Tech on Gear

noreply@blogger.com (Sushant Wadhonkar) — Fri, 03 Jun 2022 05:39:00 +0000

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noreply@blogger.com (Sushant Wadhonkar) — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 04:01:00 +0000

You've probably seen the news. Just a few weeks ago, Facebook announced that they're changing

their company name to Meta because they're planning on building something called a Metaverse. I

don't think enough people are talking about this. The Metaverse is going to change my life. It's going

to change your life.

Speaker 1 (00:14)

So we need to to understand what it is, why people are excited about it, but then also how it has the

potential to end society as we know it. The concept of the metaphors is this. Throughout history, we

have constantly been moving towards more and more engaging mediums. We've gone from text to

photo to video. We've gone from reading books and papers to now spending most of our spare time

watching TikToks on the Internet.

Speaker 1 (00:37)

And the Metaverse is what comes next, an internet that you're not just looking at through a screen, but

that you're actually inside of take anything you could think of doing right now shopping, chatting with

friends, meditating to ASMR videos on YouTube. And now imagine that in the time it takes you to just

snap your fingers, you could be doing that thing in a way that feels real with other people who feel

present in a setting that's whatever you want it to be a living, shared, everlasting virtual universe.

Speaker 1 (01:07)

That's Meta's vision of the Metaverse achieved through a combination of augmented reality and

virtual reality, which they've said that they will subsidize the cost of in an effort to get as many people

on this planet to be a part of the Metaverse. And in case I wasn't clear, this is pretty damn cool. Then

there are some undeniable positives just to get the obvious out of the way, the metaphors will allow

you to live out your fantasies.

Speaker 1 (01:31)

In one single evening, you could be slaying enemies in hand to hand combat. You could be playing a

quiet game of chess on the streets of New York and surfboarding across the tropics of the Bahamas,

all with incredible realism. But at the same time, the reassurance that you yourself are safe at home.

And on a similar note, there is also a comfort to the idea that you'll also be able to express yourself

however you want to. You know, now you have a profile picture for your social media accounts, the

kind of the image that represents you to other people.

Speaker 1 (01:59)

Well, in the Metaverse, you won't just have an image. You will have an avatar, a fully three

dimensional, living depiction of you, but you in the way that you would want to be. Did you ever wish

you were three inches taller? Now you can be. Did you ever wish you had a bigger forehead?

Speaker 1 (02:15)

Now you can have one. You can be any gender you want. You can be any race you want. You could be

any creature you want. Yes, Milo, I choose you.

Speaker 1 (02:23)

And to be very clear, longer term, your avatar is not going to look like these cartoon people I think they

just use them to make it seem a little bit less creepy. The truth is, though, Meta is also working on the

tech to create completely lifelike avatars, fully rendered with every hair on their head and every pore

on their skin. This is not a game. This will feel like real life. And what I'm saying is that this realism,

combined with the sheer amount of choices you'll get, will allow you to feel like you're not being

constrained by the body that you are physically born into.

Speaker 1 (02:52)

In real life, you could be someone with a severe disability in a wheelchair, but in the Metaverse, forget

walking. You could be able to fly. And if you are enjoying this video, then a sub to the channel would

be uplifting on the subject of flight, though I've always dreamed about the idea of teleportation

because I'm always trying to be as efficient as possible with my time being stuck in traffic jams kind

of horrifies me. But in the Metaverse, there's going to be a relic of the past.

Speaker 1 (03:20)

Each person will have their own home space.

Speaker 1 (03:22)

You create the aesthetic that you want others to see, and then you can invite people to just appear

within it. Wait, what? The teleportation will be the equivalent of just clicking a link in your browser now

practically instant. And if you compare that to the concept of real teleportation of literally

deconstructing every atom in a person's body at one point in time and then recreating them

somewhere else. I think one of those two options is more likely to be the future of transport and not

the real one.

Speaker 1 (03:52)

Besides, if we are moving towards the Metaverse, and if all interactions are going to happen virtually

anyways, we wouldn't even want to physically teleport. We'd want to be at home with our headsets.

