Sunday
Jun022019

Marvel Studios EVP of Production Victoria Alonso to hold Reddit AMA

Just a couple of weeks after Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige had a Reddit AMA, another Marvel exec is ready to answer some burning questions from fans. Victoria Alonso, the executive vice president of Production at Marvel Studios, will be holding her first Reddit AMA on June 5th at 1:15 PM PST. She has served as co-producer on Iron Man, Iron Man 2, Thor, and Captain America: The First Avenger, and has executive produced every film after. If you won’t be able to be there while the AMA happens, you can leave your questions in this comment. You’re encouraged to ask questions from previous films because as you know future plans don’t really get talked to as much in these sessions. Also, remember to limit yourself to one to two questions and don’t post walls of text.

Source: Comicbook.com

Sunday
Jun022019

Niantic won’t support ‘Pokémon Go’ on the Apple Watch starting July 1st

Starting next month, Apple Watch owners who play Pokémon Go won’t be able to use that version of the app anymore. According to its developer Niantic, it’ll end support starting July 1st. While the full game couldn’t be played on the Apple Watch, it let users show how much they needed to walk before hatching an egg, how many experience points they’ve earned, and when there was a Pokémon or Pokéstop nearby. Niantic opted to get rid of the feature because it introduced Adventure Sync last year, which also tracked a player’s step in the background and something the Apple Watch did. But according to Niantic, now “trainers will no longer have to split their gameplay between 2 devices.”

Source: The Verge

Saturday
Jun012019

Canadian Reviewer Weekly Roundup – 5/26 – 6/1

Saturday
Jun012019

Google brings AR animals into the Search App

A new card in Google Search will bring virtual animals into your space—if you have an augmented reality-enabled phone, that is. This new feature is one of the many introduced at this year’s I/O developer conference. The feature works on animals like cats, dogs, pandas, alpine goats, angler fish, lions, timberwolves, bears, European hedgehogs, tigers, and emperor penguins. When you do a search for these animals, a card saying “Meet a life-sized [animal] up close” will pop up. In the same card, you’ll see a “View in your own space” button to place the virtual animal into your environment.

Like any AR sticker, you can move these around or resize them. The animals even come with sound effects. You can see the dog bark and scratch its ears or the panda chews on a piece of bamboo. If you have a device ready to support this feature, you’ll need to allow it to access your camera and storage for the first time you use the feature.

Source: Engadget