Episode 85 - Google Pixels Oculus
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Welcome to episode 85 of Geek Bytes Podcast.
I’m Ramon Mejia……I’m Edgar Acosta
Every podcast we bring you the roundup of the week’s best Geek and Tech news, then we discuss that news and anything else we’re interested in that week.
In Geek News this week, we'll talk about Google’s Phone, Oculus announcements, Wolverine 3 and Blade Runner titles and much much more..
Now let’s Begin our show with Geek News
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Geek News
We begin with…
Google Announced new Phone and stuff
5-inch Pixel and 5.5-inch Pixel XL OLED phones have Google Assistant (A.I.) built in accessible by long pressing the home button or speaking a keyword.
-Played up camera as best ever rated by DxOMark
- 32 or 128 GB, USB-C, 3.5 mm headphone jack, 4GB RAM
- Free unlimited photo and video storage, 24/7 live customer support
- Quite Black, Very Silver, Really Blue
- Exclusive to Verizon or unlocked Project Fi
- $649 or $27.04 a month up to $869 $36.21 a month- Preorder today in US, Australia, Canada, UK.
Daydream View (Like Gear VR)
- Fabric headset with wireless remote
- NFC connection to Pixel phone
- slate at launch, snow and crimson later
- Daydream View and the controller will go on sale in November for $79.
Google Home - Built in Google Assistant which plays music, control devices, find info
Google WiFi
- Modular wifi coverage
- Network assist automatically adjusts signal
- App lets you manage wifi access of users
- Preorder in November ship early December $129 and 3 pack for $299
Chromecast Ultra
- 4k, HDR and Dolby Vision
- Google Play Movies adding 4K in November
- ethernet port in the power adapter
- $69 in November
Oculus Connect Announcements
This week Oculus had their yearly press event and they had some interesting announcements.
Oculus is developing a prototype of a standalone VR headset like Gear VR. https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/06/zuckerberg-teases-a-prototype-standalone-oculus-vr-headset/?ncid=rss
Oculus will sell earphones designed for VR for $49 shipping later this year.
Oculus touch controllers available for preorder October 10 for $199 shipping December 6th bundled with an extra sensor and the games VR Sports Challenge and the Unspoken.
Extra sensors will be available for $79 shipping December 6th, allowing room scale. https://www.engadget.com/2016/10/06/oculus-to-offer-in-ear-earbuds-for-the-rift-headset/
Robot Baby on Board
This week Toyota showed off a new companion robot.
The Kirobo Mini robot mimics a baby by wobbling while seated and speaking with a high-pitched voice.
The robot has a built-in camera that allows it to track people’s faces, as well as their emotions, apparently adjusting the way that it talks to you depending on its mood.
It will be able to grow with its user, learning what they like and dislike.
It will sell for 39,800 yen (US$392) in Japan next year.
http://fortune.com/2016/10/03/toyota-robot-baby-kirobo-mini/
Blade Runner Title
The producers of the Blade Runner sequel announced this week that they’ve finally come up with a title for the movie: Blade Runner 2049 and it is scheduled to arrive in theaters on October 6th, 2017.
http://www.theverge.com/2016/10/6/13187950/blade-runner-2049-title-harrison-ford-ryan-gosling
Wolverine 3 release date
Hugh Jackman has revealed his supposedly final outing as Wolverine will have a bit of an unusual title, Logan and a release date of March 3, 2017. Jackman announced the film’s title on social media, posting a grainy image of a new poster for the film, revealing the Logan name as well as the image of Wolverine holding the hand of a small child.
Jackman also released the 2nd page of the script detailing the first fight scene in the movie. The page definitely shows that the producers want to take the action up a notch now that they’re making a rated R Wolverine movie.
https://io9.gizmodo.com/wolverine-3-solemnly-swears-it-wont-be-a-city-block-des-1787439545
Thor Ragnarok Spoilers
Schmoes Know had the scoop that Ragnarok isn’t a cataclysmic event in this film, it’s the name of the planet that Thor and Hulk find themselves stranded on. Remember those Planet Hulk hints at San Diego Comic-Con? It looks like Thor: Ragnarok is borrowing several plot elements from that classic storyline, as Thor and Hulk have to fight their way out of the space gladiator pits hosted by Jeff Goldblum‘s Grandmaster. That’s also where we’ll meet the new heroine, Valkyrie, and Skurge the Executioner, who may be more sympathetic in this incarnation.
http://nerdist.com/huge-thor-3-spoilers-reveal-details-on-planet-hulk-and-more/
Harry Potter films back in Theaters
Imax and Warner Bros. are teaming up to screen all eight “Harry Potter” films for one week, starting on Oct. 13.
The showings come a month before the Nov. 18 release of the “Potter” spinoff “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.” The event also marks the first time both “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” and “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” — the first two movies in the series — will be shown in Imax theaters.
https://variety.com/2016/film/news/harry-potter-movies-back-in-theaters-imax-1201876273/
Netflix Marvel News
Netflix has announced that Iron Fist will premiere on March 17, 2017.
The Netflix series for Punisher has also started filming, with set shots leaked by JustJared.
Additionally, THE PUNISHER has cast two new roles:
Ebon Moss-Bachrach will star as Micro – a former NSA analyst who builds weapons and tech for Frank Castle.
Amber Rose Revah joins the cast as Dinah Madani, a “highly-trained sophisticated Homeland Security agent who is vexed by the Punisher.”
http://screenrant.com/the-punisher-netflix-filming-set-photos/
That’s it for the show
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For the Geek Bytes Podcast I’m Ramon Mejia and I’m Edgar Acosta. Now Go Geek out about something.
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Music Credits
"Happy Bee", "Movement Proposition", "Theme for Harold (var.3) ", "Take the Lead"
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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