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Apple announces Shortcuts app for Siri

Jun04
by on June 4, 2018 at 5:42 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, artificial intelligence


Apple today announced Shortcuts for Siri, an app that allows iOS users to receive background tips from Siri and create their own shortcuts for apps. Siri is now paying more attention than ever, it’ll predict your morning routine and keep an eye on your activity throughout the day with its new Shortcuts app. Users can also create a workflow in the app that will allow users to customize Siri routines with voice commands. Users can, for example, record a custom phrase such as “heading home” and Siri will complete a series of actions which can include anything from starting a music…

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Apple announces Shortcuts app for Siri

Jun04
by on June 4, 2018 at 5:42 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, artificial intelligence


Apple today announced Shortcuts for Siri, an app that allows iOS users to receive background tips from Siri and create their own shortcuts for apps. Siri is now paying more attention than ever, it’ll predict your morning routine and keep an eye on your activity throughout the day with its new Shortcuts app. Users can also create a workflow in the app that will allow users to customize Siri routines with voice commands. Users can, for example, record a custom phrase such as “heading home” and Siri will complete a series of actions which can include anything from starting a music…

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Apple and LEGO’s multiplayer AR experience looks like a blast

Jun04
by on June 4, 2018 at 5:37 pm
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At Apple’s WWDC event in San Jose today, folks from LEGO stopped by to show off how ARKit can enhance play with building blocks using an iOS device, and it looked like a lot of fun. Essentially, you’d simply use LEGO blocks to build out a playset, and then point your iPhone or iPad at it to see contextually relevant 3D objects added to the scene on your screen. It also works with more than one device, so multiple people can see the same augmented reality graphics. To demonstrate this, LEGO executives pointed their iPads at a building made of…

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Apple and Pixar created USDZ, a file format just for AR

Jun04
by on June 4, 2018 at 5:26 pm
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Apple today announced USDZ for iOS12, a WYSIWYG editor developed with Pixar, that allows developers to bring objects from Photoshop and Dimension, into an AR environment. The new features are being described as “AR Quicklook” and is designed to deliver AR experiences across iOS 12 focused on ease-of-use. This new support should make it simple for developers to implement 3D objects easily into AR. USDZ, according to Pixar, is a “zero compression, unencrypted zip archive” designed to work with the USD runtime. It doesn’t require unpacking. Features include: Robust schemas for interchange of geometry, shading, and skeletal deformation High performance…

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iOS 12 is all about speed and performance

Jun04
by on June 4, 2018 at 5:18 pm
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At today’s WWDC, Apple revealed new details about the upcoming iOS 12, with particular focus on how it will improve speed and performance — even on some of Apple’s oldest devices. Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of software engineering, took to the stage to introduce iOS 12. According to him, the update dramatically improves the load times of software. When devices detect you need a boost in performance, such as when launching an app, it will ramp up CPU performance instantly to optimizer performance. When you no longer need it, the CPU ramps down in order to preserve battery…

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