Oh my God, I'm lost man, and it's not just travel that will speed up massively. It's also learning. You

know how now we look at libraries as really old fashioned, because why would you try and find out

info from a book when you can Google exactly what you want?

Speaker 1 (04:17)

Well, the Metaverse is going to make Googling. It seem just as old fashioned. You'll be able to learn

about things by just touching them or even hell looking at them, and you'll be able to obtain that

information in a more visual, interactive way than we've ever seen before. You'll be able to travel not

just to any place, but also to any time. The Industrial Revolution, ancient Rome, the dinosaurs being

able to actually experience living with the dinosaurs, can you imagine?

Speaker 1 (04:44)

And hey, if you can learn faster, faster, you can also do things faster. I think the metaphors is going to

make us even more productive. Take the current situation. A lot of us now are working from home. I

mean, to be honest, I never really had a proper job, but.

Speaker 1 (05:00)

You know what I mean? Well, in the Metaverse, we'd still be doing that, but it could also mean that you

could always be in your most optimal environment, whether that's surrounded by others or completely

alone, whether that's in an office in outer space or sitting in a magical jungle, whether you're

surrounded did by Beethoven Symphony while you work, or just like the sound of silence, it's up to

you. Plus, the tech will allow us to input faster. A lot of us have grown up writing everything with pens.

Speaker 1 (05:27)

Nowadays people are shifting to tapping things on keyboards.

Speaker 1 (05:30)

In the Metaversee, we'll be using voices, gestures, and even making things happen by just thinking

about them. I'm not joking. Meta is working now on electromyographic or EMG input devices which

can detect and intercept the impulses in your nerves, the signals from when your brain is telling, for

example, what your fingers, what they should be doing and translate those signals to the

corresponding actions in a virtual space. Or in other words, you will be able to send a message to

someone by just thinking about moving your fingers, you won't even need to physically move them.

Speaker 1 (06:00)

And this Meta verse hardware, it's not as far off as you think.

Speaker 1 (06:05)

Fun fact. Next year, Meta is coming out with a headset currently being codenamed project Cambria,

which in one fell swoop, will apparently solve two of the biggest current barriers to the Metaverse, one

that it will be comfortable enough and the display will be sufficiently close to the resolution of your

eyes that you won't feel like you're wearing a headset. And two, it'll be able to track your facial

expressions in real time, which, if pulled off correctly, will mean you'll be able to have conversations

with realistic body language in a virtual space.

Speaker 1 (06:34)

So these are the obvious benefits from Metaverse experiences, expression, teleportation, knowledge,

and productivity. But there's also a couple of potentially unexpected ones like the environment.

Speaker 1 (06:47)

See, producing real products is really inefficient the production of a real car, for example, can quite

easily result in 20 tons of carbon dioxide emissions. The production of a virtual car zero point, you

name a number one, and that gap in emissions only gets greater when you start to talk about

potentially using that car. I totally get that the idea of a virtual car sounds very odd and not at all

comparable, but think about it in the letter of Earth, we have teleportation. Both virtual cars and

physical cars are just as useless as each other.

Speaker 1 (07:22)

You'd only drive one if you specifically fancy to drive, not actually to get anywhere in particular.

Speaker 1 (07:27)

And so what I'm saying is it's quite likely that the more users that join the Metros, the more we shift

towards purchasing digital goods and digital experience. And so the fewer planes, trains, cars, ships,

delivery vans we're going to use, and thus our impact on the planet might well nosedive. And the final

kind of exciting thing is that the Metaverse will also be a new economy. The Meta is developing a

store within it called Horizon Marketplace, which is not just them selling stuff to us, but a platform

where anyone can be a seller.

Speaker 1 (07:58)

You could create virtual clothing, you can craft a new virtual experience and charge people to try it.

Speaker 1 (08:03)

You could design a completely new world anything, and you're no longer constrained by the physical

materials. You can get hold of only your imagination and your ability to code. And I've got no doubt

that every forward thinking brand will also make sure that they have a presence here because, I mean,

if we're spending all our time in the Metaverse and that's where we're going to meet people and

appear to others, then our virtual appearances and our virtual homes are actually going to start to

matter more than our physical ones.

