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Flashback: Microsoft’s ‘Skinput’ research project in 2010 foreshadowed an AI gadget of 2023

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“Skinput,” from Microsoft Research and Carnegie Mellon University, circa 2010. As shown in the video below, from 2010, Skinput was a research project that projected light onto a user’s skin, using sensors to distinguish among the waves that run through the arm or hand to detect different inputs.

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YouTube cancels annual Rewind video series after a decade-long run

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The series premiered in 2010 as a year-in-review featuring some of the top viral videos of the year. In 2011, YouTube invested a bit more time into the production of the compilation. It seemingly paid off with more than 12 million views to date.

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Researchers find 87% of U.S. classic video games are out of print and ‘critically endangered’

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(Sega Image) A new study found that the vast majority of video games with a physical release in the U.S. In the study, Salvador’s VGHF research team set to find out how many “classic” video games that received an official release in the U.S. Kelsey Lewin, co-director of the Video Game History Foundation. between 1948 (i.e.

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US video game spending hit a 10-year high in June

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Video game spending in the US reached its highest point since 2010, according to a new NPD Group report , with sales through June reaching $6.6 US NPD VG - Year-to-date tracked spending across Video Game hardware, software, accessories and game cards reached $6.6 billion was achieved in 2010.

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E3 Rewind: Microsoft’s 2010 sales pitch for Kinect

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At E3 2010, much of Microsoft's focus was on the Kinect. It makes the show fascinating to watch today. Read More.

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June video game spending was the highest it has been in a decade

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On Friday, NPD Group released a report showing that spending on video games through June is the highest in 10 years. billion on video games and related equipment. The last time it was this high was 2010, when game spending reached. So far this year, US consumers have spent $6.6

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New videos: OceanGate sub dives to Titanic again, reports ship wreckage is ‘rapidly deteriorating’

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A screen grab from a video taken by the OceanGate Titan submersible shows the Titanic telemotor steering mechanism where one of the ship’s wheels used to be. based OceanGate captured video with its Titan submersible that shows the ship is “rapidly deteriorating.” OceanGate screen grab).

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