January 23, 2015 - The WAN Show Document

[LinusTech]

 

Soundcloud Link: https://soundcloud.com/thewanshow/the-wan-show-tech-gaming-talk-fridays-at-16-30-1

 

Backed by Nvidia, Catopsys bring Microsoft’s Illumiroom vision to life

Source 1: linustechtips.com OP: GoodBytes

Source 2: winbeta.org/news

• Immersis is a project that uses 1920x1080 projectors (high res for consumer projector) to provide an immersive gaming experience

• Catopsys claims that “unlike VR, which brings you to the game, this brings the game to you.”

• can play with friends in the immersive experience

• video contains more information

• expected to be sold at $2500

Artificial Intelligence helps Mario play his own game

Source 1: linustechtips.com OP: Sodisna

Source 2: bbc.co.uk

• German researchers at “The Cognitive Modelling Group” at the University of Tubingen

• working on “The Mario A.I. Project”

• developed a Mario which is aware of himself, his environment, and responds to spoken instructions

• makes decisions based on learning

• can be taught eg. jumping on a Goomba will definitely kill it

• has been programmed with “internal emotive states” and will respond to how he is “feeling”

• can calculate how many moves he needs to make to reach a certain position

• they claim their project has generated “a fully functional program” and “an alive and somewhat intelligent artificial agent.”

• not the first AI Mario, but perhaps one of the more “advanced” and “intelligent” Marios

Nintendo announces the end of Club Nintendo

Source 1: linustechtips.com OP: XTankSlayerX

Source 2: nintendo-insider.com

• discontinuing service worldwide at the end of June in NA, 30th September in EU (?)

• has been running and providing rewards to members for 6 years

• will be replaced by a new program

• details of new program to come soon

• Flipnote Studio 3D software will be available free for Club Nintendo members in February, ending June 30

• Club Nintendo accounts can be created until March 31

Pay $25 monthly to have a virtual girlfriend/boyfriend who sends messages and selfie pics to you

Source 1: linustechtips.com OP: ahhming

Source 2: gizmodo.com

• download the app, create a profile of your ideal bf/gf

• pay the $25 per month and this company sends you personalized texts, voicemails, and handwritten notes

• also get selfies (stock photos)

• co-founder Kyle Tabor said “one user actually told us she’s texted her invisbile boyfriend practicing things she might say to a young man she might meet in [real life] that she’s interested in.”

• currently only available in private beta in US and Canada

• hoping to expand to other parts of the world with more funding

The most used passwords of 2014

Source 1: linustechtips.com OP: cloclo8003

Source 2: prweb.com

• top 5: 123456, password, 12345, 12345678, qwerty

• new additions like baseball, dragon, football, mustang, access, master, michael, superman, 696969, and batman

• many have been on the list for multiple years

• if anyone has a password on this list, they should change it… immediately…

Reports disclose Apple watch processor and battery life [Rumor]

Source 1: linustechips.com OP: Castdeath97

Source 2: 9to5mac.com

• sources claim the S1 chip is close in performance to an A5

• relatively powerful processor and high-quality screen

• stripped-down iOS codenamed “SkiHill”

• 2.5 hours under heavy use (games)

• 4 hours exercise tracking

• 3 hours continuous looking at watch face

• 19 hours combined active/passive

• 2-3 days in standby or low-power modes

4Chan founder “Moot” quits controversial site after 12 years

Source 1: linustechtips.com OP: Rohith_Kumar_Sp

Source 2: arstechnica.com

• Chris “Moot” Poole started 4Chan when he was 15

• has been the sole admin of the site for 11.5 years

• moot said “4chan has faced numerous challenges over the years, including how to continuously satisfy a community of millions, and ensure the site has the human, technical, and financial resources to continue operating. But the biggest hurdle it's had to overcome is myself. As 4chan's sole administrator, decision maker, and keeper of most of its institutional knowledge, I've come to represent an uncomfortably large single point of failure.”

• the site is and will be financially secure in the foreseeable future

• designated tasks of running the site to “a few senior volunteers”

WINDOWS 10 TIME Covering Windows 10 Briefing

Source 1: linustechtips.com OP: Cesrai

Source 2: news.microsoft.com

 

“Continuum” (totally different from Continuity)

• you can "maximize" the start menu to look like the windows 8 menu

• windows 10 is free to windows 7+ users entirely forever for free

• Windows 10 on tablets, phones, and laptops, and xbonewindows 10 builds for certain phones soon

• Seamless transition between fullscreen tablet mode & more traditional PC mode for 2-in-1 devices

• OS-based calendar management & syncing is somethign I really enjoyed about OSX

• New Office for mobile (free) looks fabulous with the ribbon accessible on mobile devices and Word editing engine available within outlook for composing emails.

