Google Alert – (augmented or virtual) and reality
Google Alert – (augmented or virtual) and reality
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<p>The holidays are fast approaching and a new eyeshadow or a special lipstick as a gift or treat to yourself can make a small but substantial difference. However, COVID eliminates the chances of trying the products directly and this makes finding the right shade a difficult task even for the most experienced. This is where help comes in from ModiFace technology, thanks to the collaboration between Google and L’Oreal.</p>
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<p>Using the Google app, when searching for a make-up product, the “Test Makeup Online” suggestion appears. By clicking on it you access the L’Oreal virtual test section, where you can find products by categories. Some of the categories are eye-liner, eye pencil, brow, eyeshadow, mascara, foundation, concealer, highlighter, blush, primer, lip tint, lipstick, and lip pencil.</p>
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<p>Other beauty brands are also available for Google virtual makeup testing such as MAC, Black Opal, and Charlotte Tilbury. Several features have been launched this week in the United States to improve the shopping experience, and as is often the case, they should soon roll out in other parts of the world.</p>
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<p>While some brands had already anticipated this transformation long before the pandemic, others are now accelerating the pace to offer this innovative service to their users. And it doesn’t stop there; you can also get product suggestions. By browsing Google Shopping, for example, you can find tips and recommendations from enthusiasts and experts in various fields, such as fashion and beauty. These first tools should quickly give way to a complete overhaul of services dedicated to online cosmetics shopping in the coming years—perhaps even months.</p>
<p><span>Photo credit: Instagram | Lorealparis</span></p>
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<figcaption>Image: Kross Studio</figcaption></figure><p>From Switzerland’s Kross Studio comes this awesome 1989 Batmobile clock. This isn’t some cheap-ass digital LED, plastic clock. This thing is a black aluminum composite with an aeronautical grade scratch protection coating. It features manual-winding mechanical movement and hours and minutes displayed by two cylinders with a vertical regulator. Hundreds of parts comprise this amazing piece of time-telling art.</p><p>There are only 100 of these available worldwide and if I’m counting correctly, only eight left. It’s also $29,900. That’s a hell of a holiday gift, but beats a Lexus in the driveway.</p><figure class=”wp-block-image size-large”><picture loading=”lazy” class=”wp-image-137742″>
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<figcaption>Screenshot: Just scream</figcaption></figure><p>It’s been a hell of a year, hasn’t it? COVID-19, a treasonous President, probably some other stuff, massive unemployment, some other stuff, bad stuff, stress, and so on. Sometimes you just want to scream. Thankfully, someone out there is thinking of your need to just scream into a voicemail box, and listen to the screams of others if you are so inclined. That’s the purpose of Just Scream, a project from Icelandic artist Chris Gollmar.</p><p>It’s simple. Just call 561-567-8431, wait for the beep, and scream and yell until your pancreas bursts. The screams are shared, so that’s kind of cathartic. Gollmar doesn’t save your number and isn’t trying to sell anything. He just wanted to give people a place to scream and hear the camaraderie of others’ screams. It’s okay to let it all out into a voicemail box, because it sure beats screaming at your family, strangers, or the dog. Don’t scream at the dog.</p><figure class=”wp-block-image size-large”><picture loading=”lazy” class=”wp-image-137743″>
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<figcaption>Image: Oreo</figcaption></figure><p>Certainly not whack tech, or tech at all, but special edition Oreos are always appealing. Even if they all taste the same. Fight me. Different colored sugar is still sugar.</p><figure class=”wp-block-image size-large”><picture loading=”lazy” class=”wp-image-137744″>
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<figcaption>Image: Geekey</figcaption></figure><p>By the time this is published, this multi-tool won’t be on sale for $16.99 anymore, but <a href=”https://www.reshline.com/products/24-in-1-key-shaped-pocket-tool?variant=37687957127319″>at its regular price of $33.99</a>, it’s still worth it. The Sank 24-in-1 from Reshline is a well-designed multi-tool in the shape of a key. It’s TSA-compliant and is somehow packed with over 16 functions, including serrated edge, scoring tip, bike spoke wrench, bottle opener, protractor, 1/4-inch bit driver, metric rule, 1/4-inch open wrench, wire bender, wire stripper, imperial closed wrench (1/8, 3/16, 1/4, 5/16, 3/8, 7/16), metric closed wrench (M8, M6, M5, M4, M3.5, M2), lanyard hole, smoking bowl & pipe (for Kevin), file, imperial ruler, can opener, and screwdriver (slotted, Phillips & square).</p><p>This thing is the smallest, high-function multi-tool in existence. Probably. It’s high-quality stainless steel, rust-proof, and resistant to corrosion and water. You need one of these on every keychain. The best part about this thing is I came across it when served an Instagram ad, something that is rarely relevant to my needs. But I have a penchant for multi-tools, as you never know when you might need one, and we’re not allowed to smoke bowls or carry knives on planes anymore.</p><hr class=”wp-block-separator”><p>It’s been a wild year of what we consider “whack tech,” but there have been <a href=”https://knowtechie.com/tag/whack-tech”>some gems throughout the year</a>. I’d list them here, but that would negate you going back and reading through all the goodness. Technology has come a long way since the basic necessities of our youth (unless your youth is now, in which case congrats, you’ve made it).