Updated on 10-25-2016 by Keith Nelson Jr: Jaunt, Conde Nast and Samsung recently released all six episodes on the Samsung VR, available through the Samsung Gear VR. You can check out the trailer here.
Watching TV is the past; being TV is the future.
In a collaboration with 30 Ninjas production company, Condé Nast Entertainment and virtual reality company Jaunt will produce Invisible — an episodic action-adventure series in virtual reality and the first of its kind, the companies say.
Invisible will be a six-part serialized show about a New York City family, the Ashlands, with superpowers passed down through generations, and whose secret powers are on the brink of being exposed. The episodes will be directed by Michael Litwak, Jerome Sable, and Doug Liman, the latter of who runs the 30 Ninjas production company making Invisible along with producer Julina Tatlock. The series was made for immersive virtual reality, Jaunt Studios President Cliff Plumer said.
“There will be things happening all around you throughout this series,” Plumer told Digital Trends. “Every scene was set up so fans can explore, be entertained, and have a different experience every time they watch it.” One example of Invisible‘s level of immersion lies in the story itself. “Because of the powers that some have,” Plumer explains, “you never know where something is going to come out of in the scene.”
Invisible fits into Condé Nast’s plans for virtual reality scripted shows, which the company has been spearheading since partnering with Jaunt last April. Jaunt was introduced to the treatment for Invisible in late Spring of last year, and Condé Nast Entertainment President Dawn Ostroff has been involved as well. According to Plumer, Ostroff has been giving notes on the script and production. Plumer says Samsung joined last Fall, around the time Invisible went into development, and the consumer electronics company has been working on new ways to distribute the series to all its VR devices.
Each chapter of Invisible will be available via the Jaunt VR App. Principal photography was finished earlier this year, with a release date slated for later in 2016.
The absolutely absurd idea of putting a touchscreen display on a mouse isn't exactly new. Turtle Beach already did it with its Command Series MC7, which features a 2.25-inch control screen. But apparently, even that wasn't ridiculous enough for Arctic Fox Technologies. Its new Super Mouse looks like someone took the chunky old Atari ST mouse, slapped a touchscreen and scroll wheel on it, and called it an upgrade.
The result is a rather unusual-looking mouse that is now on Kickstarter, starting at $199. And as ridiculous as it looks, some of its features are genuinely intriguing.
Apple is less than a day away from launching its highly anticipated OLED MacBook Pro with a touch-sensitive screen. But it appears that the upgrade is going to cost a pretty penny. According to a report by Bloomberg, Apple is reportedly eyeing a starting price of $2,899 for the 14-inch MacBook Pro, while the 16-inch version could start at $3,399 in the US.
"At $2,899, the 14-inch model would mark the highest starting price for a new MacBook Pro model, surpassing the $2,799 Apple charged for a 17-inch version introduced in 2006," says the report. The report claims that Apple is targeting a minimum price hike of $400 for its upcoming redesigned 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models.
I've spent a good amount of time digging into the spec sheet of the new M6 MacBook Pro (14-inch), and for all intents and purposes, this is a classic Apple "chip and connectivity" refresh. It's not a full redesign. The chassis, Liquid Retina XDR panel, speakers, ports, and battery, all of them carry over unchanged.
However, the M6 brings more cores, stronger on-device AI, higher memory bandwidth on the larger configs, and modern wireless. Here’s the practical rundown of what actually improved, and whether those gains are worth your money.