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Microsoft has decreed that its Hololens AR faceputer is “the future of computing.” So you’d think PC makers would be rushing to create something similar. But many tech companies focused on VR, Microsoft’s been alone in its AR pursuits — until now. Rumours suggest Taiwanese company Asus may make a version of Microsoft’s PC future.
According to CNET, Asus is in talks with Microsoft to begin working on its own version of Hololens. Even though Microsoft has yet to release its $US3000 headset (though its coming for developers in early 2016), Asus CEO Jonney Shih confirmed that they’re considering the idea.
If $US3000 sounds like a lot for an experimental technology, then that’s precisely where Asus could offer a lot of help. Asus has primarily been known for making affordable PCs. As Microsoft makes the spec’d out Surface Pro version of Hololens, Asus could be the company to make the head wearable many people can actually afford — at least when it comes to a risky first-generation device.
Of course, this could all just be the beginning of a growing interest in the platform where we could have many choices in what thing we strap to our face — just like PCs as Microsoft predicted.
The future, man. It’s weird. [CNET]
Et tú, Apple?: According to electric motorcycle company Mission Motors, Apple’s aggressive engineer poaching from the startup caused the company to eventually close its doors. Six engineers supposedly left the outfit since last autumn to join Apple, and investors were supposedly worried about the company losing so much talent so quickly. Let’s hope Project Titan is worth it. [Reuters]
The Priv, Exposed: Arguably BlackBerry’s most interesting smartphone in a good while is the Priv, an Android-running slider phone that single-handedly made me care about the Waterloo company again. Even though we have little news regarding launch plans in the U.S., Carphone Warehouse has a full hands-on, which BlackBerry says only confirms Priv availability the U.K. If you been even slightly curious about this frankenphone, take a look below.
OK Google, “Go Away”: “OK, Google” is a phrase you probably heard often, especially if you or your friends brandish an Android smartphone, but the popular voice-activated phrase will actually be disappearing from the desktop Chrome browser. The feature was built into the Chrome browser back in May 2014, but since no one is using it, according to Google, they’re just going to nix the feature entirely. Don’t worry, Chromebooks and smartphones will remain unchanged. [Consumerist]