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Geoff Keighley’s annual video game awards show, The Game Awards, will broadcast live from Los Angeles on Thursday, Dec. 12 at 8:30 p.m. ET/5:30 p.m. PT. You can watch this year’s show right here, via YouTube. The Game Awards 2019 will also stream live on Twitch, Mixer, Facebook, Twitter, Steam, and other platforms. This year’s edition of The Game Awards promises new game reveals — “around 10 new games/projects being revealed,” according to Keighley. But there are some known reveals: We’re getting a longer look at Sucker Punch’s PlayStation 4 game Ghost of Tsushima; something new from Epic Games and Fortnite; an unannounced game called Naraka; new trailers for Gears Tactics, Final Fantasy 7 Remake, and Ori and the Will of the Wisps; and more information on Valve’s virtual reality game, Half-Life: Alyx. And, hey, maybe we’ll see something more from the new Dragon Age game that BioWare teased at last year’s Game Awards. The … [Read more...] about Watch The Game Awards 2019 live here

Mind-reading tech helps paralysed patients to communicate A team of neuroscientists has demonstrated that an algorithm could be trained to recognise the mental preparation for the act of writing letters, and that it could be twice as effective as existing technologies. VR and AR Microsoft's HoloLens 2 looks ready to go on sale in September Meltdown averted: How VR headsets are making nuclear power plants safer Space robots remotely controlled in VR Using AR and VR to train surgeons (ZDNet YouTube) Best VR headsets for 2019 (CNET) Virtual reality: A cheat sheet for business pros (TechRepublic) At the Children's Hospital in Colorado, doctors are using virtual reality, rather than general anaesthetics, to help young patients to get through painful procedures. Lenovo said by using VR as a calming distraction, several patients have been able to undergo mild to moderately painful treatments whilst awake, cutting down lengthy recovery times, and reducing the need for … [Read more...] about Doctors are testing the use of VR headsets instead of general anaesthetics for young patients

Cyber-Book is an e-textbook for teaching children (11-16 years old) to program in a playful way using artificial intelligence, virtual and augmented reality. Gamification is the basis of the educational programme, which increases the speed of learning by 30%. Currently, the license agreement for the use of the software is signed by schools from 23 countries: Great Britain, South Africa, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, Belgium, Czech Republic, Brazil, Turkey, Greece, Egypt, Korea, Kuwait, Bangladesh, Morocco, Bulgaria, Vietnam (Hanoi), Indonesia, Malaysia, Mozambique and Serbia. According to the project's press release, “Cyber-Book” will have a digital assistant, Uma. Artificial Intelligence Uma can recognise speech, answer questions, and tell how to find the right information. It will help to reduce the load on teachers by automating the same type of questions from students to teachers. Questions that Uma will not be able to answer will be forwarded to the teacher. … [Read more...] about Schoolchildren From 23 Countries Will Learn How to Program By Playing Games

Reality TV star and businesswoman Kim Kardashian West is suing an Alabama doctor over allegations he wrongly used her image to promote a medical procedure called a "Vampire Facial." West filed suit Tuesday in Los Angeles against Dr. Charles Runels of coastal Fairhope, Alabama. The suit claims Runels misused West's image in promotional materials after she posted a photo of herself on social media showing the results of a "Vampire Facial."  West, a reality TV star and successful businesswoman who has a number of beauty and lifestyle enterprises and millions of followers on social media, asked a federal judge to bar Runels from using her name or photo and to make him and any other doctors who benefited pay her profits. Kardashian, with 153 million followers on Instagram, is considered hugely influential in beauty and fashion trends. Runels, 59, said in a telephone interview Wednesday that West wrongly used his trademarked name for a medical procedure to promote herself. He called the … [Read more...] about Kim Kardashian West sues doctor over “Vampire Facial” ads

By Anna Rumer - December 12, 2019 08:51 am EST Share 0 Comments 0 Kim Kardashian is suing Dr. Charles Runels over his use of her name and face to promote a "vampire facial," a cosmetic treatment in which the patients' own blood is micro-needled into their face that she once received on a 2013 episode of Kourtney and Kim Take Miami. PEOPLE obtained court documents Kardashian filed against the Alabama-based doctor and the Cellular Medicine Association that reveal the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star is suing for copyright infringement, infringement of registered mark, false association, violation of the right of publicity and California common law trademark infringement. Kardashian claims Runels has used her name and image in promotional materials, including his website and LinkedIn page. “Upon further investigation, Ms. Kardashian was horrified to discover that her name and likeness were plastered all over Runels’ website,” the documents … [Read more...] about Kim Kardashian Sues Doctor Using Her to Promote ‘Vampire Facials’