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Watch how Virtual Reality is used to treat war veterans with Post-traumatic stress disorder

Mar18
by on March 18, 2014 at 4:21 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Shareables, Videos

Virtual Reality is cool again thanks to Oculus Rift, but beyond gaming it’s finding uses that you might not have imagined. The latest documentary from VICE‘s MOTHERBOARD team visits a clinic in Los Angeles, where Virtual Reality simulations are used to treat war veterans with PTSD (Post-traumatic stress disorder). Host Jody Mitic, a former master sniper for the Canadian military, explores how these systems treat a serious mental condition, and discovers how they could be used beyond the military. This video is a 24-hour exclusive to The Next Web, so you get to see it here first.

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Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment, Gree and Ubisoft sign-up to bring their games to GamePop

Mar18
by on March 18, 2014 at 4:15 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Insider, Product Updates

GamePop, the ‘Netflix for games’ service from Bluestacks that brings mobile games to your TV, has announced today that Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment, Gree and Ubisoft will all make titles available for the platform. Among the confirmed games that’ll be making their way across are Nutty Fluffies Rollercoaster and Motoheroz from Ubisoft, and Lego Speedorz and Man of Steel from Warner Bros. Gree’s titles are yet to be confirmed. Where rival Ouya is looking to diversify its business model to incorporate a range of different devices, GamePop is currently focused on providing its service on its console and TV-connected devices (“the Gamepop service is…

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PlayStation Vita gets Crunchyroll, NHL and Qello apps, Hulu Plus and Redbox Instant due this spring

Mar18
by on March 18, 2014 at 4:10 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Gadgets, Product Updates

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Few people buy the PlayStation Vita for its multimedia apps and streaming capabilities, but Sony is continuing to back its handheld console with new support for a number of popular services. Today, NHL GameCenter Live is launching on the device, giving subscribers the ability to stream live out-of-market games in HD. Crunchyroll, a streaming service for Japanese anime and television shows broadcast across Asia, is also arriving today alongside Qello, an on-demand platform for watching music concerts and performances. In a blog post, Sony revealed that Hulu Plus and Redbox Instant, the movie and TV streaming service spearheaded by Redbox…

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Google launches Android Wear platform for wearables, smartwatch Developer Preview, devices coming later this year

Mar18
by on March 18, 2014 at 4:04 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Design & Dev, Google, Insider, Mobile

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Google today announced Android Wear, a project that extends the company’s mobile operating system to wearables. The company is starting with watches, and has released a Developer Preview so app creators can tailor their existing notifications for watches powered by Android Wear. Google has partnered with several consumer electronics manufacturers (including Asus, HTC, LG, Motorola, and Samsung), chip makers (Broadcom, Imagination, Intel, Mediatek, and Qualcomm), as well as fashion brands (only the Fossil Group was named). The company says it will use these partners to launch watches powered by Android Wear later this year. Developers interested in leveraging Android on…

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With $6.65m in its pocket, Nitrous.IO is set to help more developers save time and effort

Mar18
by on March 18, 2014 at 4:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, coding, Insider, Programming

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Nitrous.IO, a 500 Startups-backed backend development platform, is setting out on a mission to save software developers time by cutting out the repetitive parts of creating development environments and automating them. To this extent, Nitrous.IO announced that it has closed a $6.65 million Series A round led by Bessemer Venture Partners and with investors including 500 Startups, Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin, and Golden Gate Ventures. The company lets developers who build Web applications using Ruby, Node.js, Python, and Go programming languages take advantage of its platform to create a testing environment. Nitrous.IO co-founder Arun Thampi explains that building an environment takes time —…

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