The WAN Show - Android N and Roller Coasters with VR! - Mar 11, 2016

[LinusTech]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xjQfdcoF2k

 

Soundcloud Link: https://soundcloud.com/thewanshow/the-wan-show-android-n-and-roller-coasters-with-vr-mar-11-2016

 

Main News Topics

Google Releases Android N Details & Developer Preview

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/562650-google-releases- OP: asim1999

Source 2: http://www.phonearena.com/news/Google-introduces-Android-N-Developer-Pre

Source 3: http://lifehacker.com/the-coolest-features-of-android-n-google-didnt-announ

Source 4: http://www.androidcentral.com/whats-new-android-n

• Google has started rolling out the Android N Developer Preview today

  • Android N = next major release of Android OS

• Five previews of Android N scheduled before the final version is released sometime in Q3

• Cool features:

  • Data Saver

  • Direct boot

  • Scoped directories tighten access to storage

  • Picture-in-picture and TV recording

  • Android for Work

  • Multi-window mode

  • Direct reply notifications and bundled notifications

  • Double-tapping recents button swaps between your last used apps

  • Built-in file manager is a lot more powerful

  • You can block phone numbers at the system level

  • Do not disturb can be set to end automatically when an alarm goes off

  • You can add emergency contact and medical information to your home screen

  • Night mode is back, moves to a darker theme that you can turn on and off

  • No more waiting to “Optimize Apps” every time you update

*List from Lifehacker and Android Central, see Source for details

• If you own the Nexus 6, Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P, Nexus Player, Nexus 9 and Pixel C, you can sign up here for developer preview: www.google.com/android/beta

• Once installed on your device, you will receive future updates

Six Flags using Samsung Gear VR on Roller Coasters

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/562295-six-flags-using-samsung-vr/ OP: Neviath

Source 2: http://www.11alive.com/story/entertainment/2016/03/10/six-flags-

Six Flags Video (0:33)

• “This remarkable technology is a definite game-changer for theme park rides and represents everything our brand stands for - delivering the most thrilling and innovative rides and attractions in the world” - said John Duffey, Six Flags CEO

• The new VR Roller Coaster experience opens to the public on board the Dare Devil Dive coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia on Saturday, Mar 12th to Season Pass Holders as a sneak preview

• VR Roller Coaster experience are debuting at several parks in Canada and the USA this spring.

France Looking to Punish Companies for Refusing to Decrypt Devices

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/562708-france-to-punish-compan OP: CGurrell

Source 2: http://www.eteknix.com/france-punish-companies-refusing-decrypt-devices

• France has recently looked into banning the anonymous network Tor and blocking Wifi during special situations

• Latest step in security push was accepting an amendment to a bill that would make a companies like Apple, who are actively fighting the FBI on modifying their software to break an iPhone

  • Forced to pay a fine or face five years in jail if they refuse

• Only in the stage of the bills first reading

• If the amendment went ahead companies may feel uneasy doing business in France

• Another amendment that is included goes so far to increase the fine over 5 times and requesting “all relevant” information, meaning more than just the message they are looking for

Manus VR Gloves

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/563406-magnus-vr-gloves/ OP: I3igwill

Source 2: http://www.engadget.com/2016/03/10/htc-vive-manus-vr-glove-dev-kit-pre-order/

Demo Video (2:24 Long)

• For use with the HTC Vive

• Developer kit goes on sale this year for $250

  • Includes a USB dongle, pair of washable gloves and two wrist-mounted holders for the HTC Vive’s controllers

• Manus VR is a Dutch team that started up in 2014 with goal of creating world’s first consumer VR glove

• Promises to take handheld controllers out of virtual reality

  • Allows players to use natural hand and finger motions within immersive, digital spaces

  • Compatible with the HTC Vive, taking advantage of the system’s Lighthouse positional tracking tech

