Sony PS VR Aim gun controller to debut in May alongside VR shooting game ‘Farpoint’

A new accessory for the Sony PlayStation VR will be making its debut in May to coincide with the launch of a new virtual reality shooting game called Farpoint. Sony developed the Aim gun controller with Farpoint’s indie developer Impulse Gear. The controller has a cable-free design and tracking sphere to make it easier for you to move around while you have the PS VR on. It also has a thumbstick and trigger so you can control the entire game there. But it isn’t essential if you want to play the game. A regular controller will still work with Farpoint. The Aim itself is expected to work with future PS VR titles.

The game is described as a free movement game, which is supposedly unusual for VR games. It takes place in a “hostile alien world” and it being an “unnerving space adventure.” When the game comes out on May 16^th, the Aim controller will be bundled with it.

Source: Road to VR

Google adds auto white balance to Photos app

Google has been consistently updating its Photos app to give a better experience for its users. This time, a simple tweak shows up to emphasize that idea. The Android version of the app gets an auto white balance feature. iOS users will also be getting the feature but at a later date. It’ll be useful for those who don’t want the full-blown auto feature that tweaks all the settings within the app. At the same time, Google has a number of tips you can use to get the best out of the Photos app.

Microsoft’s future updates could be 35 percent smaller than the usual

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Following the release of Microsoft’s Creators Update later this spring, the sizes of the operating system’s updates will be significantly smaller. Microsoft’s Unified Update Platform is set to shrink sizes of future updates to save you the trouble of downloading an entire build of your system every time. The feature they’re using is called differential download packages, which basically means it just “downloads what you need.” It’ll look at what files are on your system and use these to rebuild the new OS version from there.

It seems simple but it needed a lot of work in the background given the decades of legacy code and patches. Of course, the major release like Creators Update will need the download of the full build. But after that, the next smaller updates will be about 35 percent smaller, according to Microsoft’s Director of Program Management Bill Karagounis.

Source: Engadget

LG G6 gains pundit's praise as best smartphone of MWC 2017

As expected, the unchallenged LG G6 flagship made like a bandit in Barcelona, earning all the major best of show accolades from various technology publications. The new 5.7-inch flagship, which I had a chance to briefly check out last week, brings a new screen ratio, a sleek glass and aluminium design as well as one-handed ease of use.

LG G6 also has a lot of photography tricks up its sleeve thanks to dual cameras. Hit jump for the list of awards this smartphone, which is expected to come to Canada in April, hit jump to see the hardware LG earned at MWC 2017.

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