This time their focus has expanded from individual to nationality. The 100 volunteers were from Malaysia, Iran, China, India, and Bangladesh. Researchers asked them to write the same English, and then use a linear distribution (COLD) recognition tool to analyze the shape distribution characteristics of the font, such as straightness, Bending and so on. The results showed that even if the volunteers with the same nationality were written in the country, the handwriting showed a distinct "nationality" character. This is the difference in writing habits made by words. Chinese people who are accustomed to straight strokes of Chinese characters, even if they write Roman letters, will not change the straight-line wr...

On July 4th, Baidu officially launched its blockchain project official website - Tuteng. According to the official website, Tuteng is a platform based on blockchain technology. Its role is to protect the copyright of image knowledge. Baidu hopes to use blockchain technology to enhance the picture. Copyright protection efficiency. Specifically, the official website said that after entering the platform, the copyright information of the work will be permanently written into the blockchain. Based on the credibility and incomprehensibility of the blockchain, combined with Baidu's leading artificial intelligence mapping technology, the dissemination of the work can be traced. It can be reprinted, monitored, and changed the traditional image copyright protection mode. Tuteng platform requires copyright authors to apply for admission. After entering the station, they can carry out original certification and enjoy the diversion and exposure of Baidu. If infringement is found, Tuten...

For a long time, the Forbidden City has a great ability to play a variety of high-tech + cultural and creative. In the past, the treasures of the emperor's deep palace have become cute little things that appear in the lives of ordinary people. The solemn place of the Forbidden City is also become more and more approachable. Now the Forbidden City provides fans with two different VR experiences in the Qing Dynasty. One is to follow the old craftsmen to understand the traditional decoration process, and the other is to follow the modern cultural relics experts to appreciate and maintain the cultural relics. Juanqing Room is an integral part of the Ningshou Palace in the Forbidden City. It is the nominal resting place after Emperor Qianlong became the emperor. Juanqing Room is known as one of the most luxurious places in the Forbidden City. After more than ten years of restoration work, in 2016, it was first opened to the public. People can experience VR scene by the mobile ...

On the evening of July 2, Taiwanese technology company HTC announced layoffs. The layoffs involved 1,500 employees in the Taoyuan area of Taiwan and are expected to be completed by September this year. After the previous layoffs, as of June 2018, HTC's global employees had only about 6,450 people left. After the layoffs, HTC will have no more than 5,000 employees worldwide. 23% of employees will leave their jobs. Just five years ago, the mobile phone manufacturer had 19,000 employees worldwide. On July 3, HTC's share price was reported at NT$52.80, down 6.71% from the previous trading day. In 2011, HTC's share price once reached the peak of NT$1,300. In the past seven years, the share price has fallen by 96%. In the layoffs statement, HTC said that the market and production demand faced by enterprises are seasonally changing, so there is a need to constantly review the allocation of human resources to ensure that production capacity is in line with market demand. ...

The Blockchain technology has unlimited potential and can do a lot of amazing things. It provides a stable digital audit trail system that verifies data integrity in a low-cost way. It also helps companies and individuals get the real picture of global market transactions without having to rely on costly intermediaries. This is achieved through a clever combination of economic incentives and cryptography, ensuring that at all times, digital records reflect a true “consensus” between key stakeholders. Therefore, when it comes to sharing digital records and assets, it can replace the trust needs between players, and does not require a central authority to verify and maintain transaction records. However, when evaluating the Blockchain business model, it is useful to understand what the Blockchain can't do. Thinking about tracking the location of a baby in a hospital ward or elsewhere. This is a very serious problem, and the consequences of one baby being mistaken for anothe...