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I wonder if support will be limited to Google Play, or whether the framework can be used to run third-party apps such as F-Droid.

In the latest Android N preview, it's been renamed to simply "Screen saver".

Source: http://www.anandtech.com/show/10304/nvidia-announces-the-gef...

AFAICT, PassMark's GPU benchmarks are most often used simply because it's usually the first Google result for "video card benchmark".

- Pascal: codename for Nvidia's latest microarchitecture, used in the new GeForce 10-series announced today. (AMD counterpart is "Polaris".)

- GeForce: Nvidia's consumer graphics card brand. (AMD equivalent is "Radeon".)

- GTX: label for GeForce graphics cards meant for gaming and other demanding tasks (see AMD Radeon "R9").

- Titan: special name for super high-end GeForce graphics cards. (For AMD, see "Fury".)

You might also encounter Nvidia Quadro graphics cards (comparable to AMD FirePro), which are meant for professional workstations, and Nvidia Tesla graphics cards, which target high performance computing.

> There will be two versions of the card, the base/MSRP card at $599, and then a more expensive Founders Edition card at $699. At the base level this is a slight price increase over the GTX 980, which launched at $549. Information on the differences between these versions is limited, but based on NVIDIA’s press release it would appear that only the Founders Edition card will ship with NVIDIA’s full reference design, cooler and all. Meanwhile the base cards will feature custom designs from NVIDIA’s partners. NVIDIA’s press release was also very careful to only attach the May 27th launch date to the Founders Edition cards.

Source: http://www.anandtech.com/show/10304/nvidia-announces-the-gef...

> Can’t we use some other medium with more space?

> The conditions in space prove hostile to many data mediums. Traditional CDs or DVDs would be destroyed in space, because they are composed of layers and would come undone. It’s different with a medium made of ceramics. Also, you have to consider the dimensions and weight of your medium. The ceramic disc is light enough and resilient.

I'm guessing microSD cards are not radiation hardened.

Intel's next generation, Kaby Lake, should have full support. Most new mobile SoCs already support VP9, IIRC.

Perhaps they're better off not doing so, if it loses viewership, but that's the content producer's choice to make.

That's the situation, I think. Someone, perhaps OSVR since they have Valve's cooperation or maybe Valve themselves, will eventually take the next step.

But the point is that OpenVR has no ties to Steam, only Steam's implementation of it does. The fact that SteamVR is currently the only implementation is not a minor detail, but unlike the situation with the Oculus SDK there is a viable path forward for open source VR with OpenVR.

It's sort of like OpenGL if Mesa didn't exist yet: you wouldn't say the situation is no better than with DirectX.

See for example: http://www.roadtovr.com/making-valves-openvr-truly-inclusive...

The article may be a bit dated, since it was written July 2015, but I'm not sure anyone has written a more up-to-date summary.

Currently Steam is the only game store that supports the HTC Vive, but as Valve co-founder Gabe Newell has said: https://reddit.com/491hu4

And the leaked HTC Viveport demonstrates: https://www.vrfocus.com/2016/01/htc-viveport-store-is-option...

There is nothing stopping other stores from selling games for the HTC Vive.

As for OpenVR (or SteamVR, Valve's implementation of it), I'm not sure it makes sense to ask whether the Vive is tied to it. Is your graphics card "tied" to your graphics driver or its OpenGL implementation?

The current situation, as MrRadar said, is that games can support OpenVR and headsets can adopt OpenVR without seeking anyone's permission. Compare that to the situation with the other leading VR headset and make of it what you will.

and YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/bluesoniccomputers

Their all-in-one desktops have integrated batteries. Useful when the power grid is unreliable, I guess.

But what would you take from Google Wallet? The physical debit card? The payment service? Unless you're opening a bank, I'm not sure how useful any of that would be.

The dedicated Google Voice app has withered, but Google seems to be integrating the service into their other projects.

Money will be taken directly from the sender's debit card or checking account, and the recipient can deposit it in their checking account. The only features going away are the physical Wallet card and the ability to add to your Wallet balance.

According to /u/GraemeStanding, who appears to work on Android Pay (which is basically the old NFC payment portion of Google Wallet, split off and rebranded): https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/4crogp/just_got_an...

The fact that DeepMind accomplished this feat, period, is what's most important. The fact that it runs on Google Cloud Platform, not custom-built hardware (à la Deep Blue), is almost as important. When it inevitably shrinks down, that would be icing on the cake.

It still uses a lot of hardware, but not hardware built for the sole purpose of playing Go.

http://wdlabs.wd.com/products/wd-pidrive-314gb/

> Sold in US, UK, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cypress, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia,Slovenia, Sweden.

Try the link on that page, instead of Ars Technica's link to the US store: http://store.wdc.com/promo/97047600

My opinions haven't changed, but I'm a little more wary of the rhetoric being thrown around.

Thunderbolt 3 external GPU enclosures are still rare, but products such as the Razer Core are on the way and should work with any laptop that supports Thunderbolt 3, of which there are a growing number.

There should be nothing stopping AMD from supporting eGPU enclosures via Thunderbolt 3. I'm honestly perplexed why they think we need yet another competing standard.