• Manus VR to be at Game Developers Conference Mar 14-18th

Building living, breathing supercomputers

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/557539-bio- OP: Taurolyon

Source 2: https://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/channels/news/building-living-breathing-superc

Source 3: http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2016/02/17/1510825113

• Substance that provides energy to all the cells in our bodies, Adenosine triphosphate (ATP), may also be able to power the next generation of supercomputers

• International team of researchers led by Prof. Nicolau, Chair of the Department of Bioengineering at McGill, believe

  • Published an article on the subject earlier this week in the “Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)”

  • They describe a model of biological computer that they have made

  • Able to process information very quickly and accurately using parallel networks in the same way that large supercomputers do

  • The difference being that the model bio supercomputer they have created is a lot smaller than current supercomputers

  • Instead of electrons that are propelled by an electrical charge, short strings of protein travel around the circuit in a controlled manner

• Simply a proof of concept, researchers have a long way to go to move from the model they have to a functional computer

• “We’ve managed to create a very complex network in a very small area” says Dan Nicolau, Sr

• First step showing that this kind of biological supercomputer can actually work

 

unRAID 6.2 Beta Release

Source 1: https://lime-technology.com/unraid-server-os-6-2-public-beta/

• Increased device limits for Trial and Pro

  • Now up to 6 for trial, up to 30 devices in array plus another 24 in cache pool for Pro users

• Dual-parity support

  • Users can suffer up to two concurrent disk failures and still have access to all of their data

• GUI boot mode

  • Can administer system locally using a browser inside new graphical interface

  • NOT a replacement for a desktop VM on unRAID

  • Provides simple way to connect to the unRAID web interface

• Docker made even easier

• Get started faster with new auto-share creation

• Major upgrades to virtual machines

• General storage performance improvements

 

Rapid Fire

As SSD Upgrade for MacBook Airs and Retina Pros that doesn’t cost as much as the computer

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/562789-finally-an-ssd-upgrade-f OP: DocSwag

Source 2: http://www.anandtech.com/show/10128/owc-introduces-ssd-upgrade-for-m

Apple MacBook Pro Purchase Configurations

Apple MacBook Air Purchase Configurations

• OWC Aura PCIe SSDs Chart

• $347.99 for just the 480GB drive, $399.99 for an upgrade kit

• $597.99 for just the 960GB drive, $649.00 for an upgrade kit

  • MacBook Air can be configured with up to 512GB of storage from Apple

    • See pricing configuration charts above for comparisons

• Aura SSD sold either as a bare drive or an upgrade kit that includes necessary screwdrivers to install the SSD and USB 3.0 enclosure

• Drive expected to start shipping in late March

OnePlus Paid $300,000 USD to get their phones featured in House of Cards

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/561732-oneplus-paid-300000 OP: AluminumTech

Source 2: http://www.theverge.com/2016/3/8/11177906/oneplus-house-of-cards-product-

• $300,000 USD figure revealed by OnePlus this week to get their devices featured in House of Cards

• Not the only Chinese company opting for product placements in US TV shows and movies

  • Oppo partnered with America’s Next Top Model last year

  • Vivo Electronics placed its X5 Pro in ‘The Martian’

Microsoft announces closure of Lionhead Studios, ceases development on latest Fable game

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/561218-microsoft-annou OP: CommandMan7

Source 2: http://kotaku.com/sounds-like-microsoft-is-shutting-down-iconic

Source 3: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-03-07-fable-developer-lio

• Microsoft has cancelled the latest Fable game

• Announced plans to close Fable’s studio Lionhead in the UK as well

• Also closing Press Play studios in Denmark, and development on survival game code named Project Knoxville

  • “These changes are taking effect as Microsoft Studios continues to focus its investment and development on the games and franchises that fans find most exciting and want to play”

  • “We aren’t sharing additional details today beyond that we have ceased development on Fable Legends, and are in discussions with employees at Lionhead about our proposed closure of the studio as well