• Photo aggregation and organization (duplicates, bursts) looks outstanding.

• One Drive music collection & playlist syncing looks awesome. Drag & drop ftw.

 

Spartan Browser

• annotate right on the web with a pen or finger

  • can be done with more than just touch and pen... can comment like in word but with a keyboard

• has cortana built right in which will have curated information on different websites like contact info, address, menu, etc

  • eg. right when you land on a restraunts website she can have directions, phone number, address, menu + additional information like ingredients(dietary information) and can even do things like make a reservation

• new rendering engine built for todays web (lawl)

• not coming to insider builds yet, but it is coming

 

Cortana on the desktop

• Cortana "is a trusted assisstant" cortana only knows what you "let" her know about you

• cortana has her "notebook" you can tell her what to track, you can manually add things or remove them at your whim

• if you click to type on the search bar near the start button you get a "google now" style information feed

• cortana can be used through type or voice

• that search will have traditional "windows 7 style" results as well

• LINUS WANTS TO TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE OF VOICE CONTROL - 35:00 into the keynote he takes a minute to send a one liner email which required no corrections..

Xbox gaming app

• "My Games" - everything i play on any windows 10 device

• friends list, messages, etc - all windows 10 devices and xbox

• activity feed cross devices as well

• able to capture the last 30 seconds of gameplay instead of just a normal record button (windows + G)

• Are we getting Xbox One wireless dongles for PC? - Linus

• PC xbox hardware? - Luke

DX12

• CPU bound games performance increase of up to 50%

• Power consumption required cut in half for the same scenes on DX11(target: laptops/phones/tablets)

• Unity engine adopted DX12

 

Fable Legends

• on windows 10

• running DX12

• co-op across xbone and a Windows10 PC

• cross platform gaming

• cross platform social network

 

- Can now stream from your Xbox to your PC

 

- Windows10 is going to XboxOne as well

 

- Game developers conference will have more news for gaming on windows 10

 

Holographic

• "the most advanced holographic computer the world has ever seen."

• The dark visor up front contains a see-through display

• It's an augmented reality experience that employs a headset

• Hololens is still in development but will be released "in the windows 10 timeframe"

• been working on it for 7 years

• should be in developers hands by the spring

• no markers, no external cameras, no external wires, no connection to a PC needed

• Sensors flood the device with terabytes of data every second

• "high end" CPU, GPU, and HPU(hologram processing unit) inside

• Has spacial sound so you can hear "holograms" even when they are behind you

• doesn’t grow hot on your head, because the warm air is vented out through the sides

• On the right side, buttons allow you to adjust the volume and to control the contrast of the hologram.

 

• Minecraft already working in Hololens

• you can obviously tell things aren't real... but it's real enough

• SKYPE already working, other person can draw onto your hololens so stay you're installing a light switch...

• someone can tell you where to connect the wires by drawing lines between the wires and the switch

 

• can't currently grab and manipulate properly with your hands, the gestures are clicking with your finger, voice stuff, and pointing with your face

• They have demos where you go places like mars... not as immersive as oculus obviously but it melds with the world around you

• depth camera has a field of vision that spans 120 by 120 degrees

•  

• reminds me of sulons cortex but it like... works well - Luke

 

Holo studio

• works with hololens

• toolbox/toykit creation program for holograms

• creates stuff that you can 3d print easily

• kind of a preview of a 3d printed object, would allow you to take 3d meshes and essentially walk around them

DirectX 12 reported performance gains of up to 50% [ARTICLE FOCUSED ON XBOX ONE]

Source 1: linustechtips.com OP: Commandman7

Source 2: bgr.com

Source 3: youtube.com

Source 4: ign.com

Source 5: neowin.net

• in April bgr.com originally posted an article stating “the same hardware will suddenly see a doubling of performance” with DX12 API

• partially true

• Phil Spencer “What we’ve done with DirectX12 is we’ve given developers much more fine control of CPU and GPU, giving them direct control, and for CPU-Bound games, this will actually increase the performance of those games by up to 50%”

• remember that AMD made a similar claim with Mantle

• we can expect something similar with PC, but not stated in this article

GTX 960 Officially Launched $199

Source 1: linustechtips.com OP: Opcode

Source 2: geforce.com

• reference our videos about 960

• discuss performance a bit

• maybe strawpoll or Twitter blitz about our strategy this time? (would you like to see more gpu release coverage or did you like us limiting to 2 videos?)

Apparently GTX 970 cannot utilize 4GB of VRAM?

