Canadian Reviewer Weekly Roundup 12/27-01/02

Lebron James stars in latest VR adventure from Oculus and Samsung

Video: See how BlackBerry's PRIV gets built

Curiosity brings Wikipedia article to your current location

BMW expected to introduce AirTouch technology at CES

570,000 Jeep Grand Cherokee and Dodge Durango recalled over fire concerns

Catch a glimpse of the Google Glass for the workplace

‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ becomes fastest film to reach $1 billion

Microsoft said to back up your Windows encryption keys on the cloud

Jannarelly to debut new roadster in 2016

First Look: HP Envy 8 Note

Find out what you listened to the most with Spotify’s ‘Year in Music’ recap

The Apple Beat: Apple’s Year in Review for 2015

JAQ is a compact fuel cell charger for your smartphone

DJI trying out GPS-based flight restrictions for its drones

Airplane seat concept wants to make your next flight a comfy one

Uber celebrates its billionth ride

Oculus Touch controller release delayed to second half of 2016

Finally, the consumer-grade Oculus Rift virtual reality headset will be coming first quarter of this year. The bad news is the Oculus Touch controller won’t be arriving with it. The Oculus development team said in a blog post that they needed to finish work on the controller so they had to push it back to “some point” in the second half of the year. Initially, the release of the Touch was set for the second quarter of the year.

Based on the same blog post, Oculus hinted that they were working on additional tweaks to the controller: “On Touch hardware, we’ve made significant advances in ergonomics, and we’re implementing many changes that make Touch even more comfortable, reliable, and natural. We’re also implementing changes that improve hand pose recognition.” Oculus said they will start taking preorders for the controller several months before it hits the market but they still won’t say when this could be. At the moment though, they are said to be releasing more pre-production runs to developers who need it.

Source: Oculus via PCWorld

Airplane seat concept wants to make your next flight a comfy one

Unless you can afford the super duper deluxe flights offered by some airlines, airplane seats aren’t particularly comfortable, especially during long-haul flights. FactoryDesign has a solution in mind with its Twister Seat concept. Using the human body itself as an inspiration, the seat is constructed around a spine-and-rib-like skeletal structure that shifts is shape as you move in it. So, for example, you want to sleep on your side? The Twister Seat can accommodate you. Now, can someone bring this to our planes soon?

Source: Travel+Leisure

Apple patent hits at almost-universal integration of mobile payments

Patents sometimes don’t translate to actual products. But they do hint at what’s possible for a company. Tech giant Apple looks to be expanding its peer-to-peer mobile payment system beyond iMessage. A recently filed patent application by the company suggests they are looking to integrate the mobile payment system into other iOS services such as a phone call, an email, and even calendar events. This means, if Apple intends to develop this, you can use your iPhone and its many apps and services to easily make payments. Now, that is convenient.

Source: Quartz