(Rumor) NVIDIA’s Next GPU Called GTX 1080/1800, Uses GDDR5X

Source 1: http://www.pcper.com/news/Graphics-Cards/Rumor-NVIDIAs-Next-GPU-Ca

Source 2: http://wccftech.com/nvidia-pascal-geforce-gtx-1080-gp104-gpu/

Source 3: http://videocardz.com/58462/rumor-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1080-has-gp104-and-8gb-gdd

• Expecting news of next NVIDIA graphics cards this spring

• Rumor source comes from Benchlife here (Translated to English through Videocardz)

• Report claims:

  • Card called either the GTX 1080 U core with 8GB of GDDR5X - and not HBM2

  • NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huanor GTX 1800 will be announced

    • Using the GP104 GPg will have an announcement for Pascal in April

  • Pascal will launch in April

  • GTX 1080/1800 launch on May 27th

  • GTX 1080/1800 has GP104 Pascal GPU

  • GTX 1080/1800 has 8GB GDDR5X memory

  • GTX 1080/1800 has one 8pin power connector

  • GTX 1080/1800 has 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort

  • First Pascal board with HBM would be GP100 (Big Pascal)

DARPA Invites Techies to Turn Off-the-Shelf Products into Weapons in new ‘Improv’ Challenge

Source 1: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/03/darpa-to-host-killer-imp

Source 2: http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/aerospace/military/darpa-invites-techies-t

DARPA Initiative Website

• DARPA announced new project called “Improv” that invites technologists to propose designs for military applications

  • Built exclusively from commercial software, open source code, and readily available materials

• Programs goal is to demonstrate how easy it is to transform everyday technology into a system or device that threatens national security

• John Main, Improv’s program manager, says that exposing the nation's vulnerabilities before they are laid bare in an attack is prudent form of security

• Mission is to create massive “red” team of innovators to identify new risks

• Applicants can propose an idea through this website

• Agency will provide $40,000 in funding to complete a feasibility study for those it deems most alarming

  • Once complete, inventors of creations will receive an additional $70,000 to fashion a prototype

• Program scheduled to wrap up by the end of 2016

• Results may or may not be made public, says John Main

Google joins Facebook’s Open Compute Project, will Donate Rack Design

Source 1: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/03/google-joins-facebooks-o

• Google said it will join the Open Compute Project (OCP)

  • Donating rack that it designed for its own data centers

• Facebook founded the Open Compute Project in 2011 to share designs of servers and other data center equipment

• Many companies, including Microsoft have joined the project and contributed their hardware designs

• Google has been building hardware for years, and it now joining

• First contribution will be “a new rack specification that includes 48V power distribution and a new form factor to allow OCP racks to fit into our data centers”

  • Google started designing this in 2009, and has been using it at scale for years

Real Life Hitman, Controlled by Remote Players

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/562874-real-life-hitman OP: DevilishBooster

Source 2: http://kotaku.com/real-life-hitman-controlled-by-remote-players-1763746682

Real Life Hitman - Behind The Scenes (6:46)

• Realm Pictures created an interactive experience for release of Hitman

• Made it so players could control real life “Agent 46” in a huge mansion filled with human actors, items and objectives

• Rules kept in line with the game itself

  • Could steal clothes, move objects, attack people inside, depending on orders given by participants

Anti Drone Net Gun = SkyWall 100

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/562770-anti-drone-n OP: Henryissoreal

Source 2: http://openworksengineering.com/skywall

Source 3: http://www.popsci.com/skywall-is-an-anti-drone-net-bazooka

Video (1:10 Long)

• “Man portable drone defence”

• Developed by Open Works Engineering in the UK

• Designed as a countermeasure for drones that need to be taken down safely

The Division - Ubisoft’s Fastest-Selling Game

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/562715-the-divisi OP: Lazmarr

Source 2: http://www.gamespot.com/articles/the-division-is-ubisofts-fastest-selling-ga

• Has sold more in the first 24 hours than any other game in Ubisoft’s history

  • Company announced in press release Mar 9th, 2016

  • Didn’t specify the exact number of copies sold or sales record mentioned

• Also set digital sales records across the games available platforms

• Ubisoft’s managing director David Polfeldt said the studio is “extremely happy” with The Division’s launch

  • Also mentioned that this release “represents Ubisoft at its best”

[VTF5252]

Can the text not be black on grey, please?

