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This Oculus Rift Discount Brings Virtual Reality Into the Real WorldoculusSharesharetweetcommentemailAuthor: Wired StaffWired Staffgear10.17.1704:35 pmThis Oculus Rift Discount Brings Virtual Reality Into the Real WorldoculusThere's nothing quite as bizarre—or as thrilling—as walking around your living room completely absorbed in a Holodeck-like virtual reality game. Headsets like the Ocu...
On Tuesday, Sidewalk Labs — the urban innovation unit of Google parent company Alphabet — announced that it will design a high-tech neighborhood on Toronto's waterfront. Exact design plans are still unclear, but the company has released preliminary renderings of what it imagines the 12-acre district, called Quayside, could look like. The city of Toronto and Sidewalk Labs call the la...
From his corner office on the 20th floor of 150 West 30th Street, Asher Bernstein has a clear view of the Hudson Yards worksite three blocks away. He can also see how and where the ripple effects from that transformative development will land, but he doesn’t need a high-rise for that, he’s got nearly a century of inherited knowledge to stand on. “I’ve been in business now for 46 years and ...
Dozens of innovators in technology and real estate spent last weekend in a fourth-floor midtown Manhattan tech incubator to devise creative ways to tackle some of the biggest problems plaguing the real estate industry. The Real Estate Board of New York’s (REBNY) 2017 hackathon, taking place at Grand Central Tech-- a tech breeding place that provides office space, resources and educational opport...
Sidewalk Labs, the urban innovation unit of Alphabet, Google’s parent company, announced during a press conference this afternoon that it will be working to develop a new high-tech urban district on Toronto’s waterfront, planting a flag in Canada’s largest city, a move that’s been expected for weeks. The new 800-acre district on the shores of Lake Ontario, a massive new development in the ...
Sidewalk Labs — the urban innovation unit of Google parent company Alphabet — will design a high-tech neighborhood on Toronto's waterfront, the company announced today at a press conference. Called Quayside, the neighborhood's plan will prioritize "environmental sustainability, affordability, mobility, and economic opportunity," according to Sidewalk Labs. The city of T...
Alphabet-owned Sidewalk Labs, the Google parent’s company focused on smart city technologies, will build a “mixed-use, complete community in Toronto on its eastern waterfront, with the aim of building a livable space from the ground up using innovations in construction techniques, self-driving, climate friendly energy systems and more to build a community that’s affordable and accessible wit...
In the latest irony of the Amazon age, the Seattle company is taking over the top six floors of the Macy’s building in downtown, giving the online retailer a good chunk of space formerly occupied by a brick-and-mortar icon. The lease, confirmed by an Amazon spokesman, is the latest sign of expansion in the company’s hometown, even as Amazon seeks to build a second headquarters campus somewhere...
I know a lot of readers will roll their eyes at the title of this article, but if you’ve got this far, hey you are still reading! First, let me clear up a few common misconceptions about Blockchain – Blockchain is not Bitcoin. Blockchain is not something used by nefarious underworld characters, at least no more so than the web and internet are. Blockchain is an exciting technology that is what...
What is BIM? Building Information Modeling, known in the industry as BIM, first emerged around 2002 and has rapidly increased openness and collaboration in the construction industry. BIM is a catch-all term for a range of software that allows multiple parties to access digital representations of projects’ physical and functional characteristics. BIM is information and technology that creates a...