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Let's go back to the future--it is time to start planning now for customer service in 2021

Forrester IT

This a guest post by Meredith Cain , a Research Associate on the Application Development & Delivery (AD&D) team. One of the great things about that movie was its view of the future--or, because so much has time has passed since the film was released, its view of what our present should be like. Let's take trip back to 1989.

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Epic Games sues AR company Nreal for sounding too much like ‘Unreal’

The Verge

Epic, which filed the case late last week , claims it’s “no coincidence” that Nreal’s name “looks and sounds virtually identical” to Unreal’s branding. As Nreal plans a US launch later this year, Epic wants to recoup damages and scuttle its application for a trademark.

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Best AI movies to watch for the weekend

Dataconomy

As the characters navigate isolation, Arthur becomes an unexpected ally, showcasing the film’s exploration of human-AI interactions in the solitude of space. Moreover, within a spacecraft designed for years of hibernation, the utilization of AI serves as a compelling example of practical AI applications.,

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Generative AI is pushing unstructured data to center stage

CIO Business Intelligence

Applications such as financial forecasting and customer relationship management brought tremendous benefits to early adopters, even though capabilities were constrained by the structured nature of the data they processed. much of it is still stored in physical, or analog, formats such as paper, tape, film, microfiche, etc.

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What does Apple Vision Pro do: Comprehensive overview

Dataconomy

Nonetheless, early users of the headset can anticipate access to 3D movies and films, streaming services such as Disney+, and 180-degree videos enhanced by Apple’s Spatial Audio technology. “What does Apple Vision Pro do? Lidar sensors enhance the device’s spatial awareness by detecting objects and people in real-time.

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Epic launches Unreal Engine 5

The Verge

Outside of gaming, engines like Unreal have also become increasingly popular for other applications, most notably film and television. The Mandalorian , for instance, utilized Unreal for its virtual sets. Now those lines are starting to blur, opening up all kinds of possibilities. “It

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Facebook’s freaky new glove

Vox

But it’s increasingly clear that, even with its shiny new name, Meta is struggling to make the metaverse, a virtual space where people can work and hang out via avatars, more accessible — and less creepy — to the average human being. In the meantime, immersive VR technologies are proving useful for more and more non-gaming applications.