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Come talk ‘Neuromancer’ with the Verge Book Club! – Verge Forums

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Watch live: Oculus Rift inventor and CliffyB talk virtual reality at 7PM ET

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We’ve called the Oculus Rift head-mounted display “the future of virtual reality.” But what does that really mean? Perhaps you’d like to hear the answer, live on the air, from a panel of gaming luminaries. At 4PM PT today, you can join renowned game developers Chris Roberts (Wing Commander), Cliff Bleszinski (Gears of War), Paul Bettner (Words with Friends), and the inventor of the Oculus Rift himself, for a live conversation streaming to you direct from the SXSW Interactive festival in Austin, Texas.

Check back here at 4PM PT (7PM ET) to hear their thoughts on all things VR.

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Disrupt Darlings GTar Talk About What Happens After You Be successful On Stage, Raise $ 350K, And Have To Ship Product

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Last May, Occurrence Tech launched the gTar, a guitar with genuine strings that connected to a smartphone for some outstanding sound processing. In the last few months, the creator, Idan Beck and his group have been active preparing the 800 guitars he pre-sold on Kickstarter for shipment. Theirs is a tale of imagination, cool, and the next generation in music modern technology. I spoke with Idan briefly about his Disrupt experience and how it felt to go from absolutely no to shipping in less than a year.

TC: So exactly how have things been going since Disrupt?

Idan: Things have been extremely active and working out! Soon after disrupt we shifted our primary focus on getting the gTar into automation out in China. While we had actually currently been going out there for virtually a year at that point, we spent the next 6 months hammering out every issue imaginable in manufacturing and finding out about the amount of enters making a thousand of something.

Now we’re beginning to get units out of China in sets and satisfy them out to our amazingly supportive and patient Kickstarter backers. As an outcome of the last 6 months the product has really improved as well, with the end outcome and build quality far exceeding our assumptions, because as a result of manufacturing we had to make certain changes to the design and architecture of the product, enabling us to make some significant renovations to the innovation, along with the direct capacity to update the item in the future through iPhone provided updates in addition to hardware upgrades that our consumers could install themselves.

TC: Tell us about the gTar prior to and after Disrupt. What did you think would occur before you got on stage?

Idan: Before Disrupt the gTar was still a fairly secret job being worked on in a closet-sized office in the flatland of Santa Clara. Before that I had actually originally started building the item in my garage in Cupertino and after that we were bouncing around for a while (even working for a month approximately on an Icelandic ferryboat docked in the SF bay), but once we knew we were going to Interrupt every little thing sort of got authorities. Driven by the pressure to obtain things right, our group pulled together an actually expert looking video and discussion in a matter of weeks while preparing for what we felt was visiting be a make it or break it point for the product.

TC: Were you frightened? Delighted? How does it feel to launch on phase?

Idan: It’s absolutely exciting and virtually foreboding to obtain up on the phase, especially thinking about that you have such a brief amount of time and it’s not actually feasible to leave much to chance. You’re in some way packing 3 years of work into such a short little minute, and hope that people understand implicitly what had to go on under the hood to make all that happen.

It definitely has this type of epic feel to it and we were certainly nervous as all hell. We alloted every waking minute practicing and rehearsing every word and sentence we were going to say. Likewise, our reliance on our early phase prototype hardware was always something we were bothered with. For example, the night prior to our presentation, Josh had to run out to get a Dremel tool that he in some way managed to discover at the just open hardware shop in Manhattan, so that I could possibly make some internal tweaks for us to re-route some wires with the prototype to stay clear of any potential battery issues or audio problems that may turn up on stage.

That prototype is in a case now, and we’re planning to hang it up as a piece of art. It was significantly a super early prototype (and the only fully useful gTar in existence at that point) and we quickly had taken apart and reassembled it at least 10-20 times over those few days. In fact, we did it so much that we were messing up the screws holding on the choice guard and by the last day we just had 3 left!

TC: How numerous did you pre-sell that day?