[airdeano]

ever finger-out the echo/block out scenes in the show?

[LinusTech]

5 minutes ago, airdeano said:

ever finger-out the echo/block out scenes in the show?

Yeah we think it's related to the camera. Not sure exactly how, but we'll diagnose next week.

[zacRupnow]

VR roller coaster could have been soooo easy. HD 360 video the ride and hire some good CGI people to add an aircraft battle over the footage. It would remove the game interaction of shooting and make the ride a spectator but it would be way better. Set the phones to stream video from strong wifi at the ride booth and the operator would start the video with the ride.

[Chuffered]

The Shia LaBEouf Green screen stuff was all about him doing acts that college students asked him to do. Something for a project they were doing. As a clip in it's entirety looked like he was nuts. The media made click bait out of it.

You should put an RFID setup in the warehouse for stock management. Show everyone what you figured out they can do. Their limitations. That's got to be at least a few episodes of entertainment.

The VR rollercoaster Blocking someone's sight while manipulating their gravity better coordinate or there is going to be some bruised skulls. I've been on a coaster in pitch black. One of the dumbest rides I've ever seen.

[Master Disaster]

@Slick You really shouldnt use sous vide to cook fish, like at all. It causes the protien to break down and you end up with mushy soggy fish that is slimey and feels like your eating frogspawn.

 

You need direct heat on fish so the sugars caramelise and the proteins go firm.

[MrLomax]

LUKE played cs at the after-party, he plays smart.

 

[CGurrell]

1 hour ago, Master Disaster said:

@Slick You really shouldnt use sous vide to cook fish, like at all. It causes the protien to break down and you end up with mushy soggy fish that is slimey and feels like your eating frogspawn.

 

You need direct heat on fish so the sugars caramelise and the proteins go firm.

LinusChefTips? 

 

Anyway, technical difficulties aside, great show guys. Glad to be a part of it Not sure if Linus saw my post about the Tesla model S news from Singapore but I'd love to see his reaction to the title

[AxelRantila]

Dennis needs to be on the WAN show more often

[fossda]

The blackouts happened every minute throughout the entire video, at about 33 seconds past each minute.

[overlord360]

Does someone know where to send in WAN show topics?

[Master Disaster]

19 minutes ago, overlord360 said:

Does someone know where to send in WAN show topics?

You have to post news articles in the news section of the forums, Linus will pick the ones he wants to discuss.

[TheWoollyMammoth]

After a while, it seems like the WAN show has become my favourite LTT production. Even when it's late. Every. Single. Time.  

 

The news themselves are somewhat interesting, but the thing that makes the show tick is the all-round relaxed feel of it and all the screwing around. 

[tedlas]

5 hours ago, Master Disaster said:

@Slick You really shouldnt use sous vide to cook fish, like at all. It causes the protien to break down and you end up with mushy soggy fish that is slimey and feels like your eating frogspawn.

 

You need direct heat on fish so the sugars caramelise and the proteins go firm.

I think that's false, I sous vide my salmon at 50.5c or 52c for 40 min and it turns out fantastic. If you want a firmer texture, turn up the heat to about 52c

[sosaje]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3395668/Not-faint-hearted-Galactica-rollercoaster-uses-virtual-reality-g-force-make-riders-think-rocketing-space.html

 

Here in the UK Alton Towers (theme park) is using VR for its 'new' ride Galactica, (Air + VR). Only trailers for it at the minute, but once it is open in April there will be more. From the trailers the graphics are far superior to the samsung VR ride.

[NumLock21]

Anyone fancy a trip to Jurassic World