Speaker 1 (08:31)

The point is, in a new world, you will also have new opportunities to earn. And if you're wondering,

well, how do we make sure people don't just buy one copy and then redistribute my creations?

Speaker 1 (08:41)

My best guess is that transactions will largely happen through cryptocurrencies. I've got a full video

explaining those up there, but essentially, the idea is that crypto is built with the ability to verify the

authenticity of a virtual goods or in other words, it already has the systems in place to be able to trace

the ownership of them. So honestly, this whole Metaverse thing has a pretty great sales pitch, the

ability to be together with anyone, to be able to teleport to anywhere, to be able to create and

experience anything.

Speaker 1 (09:09)

But it's also pretty scary. There are four key things that I think we need to be very mindful of, like data.

Speaker 1 (09:17)

Let's be honest, Facebook has had a pretty Rocky relationship with how it's handled user data in the

past. And remember that's from an era where we were still somewhat separate from our digital

selves. But in the case where we become our digital selves, where our profiles are not just a few

holiday photos that we choose to share, but literally everything we do in this Metaverse, we're going to

have to put a whole new level of trust into a company that doesn't exactly reveal how they're using

this information.

Speaker 1 (09:44)

We're talking about data collection on the level of measuring your brain activity. You wouldn't even

give your family that kind of access.

Speaker 1 (09:51)

But this is a future where you could be giving it to meta. There's something potentially even scarier

than the data. Problem is that we are talking about how companies.

noreply@blogger.com (Sushant Wadhonkar) — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 02:47:00 +0000

iQOO Z3 5G launch date tipped ahead of official announcement in India

noreply@blogger.com (Sushant Wadhonkar) — Sat, 29 May 2021 06:32:00 +0000

A little while ago, a report said that iQOO is planning to bring its Z-series smartphones to India. The only smartphone that fits the bill is the iQOO Z3 5G, which will be launched in China in March 2021. Sources familiar with the matter have told more about the iQOO Z3's 5G launch in India and even hints at its price. According to its specifications, the iQOO Z3 5G price in India is likely to be around Rs 25,000. According to the source, the iQOO Z3 launch date in India could be between June 10 and June15, matching the previous report's prediction of a mid-June debut.

iQOO Z3 5G Specifications

We already know what the iQOO Z3 5G has future for us, because the smartphone has already been released and will be available in China in a few weeks. For starters, there's a 6.5-inch IPS FHD LCD panel with 120Hz refresh rate. Under the hood, there's the Snapdragon 768G chipset paired with up to 8GB of RAM and 256GB of internal storage. This will be the first Snapdragon 768G smartphone to appear in India.

In terms of the iQOO Z3 5G camera specifications, there are three sensors in total: a 64MP main sensor, an 8MP ultra-wide-angle lens, and a 2MP macro sensor. The smartphone draws its power from a 4,400mAh battery that supports fast charging at 55W. It is also one of the first devices to run Vivo's new OriginOS.

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iQOO Z3 5G quick glance

Display	6.58 inches (1080x2408)
Processor	Qualcomm Snapdragon 768G
Front Camera	16MP
Rear Camera	64MP + 8MP + 2MP
RAM	6GB
Storage	128GB
Battery Capacity	4400 mah
OS	Android 11

iQOO Z3 Launch Date and Price in India

Phone Status	Upcoming Phone
Release Date	11-Jun-2021 (Expected)
Expected Price	Rs. 18,890
Variant	6 GB RAM / 128 GB ROM

Asus ZenFone 8 Series to launch in India confirmed with new names

noreply@blogger.com (Sushant Wadhonkar) — Wed, 26 May 2021 06:04:00 +0000

Asus has confirmed the launch of Asus ZenFone 8 and Asus ZenFone 8 Flip in India. The two phones are said to launch within the Indian market as Asus 8Z and Asus 8Z Flip. The Asus India website has launched a landing page with renders and specifications for the next phones. Asus could not launch the ZenFone 8 and ZenFone 8 Flip of the same name in the Indian market because the Zen and ZenMobile brands are owned by another company in the country.