Idan: We introduced the task around 2PM or something and we struck our $ 100K Kickstarter objective in simply over 11 hours so by the end of the day we had pre-sold north of 200 gTars. The project ended up raising over $ 350k with about 850 individuals pledging to obtain a gTar.

TC: Why didn ’ t you play any really smoking hot-reggae jams on phase? Like “ Stir It Up? ”

To be sincere I think we could have picked a better set of tracks for our demos, however we were also playing it a little safe too because we wanted to pick a tune that I can play well adequate knowing that I ‘d most likely freeze up on phase. I think you could probably see my leg shaking if you look thoroughly enough in the video of the first discussion. We in fact got a great deal of feedback on that demo, so for the second discussion we did change up the tunes around, which absolutely was a great move.

TC: Exactly what ’ s next for gTar? Another version?

Idan: We’re still striving to get a gTar into the hands of everybody that backed us on Kickstarter, and are making strong progress and getting some excellent positive preliminary feedback. We’re excitedly waiting for another large delivery that’s on its means and on the ocean as we speak. We’ll be putting some serious effort into an Android dock and app, in addition to Web web browser based compatibility. We have actually done some light concepts of how various other instruments would work within our platform, however are mainly concentrated on the gTar for the minute.

We’re striving to continuously make the gTar a better item, and as an outcome of some the design changes that entered result during production, the units we are sending today will likewise have the capacity to take advantage of those improvements as we roll them out. This consists of continued renovation to our own app, such as a deeper exploration and development of the social facets of the item.

A few weeks ago we introduced an on-line shop that is currently generating pre-orders for the spring, and we’re developing retail circulation stations for the summertime and vacation periods. We ’ re also wanting to broaden our team over the next year also!

TC: If Disrupt were an EBay account, exactly what would you write in the testimonial?

Idan: I would think that the comparison is a lot more compared to a summer fling. It’s a brief, extreme, and immensely gratifying experience that winds up remarkably thrilling for everyone involved. At the end you may not wind up being first, but the experience will change you for the much better.



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Pluto moon names to be selected by public voting, we talk to astronomer Mark Showalter

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P4 and P5 aren’t the sorts of names that impart the manner of excitement space exploration companies and organizations are looking to inspire in the next generation of enthusiasts (nor the customers, philanthropists and tax payers destined to fund those explorations). The SETI Institute, a private non-profit, best known for its ties to the eponymous search for extraterrestrial intelligence in the universe, is looking to add a little bit of audience participation to the act of naming Pluto’s newly discovered moons, which sport those rather uninspired alphanumeric designations.

Beginning today, SETI will open up an online contest to name the moons, both of which were discovered via the Hubble Telescope fairly recently. As with the rest of the dwarf planet’s moons, the organization’s asking that the names be associated with Hades (the underworld), with ties to Greek or Roman mythology. SETI will pre-select candidates and is also allowing for write-in candidates (though it’s retaining editorial discretion here, so, for better or worse, we’re not likely to see a Baba Booey moon in the near future).

On a recent trip to the Bay Area, we had the opportunity to speak to Mark Showalter, the senior research scientist at the organization’s Carl Sagan Center, an astronomer who played a key role in the discovery of the celestial bodies. You can check out that interview just after the break, before heading off to vote. Showalter is also co-hosting a Google+ Hangout with astronomer Hal Weaver today at 2PM ET.

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Hardware Hackers, Unite: TechCrunch Is Headed To CES And We Want To Talk To You

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As you ’ ll recall, every year TechCrunch rolls out to Las Vegas for a CES livestream to beat all others. This year, in addition to our common CE coverage, we ’ d enjoy to obtain tons of hardware start-ups on phase with us at the Las Vegas Convention center where we ’ ll be holding giveaways, live podcasts, and tons of interviews with developers, builders, hackers, and CEOs.

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Want to join us? Pop over here and submit your information and we ’ ll pencil you in. Do you need to be a startup? No, however it assists.

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If you ’ d like to sponsor part of the occasion please email sponsors@techcrunch.com. Otherwise, contact me at john@techcrunch.com if you have any type of questions. Please place “ CES BOOTH ” in the subject line.