</p><p>Now we have products and services for just about anything you can fathom, with varying degrees of usefulness. So whatever you may consider “whack”, just know that someone, somewhere really freaking needs that thing. See you next year.</p><p><em>What do you think? What is some of the most whack tech you’ve seen in 2020? Let us know down below in the comments or carry the discussion over to our <a href=”https://twitter.com/knowtechie”>Twitter</a> or <a href=”https://facebook.com/knowtechie”>Facebook</a>.</em></p><h4 id=”h-editors-recommendations”>Editors’ Recommendations:</h4><div class=”mvp-org-wrap” itemprop=”publisher” itemscope itemtype=”https://schema.org/Organization”><div class=”mvp-org-logo” itemprop=”logo” itemscope itemtype=”https://schema.org/ImageObject”> <img src=”https://mk0knowtechie1qof48y.kinstacdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/logo-pixlr-1.png”><meta itemprop=”url” content=”https://mk0knowtechie1qof48y.kinstacdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/logo-pixlr-1.png”></div><meta itemprop=”name” content=”KnowTechie”></div><p><strong><a href=”https://blockads.fivefilters.org”></a></strong> <a href=”https://blockads.fivefilters.org/acceptable.html”>(Why?)</a></p>
<p>“When you’re in virtual reality, you can create freely, try different forms and shapes, experiment and try several options,” Vincenzi said.</p>
<p>The professor and her students used the <a href=”https://vr.illinois.edu/citls-innovation-studio-and-vr-lab/”>Virtual Reality Lab and Innovation Studio</a> operated by the <a href=”https://citl.illinois.edu/”>Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning</a>. The spaces are part of <a href=”https://vr.illinois.edu/”>VR@Illinois</a>, a partnership between CITL, the <a href=”https://www.library.illinois.edu/”>University Library</a> and <a href=”https://techservices.illinois.edu/”>Technology Services</a> to support virtual, augmented and extended reality teaching and research. VR@Illinois also includes the <a href=”https://vr.illinois.edu/media-commons/”>Media Commons</a> in the Undergraduate Library and the <a href=”https://vr.illinois.edu/idea-lab/”>IDEA Lab</a> in the Grainger Engineering Library.</p>
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<p>A student uses the tools in the virtual reality program Google Tilt Brush to create a dress design.</p>
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<p>Vincenzi used the Media Commons to create a tutorial showing students the virtual reality world of Tilt Brush before they began using it in the lab. Their time in the lab was limited because of COVID-19 restrictions; the class met twice in small groups, with one session to experiment with Tilt Brush and a second session to complete the dress designs.</p>
<p>Vincenzi said the VR program makes the design process more flexible and spontaneous, and allows users to see their creations in different dimensions.</p>
<p>“It’s very suitable for the first stage of ideation of a fashion garment. Students can go around the mannequin and explore shape, colors, texture and different silhouettes,” she said. “I’ve sometimes seen students who came to the virtual reality lab with sketches and then when they are in virtual reality, they start with that idea and they end up with something very different.”</p>
<p>Using a VR program is challenging at first for students who are accustomed to traditional tools and cannot achieve the same result with Tilt Brush as they can with pencils, Vincenzi said.</p>
<p>Mia Balice, a junior studying communication and minoring in art and Spanish, said she took the class because she likes drawing dresses. She had never used virtual reality before.</p>
<p>“It was hard trying to get the right material for the dress. There were a bunch of different brushes you could use, but some wouldn’t form together, and sometimes the brush wouldn’t touch the mannequin and the dress would be kind of floating off of it a little,” Balice said. “There were some really fun ones, like glitter brushes and sparkle brushes. The biggest challenge was finding something that would look the most like a dress.”</p>
<p>Balice said being able to see all sides of the dress on the mannequin made it feel more real, and it was fun to experiment with the program.</p>
<p>“If you don’t like what you have, with the click of a button, you can erase everything or delete one section,” she said. “It was a very cool experience.”</p>
<p>Since the spaces opened three years ago, they have drawn interest from faculty members across campus who see the potential for experiential learning for their students, said Jim Wentworth, the associate director for education innovation at CITL and the director of the Virtual Reality Lab and Innovation Space. While the most common uses of the Virtual Reality Lab involve passive viewing of a virtual environment, some professors program their own 360-degree environments to suit very specific needs. Vincenzi is the first professor to use a commercially available, free program that allows students to create in a virtual reality environment, Wentworth said.</p>
<p>She also used a program called <a href=”https://komodo-dev.library.illinois.edu/about”>Komodo</a>, being developed at the IDEA Lab, that allows users to import existing 3D content and view it in virtual reality. The program enabled Vincenzi and her students to view and critique their designs in the same virtual reality room.</p>
<p>Vincenzi hopes to expand the use of virtual reality in her classes.</p>
<p>“Especially in this moment with COVID-19, designers are trying different ways to propose collections because people can’t meet for fashion shows. It’s an interesting way right now to make a virtual reality fashion show,” she said.</p>
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