The landing page on the Asus India company's website does not reveal the names of the two upcoming phones, but the images and specifications in the listing suggest that the in India, the Asus ZenFone 8 and the Asus ZenFone 8 Flip will be available soon. Exact launch date was not mentioned but the 'Notify Me' button worked. The two phones were launched globally earlier this month and they are expected to launch in India soon, albeit with supposedly different names - Asus 8Z and Asus 8Z Flip.

The Asus ZenFone 8 starts at 599 EUR (about 53,200 Rs) internationally, while the ZenFone 8 Flip starts at 799 EUR (about 71,000 Rs). Both phones will be priced similarly in the Indian market.

Asus ZenFone 8 and Asus ZenFone 8 Flip Specs

We all are familiar with specifications of Asus ZenFone 8 and Asus ZenFone 8 Flip from their global release. The specs are likely to remain the same, even if the name is changed to Asus 8Z and Asus 8Z Flip. The two phones will run Android 11 on top of ZenUI 8. The Asus ZenFone 8 has a 5.9-inch full-HD+ (1,080x2,400 pixels) Samsung AMOLED display with 120Hz refresh rate, while the Asus ZenFone 8 Flip has a 6.67-inch full-HD+ (1,080x2,400 pixels) Samsung AMOLED display with 90Hz refresh rate. The two phones are powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 SoC paired with up to 8GB RAM on the Flip model and up to 16GB RAM on the non-Flip variant. Both the smartphones come equipped with 256GB of UFS 3.1 internal storage.

The Asus ZenFone 8 has a dual rear camera arrangement with a 64-megapixel Sony IMX686 primary sensor and a 12-megapixel Sony IMX363 secondary sensor for photographs and movies. Rear camera setup includes a 64-megapixel Sony IMX686 primary sensor, a 12-megapixel Sony IMX 363 secondary sensor, and an 8-megapixel telephoto snapper with 3x optical zoom make up the camera configuration. The revolving camera can also be used to take selfies.

The battery of the ZenFone 8 is 4,000mAh, whereas the Asus ZenFone 8 Flip features a 5,000mAh battery. Both Quick Charge 4.0 and Power Delivery are supported. 4G LTE, 5G, Wi-Fi 6/6E, Bluetooth v5.2, GPS/A-GPS/NavIC, NFC, FM radio, and USB Type-C are among the phone's connectivity choices. The ZenFone 8 variant has a 3.5mm headphone jack. There's also an in-display fingerprint sensor on both phones. On ZenFone 8 variants, Asus has included three microphones with OZO Audio Zoom and internal noise reduction technology to improve audio recording.

OnePlus Watch Cyberpunk 2077 limited edition to launch in China on May 24, OnePlus Confirms

noreply@blogger.com (Sushant Wadhonkar) — Mon, 24 May 2021 04:43:00 +0000

The OnePlus Watch is the brand's first and the just smartwatch. It was declared close by the OnePlus 9 arrangement in late March. The wearable comes in two tones (Midnight Black, Moonlight Silver). Yet, as of late, the organization dispatched a Cobalt Limited Edition in China. It is additionally expected to deliver a Harry Potter Limited Edition. Yet, in front of the last's declaration, OnePlus has authoritatively uncovered to release the OnePlus Watch Cyberpunk 2077 Limited Edition in its nation of origin on May 24. The presence of Cyberpunk 2077 Limited Edition was know since November 2020. In an alternate course of events, this adaptation of the wearable would have appeared close by the OnePlus 8T Cyberpunk 2077 Limited Edition. Since the watch was supposed to launch close by the OnePlus 8T in October.

This special edition seems to have been canceled but in fact it is not. OnePlus has officially confirmed the launch of this limited edition in its hometown China on May 24. The wearable will be available for pre-order starting at 8pm (local time) on the very day of the announcement.

This version of the OnePlus Watch will feature Gold accents and 'Cyberpunk' branding on its strap. It will also come with game-inspired watch faces, themes, and bootanimations. Beyond these, we expect it to come with the exact same feature set as the regular model.

Unfortunately, we're not sure if this particular variant will be made available in global markets. That's because the OnePlus 8T Cyberpubnk 2077 Limited Edition is exclusive to China, however, limited quantities (only 10 units) were sold in Malaysia through a lucky draw.