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We ’ re anticipating covering CES the TechCrunch way by concentrating on the little men attempting to make it in a massive market and the cool things concealed behind the scenes. Help us make this CES our finest yet.

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Hardware Hackers, Unite: TechCrunch Is Headed To CES And We Want To Talk To You

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As you’ll recall, every year TechCrunch rolls out to Las Vegas for a CES livestream to beat all others. This year, in addition to our standard CE coverage, we’d love to get loads of hardware startups on stage with us at the Las Vegas Convention center where we’ll be holding giveaways, live podcasts, and loads of interviews with developers, builders, hackers, and CEOs.

Want to join us? Pop over here and submit your information and we’ll pencil you in. Do you have to be a startup? No, but it helps.

If you’d like to sponsor part of the event please email sponsors@techcrunch.com. Otherwise, contact me at john@techcrunch.com if you have any questions. Please put “CES BOOTH” in the subject line.

We’re looking forward to covering CES the TechCrunch way by focusing on the little guys trying to make it in a huge market and the cool stuff hidden behind the scenes. Help us make this CES our best yet.

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Tech Talk: Nokia Lumia 810 (T-Mobile)

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My testimonial for the Nokia Lumia 810 for T-Mobile. This mobile phone is a Windows Phone 8, and comes with a 4.3″ OLED display, 1.5 GHz CPU, 8MP rear camera, and more. Send me remarks and recommendations to @ ShannonAla13. Thanks for seeing!
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Sean Parker and Lars Ulrich talk Napster vs. Metallica, hug it out with Spotify

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One of today’s many, many Spotify statements was that fabulous thrashers Metallica would be coming to the streaming solution. As component of the announcement CEO Daniel Ek brought out the bands infamously outspoken drummer Lars Ulrich and Spotify board participant Sean Parker who, as you could bear in mind, had a hand in founding Napster. While there was some broad discussion about the direction of the new music sector and the future of songs consumption, a large portion of the half hour-long discussion focused on the common history of the two and the legal in between the lead-in file sharing service and the band. The 2 were surprisingly cordial, if slightly uneasy looking, and dug deep into the information of exactly what both called a “street battle” in between the parties. Ultimately, both confessed that things got blown out of percentage and rose unnecessarily. However there additionally appeared to be some admission by Lars that there was an element of Luddism to his band’s response. To see the whole, exceptionally interesting discussion, check out the video after the break.

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AT&T announces new flat rate global talk and text plans, offers options for weary travelers

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A few months back AT&T made some changes to its international data plans and today old Ma Bell is at it again. The carrier’s new text and call packages will take effect on November 16th and will offer flat rate pricing to globetrotters who often find themselves abroad. AT&T’s Europe Travel plan offers minutes in increments of 30, 80 and 200 respectively priced at $ 30, $ 60 and $ 120 per month, with an overage rate of $ 1 per minute. For customers traveling elsewhere, the company’s new Rest of World Travel setup features buckets of 15, 40 and 100 minutes of talk time also priced at $ 30, $ 60 and $ 120 a month, with an overage charge of $ 2 per additional minute. As for those who’d rather text than talk, AT&T’s newest Global Messaging plan serves up 600 text, video and picture messages for $ 60 per month in over 120 countries. Finally, customers who have 300MB or 800MB international data add-ons will be able to use AT&T’s WiFi International app to access up to 1GB of free WiFi data each month. Now take a breath and let all of that info marinate. Got it? Good. So, if you’re a frequent flyer trying to save some won, euros or rupees, or whatever — then be sure to check out the press release for a complete list of countries covered under these new plans.

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Watch this: Josh and Jimmy Fallon talk Surface, Lumia, Nexus 4, Nexus 10, iPad mini and maxi

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In perhaps his most gadget-filled appearance yet, our own Joshua Topolsky was on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon last night. Check out Josh and Jimmy discussing the Lumia 920 and Surface; the new Nexus devices; and the fourth-generation iPad and iPad mini. How long does it take for Josh’s spot to descend into innuendo? Watch the video to find out.

For an in-depth look at all of the products Josh took to Late Night, you can click through to our reviews for each underneath this article.

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