Source 1: linustechtips.com

Source 2: lazygamer.net

• some users on Reddit, Guru3D, Overclock forums are up in arms

• significant portion of VRAM on the 4GB card cannot be utilized

• when the last 500-700MB of VRAM gets accessed, memory performance drops significantly

• manifests as a frame time spike

• some have even complained about performance drops after 3GB

• doesn’t seem to affect the 980

• Nvidia is looking into the issue

• they have stated that it affects every single 970 (to varying degrees)

• there may be a recall as it’s possible it won’t be fixed through a driver or firmware update

 

Errors

Not linustechtips: http://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Video-Card-Failure-Rates-by-Generation-563/

Aura Smartphone?

Source 1: www.spectrumhq.net

• Specs are not the most amazing ever for the base model - 1.3GHz quadcore mediatek CPU, 1GB RAM, 8GB onboard storage, 13MP rear, but not particularly impressive camera

• The interesting thing is the 4000mAh “2 day” removable battery and 720p IPS display

• Not sure if DIY phones are going to be a

 

RAPID FIRE

Acer Predator XR341CK 34” Curved 3440x1440 144Hz Gaming Screen with G-Sync

Source 1: linustechtips.com

Source 2: tftcentral.co.uk

• 21:9 G-sync

• two versions available

• speculating that there will be a 2560x1080 version as well

• expected to go to mass production in 2015

• no word yet on price or availability

GTA V .... inside GTA 4 ... inside a taco

Source 1: linustechtips.com OP: Shujin

Source 2: pcgamer.com

• modders beat developers once again

• large portion of GTA5 has been modded into GTA4

AMD CEO Confrims New Graphics Cards Will Launch in The Second Quarter 2015

Source 1: linustechtips.com OP: Teraflop

• Lisa Su, President and CEO, confirmed new GFX cards in last earnings conference call

• “very good products” coming in Q2 2015

• rumors include Fiji XT with 4096 GCN cores

Google Play now has more apps than App Store!

Source 1: linustechtips.com OP: Anuplucifergamer

Source 2: digit.in

• number of apps in Google Play store grew by over 50% in 2014

• over 1,250,000 total apps in the store

According to study, smarter people use iPhones

Source 1: linustechtips.com

Source 2: money.cnn.com

• This study is ridiculous - Linus

• small sample size, making ridiculous jumps (popular with rich people =/= indication of intelligence)

Congratulations Comcast, you’re the worst company of 2014!

Source 1: linustechtips.com OP: Victorious Secret

Source 2: consumerist.com

• won for their first time in 2010

• won first three rounds of the voting by 70-30 ratio or higher

• edged out a victory against Monsanto in the final round 51.5%-48.5%

• I don’t see Ubisoft

[TheMidnightNarwhal]

Cool

[squirrl]

"No Views", Nice.

[dadasmithywinkle]

 

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Thanks @LinusTech !

[Geekazoid]

Will watch later!

[Hatsune Miku 「 」]

HoloLens is not a hologram. Its augmented reality.

[Flyguygamer]

Why private? 

[cesrai]

Yay my second appearance, going to see if my name was pronounced this time.  

[Guest]

It's not strange some Linux distros can make their installation more streamlined than Windows.

Although Microsoft has all the money in the world, the free, open-source software model is just a superior way of doing things.

[kachel94]

Time to watch it again!

[Zach's Tech Tips]

Another wan show

[A.D.A.M]

Ah i liked that Wan Show. Especially the lynda sponsor spot.  @Slick

[Tech_Dreamer]

awesome show! B)

[Biturbo]

Mine says 3840 but 4030 on nvidia inspector maybe the rest is allocated by the os ??

[Homicidium]

Mine says 3840 but 4030 on nvidia inspector maybe the rest is allocated by the os ??

 

http://www.pcper.com/news/Graphics-Cards/NVIDIA-Responds-GTX-970-35GB-Memory-Issue

 

Here's the official statement from nVidia concerning this issue.

[ofr057]

I dont know why but I've got v sync issues with linus tech videos since I've brought my 970, I'm running fullscreen 1080p

[ddfitzy]

Luke coughs at 1:27m and completely masks what Linus was saying.

What movie was Linus talking about?

[fordpower]

Are you going to google I/O

[bedog]

I thought the aura spectrum was really cool, even if you guys only spent a little time on it.

[Johnny K.]

hey Linus.. the 750 ti is based on the gm107

[coollll068]

 

Your being bashed about this

 

 

 

Houndz 1 day ago

 

 

 

 

+Tek Syndicate apparently the last 500mb of ram on the 970 wasnt a manufacturing problem, it was part of their plan. On Linus's stream it sounded like linus was defending them and justifying nvidia's action, im not trying to bash on Linus. I was just pointing it out. Also AMD cut the price of the R9 290X and there is a picture released by AMD, it says 'AMD Radeon R9 290 Graphics, 4GB means 4GB. Im a little disappointed at Nvidia...

 

 

[Rohith_Kumar_Sp]

Experiment - Ignore this