Drone Racing League
Drone Racing League pilots put on their VR helmets and enter a first person view of custom built drones that can fly at over 80 mph through stunning courses.
Hardware
Alexa: Your new roommate
Until three years ago, only a lucky few had had the pleasure of controlling their homes (… and spaceships …) with their voice: Tony Stark and the crews aboard in Star Trek. Today, 16% of American households (or around 39 million people) have their own personal voice assistant in the form of a smart speaker [1].
Transformation of Big Blue
Decline of IBM since 1980s due to being disrupted by software and internet companies.
SONY: from disruptor to disrupted
How does a company highlighted at the Harvard Business School as a preeminent example of disruptive innovation become a loser?
Unity Engine: A Unicorn Powering the Video Game and VR/AR Economy.
Winner: Unity Engine is the unicorn fueling growth in the video game industry:
“50% of mobile games are developed through the Unity Game Engine.” and “There were 5 Billion downloads of Unity powered Games in Q3 2016.”
The Rise and Fall (and Rise Again?) of BlackBerry
The roller coaster journey of the world's original smartphone leader.
From Zero to Hero – Xiaomi’s Short Journey into Becoming One of the Biggest Tech Giants in the World
How did Xiaomi, a 7-yr-old company, become one of the biggest technology firms in the world?
Planet: Disrupting Space by Democratizing Digital Imagery
Planet is using hundreds of tiny satellites to capture real-time imagery of earth's entire surface, and their data imaging software can help answer the questions that you and millions of others are asking.
Blippar: The Killer AR App That Never Was
Blippar could have been the ultimate killer app for AR – it was well-conceived, well-received and well-funded. But today, 7 years after its founding, the startup is struggling. What went wrong, and where can it go from here?
Looking Glass: Virtual Reality in Real Estate. For Real?
A rental house-seeker speculates how and when VR could become a reality.