Occipital launches low-cost AR/VR tracking platform for all-in-one headsets

Some of the most annoying parts of today’s virtual reality hardware are all the wires and the sensors needed to accurately track the headset. With all-in-ones, all of that hardware has to find its way into the headset and track your location in a low-power way.

Today, Occipital is showing off a tracking platform optimized for all-in-one headsets that will allow users to traverse spaces without external sensors using low-cost integrated cameras and IMUs.

With this effort, the company is aiming to achieve SteamVR-level accuracy — currently the gold-standard in VR tracking — to inside-out system using the technologies its spent nearly the past decade working on.

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Cedars-Sinai signs 3-year deal with Noteworth for on-demand patient-generated health data

Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles has partnered with Noteworth, a startup from the second cohort of its accelerator, to give physicians in several hospital departments new tools to monitor the health of their patients at home. The deal is a three-year engagement.

Noteworth offers a novel platform for on-demand patient-generated health data. With the system, a physician can order PGHD for a patient from inside the electronic health record, and can select from a menu of vital signs such as blood pressure, blood glucose level and weight, as well as behavioral metrics like medication adherence, mood and activity. Once the provider selects the information he or she wants, Noteworth pulls together a collection of FDA-cleared connected device and delivers it to the patient’s door, along with onboarding support and use training. Data from those devices than shows up in the EHR. 

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WHEN INSTANT MEANS MORE THAN JUST CONVENIENCE

Over the last few years, technology has enabled the instant – or near instant – delivery of various consumer goods and services.  Download an app and in minutes you can have a taxi waiting outside your house, your favorite meal delivered, or your laundry washed.  A substantial amount of consumer facing technology has in fact been dedicated to providing an opportunity for consumers to pay a premium for instant convenience.

But there is a whole segment of the American population that does not have the same opportunity to experience those conveniences.  They are on the other side of technology – driving the taxis that are hailed, delivering the food that is ordered, washing the clothes that are sent out.  These people are worried about putting food on the table, not the speed with which it is delivered.

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18 comic book movies in development you might not know about (pssst, 6 are from BOOM! Studios)

Earlier this month, it was announced that Invincible, Robert Kirkman's seminal superhero series with artist Cory Walker, is coming to the big screen. Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg are writing, directing and producing the adaptation, having seen success bringing Preacher to the small screen for AMC.

But that's far from the only creator-owned title, from Image Comics or otherwise, that's currently in development for the big screen. Some are farther along than others, some are more likely to actually make it than others, but these are the eighteen (yes, 18!) other comic book movies in various stages of development from Image, Valiant and BOOM! Studios.

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DailyPay to provide instant wage solution for franchise residential cleaner

Fintech firm DailyPay has signed a deal with national franchise residential cleaning company The Maids to provide the latter’s employees with instant wage payment.

It is hoped the service will reduce employee turnover due to financial stress associated with waiting for the next check along with employer turnover costs which can reach $4,000 per employee.

“When employees achieve financial security at a job, they stay longer,” DailyPay CEO Jason Lee said.

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