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This smartwatch projects buttons on your arm

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Researchers from Carnegie Mellon are working on a smartwatch that would bypass the issue of small screens on smart timepieces by using the owner’s arm as an extension of the smartwatch. The researchers looked at devices like the Apple Watch, Moto 360 and LG G Watch R and found that the display real estate makes navigation cumbersome, unless you use voice commands, while buttons placed on watches make the timepieces bulky and annoying to use. With this in mind, they came up with the idea to create a smartwatch that could project additional buttons on the owner’s arm for easier navigation.

The Carnegie Mellon researchers want to make a bigger smartwatch, without actually increasing its size. The projecting technology they are working on might actually help them accomplish this feat. The researchers are part of the Future Interfaces Group at Carnegie Mellon and they recently published a paper that details how the group would try and project interactive buttons on skin in order to extend the limited display of their smartwatch. The team calls these buttons “Skin Buttons” and they can project them by embedding four laser diodes in the smartwatch. These diodes are covered in a piece of film that can aid in projecting icons onto the skin. Next, the smartwatch uses IR proximity sensors so that it can tell when a smartwatch user is interacting with the projected icons. These icons can be set to trigger mail, music and other apps, as well as act as arrows that you can use to scroll through the smartwatch user interface.

While the Skin Buttons created for the smartwatch are just prototypes, the Future Interfaces Group plans to create similar user interfaces that will actually connect you to bigger devices and in time, might make screens obsolete altogether. The plan is to use the smartwatch as a prototype for the skin buttons so that the team can work on making bigger surfaces interactive and create a different method of interaction between owners and their devices. While the group thinks they still have much work to do, the working prototype of the smartwatch shows us that a breakthrough is near, as long as manufacturers keep making components smaller.

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PlayStation Studios’ PC Games to Grow Beyond FY22

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May 24, 2023

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PlayStation Studios PC sales were announced in Sony’s Business Segment Meeting, along with PSVR2 sales, PS Plus numbers, and major PS5 game release dates.

Spider-Man Remastered and The Last of Us: Part 1 led the pack with 1.5 million and 368K sales, respectively. Maybe it was worthwhile.

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Sony expects this trend to continue (see that graph!). and will remain bullish on PC ports (quietly jacking prices in some places), but has stated that PS5 is the priority. The PlayStation Showcase, less than 24 hours away, may bring more PC announcements.

PlayStation Studios’ PC success—what do you think?

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Download 22 More PS Plus Extra, Premium Games

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Another month, another long list of PS Plus Extra and Premium games you’ll never finish before the next batch. The service’s 22 new titles are available to download on PS5, PS4, and PS3 in the UK and Europe today. USA and global availability will occur throughout the day. The full list of offerings is below.

PS Plus Extra: May 2023

  • Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (PS5) | Review
  • Humanity (PS5, PS4)
  • Watch Dogs Legion (PS5, PS4) | Review
  • Dishonored 2 (PS4) | Review
  • Dishonored: Death of the Outsider (PS4) | Review
  • Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin (PS4) | Review
  • Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition (PS4) | Review
  • Rise of the Tomb Raider (PS4) | Review
  • Shadow of the Tomb Raider (PS4) | Review
  • Bus Simulator 21: Next Stop (PS5, PS4) | Review
  • The Evil Within 2 (PS4) | Review
  • Wolfenstein: Youngblood (PS4) | Review
  • Thymesia (PS5) | Review
  • Rain World (PS4) | Review
  • Lake (PS5, PS4) | Review
  • Conan Exiles (PS4) | Review
  • Rune Factory 4 Special (PS4)
  • Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town (PS4)

PS Plus Premium: May 2023

  • Syphon Filter: Logan’s Shadow (PSP)
  • Blade Dancer: Lineage of Light (PSP)
  • Pursuit Force (PSP)
  • Ghostbusters: The Videogame Remastered (PS4)

 

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Weird West Gets PS5 4K, 60fps Version

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Weird West is coming to PS5 soon. Only 4K resolution and 60fps are confirmed, with more details coming next week.

Since its release, Weird West has received many updates and community events. We loved its story and combat. If you liked this one but didn’t buy it, your patience may have paid off.

 

 

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