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Google Pixel 5 review: new phone, old tricks

The Verge

Google goes back to its old tricks, mostly for the better The amount of effort Google seems to put into its Pixel phones while simultaneously ensuring that they look and feel mundane never ceases to astonish me. The Google Pixel 5 in “sorta sage” green. Pixel 5 hardware design. The Pixel 5 is unassuming.

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What wearing Apple’s Vision Pro headset does to our brains

Vox

The tech world got very fired up in 2013 when Google released a video of a wild concept. It showed a first-person view of a guy walking around Manhattan, texting friends, following map instructions, making a video call. Will we all walk around town wearing headsets and taking video calls while we watch the sunset?

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Here’s how Google’s experimental 3D telepresence booth works

The Verge

Image: Google. In a new research paper , Google has detailed the tech behind its impressive Project Starline demo from this year’s I/O conference. But, eventually, the hope is that Project Starline could offer a similar feeling of presence as virtual or augmented reality, without users needing to wear bulky headsets or trackers.

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Some thoughts on this week’s Google Nexus event

CTOvision

On Wednesday AM Sundar Pinchai, VP of Android and Chrome at Google, held a “breakfast event” in which he detailed the new Nexus 7 tablet, the Chromecast, Android 4.3, There is “SlimPort” video out, which allows up to 1080p via HDMI + and a dongle. and some other details. But alas, alack!

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Meta is opening its first retail store next month

The Verge

Meta is launching its first hardware retail store on its campus in Burlingame, California. The store, which opens May 9th , will let visitors try out and buy Meta’s Portal videophones and Quest virtual reality headsets. Meta is also adding a “Shop” tab to its website, making it easier to find all its products in one place online.

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Google Stadia survived a year, but its future depends on games like Cyberpunk 2077

The Verge

At least that’s how it felt when I first used Google Stadia more than a year ago. Here is a brand-new cutting-edge game, streamed over the internet and playable with the click of a button, no expensive hardware or pricey television required. Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge.

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Rainway’s Andrew Sampson on powering xCloud, challenging Google, and reimagining desktop apps

GeekWire

At the same time, Rainway is also pivoting away from video games, toward a virtualized app platform that will allow subscribers to run powerful applications remotely via a standard web browser. That puts Rainway up against Google ( again ), with its suite of web-based apps. At that point, it’s a frame of delay.

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