Category: Culture

Google Arts & Culture app lets you view ancient creatures in AR

Post author By Randall
Post date August 25, 2020
Categories In Ar, Art, Augmented Reality, Culture, Google, natural history museum, News, state darwin museum, Tech, tomorrow

[ad_1] Google has spent years developing 3D models that you can view and manipulate in the real world using smartphone-based AR. Tigers, velociraptors, Iron Man and even Childish Gambino — I’ve enjoyed summoning them all from the comfort of my living room. A Cambropachycope, though? Thanks but no thanks. Google’s latest AR offering is an […]

Pinterest employees are staging a walkout following discrimination allegations

Post author By Randall
Post date August 14, 2020
Categories In business, Culture, gear, gender discrimination, lawsuit, News, pinterest, policies, Tech, walkout

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‘Ghost in the Shell’ (the good one) arrives in 4K on September 8th

Post author By Randall
Post date July 29, 2020
Categories In 4k ultra hd, anime, Art, av, Culture, dolby atmos, dolby vision, Entertainment, ghost in the shell, News, Tech

[ad_1] Just in time for its 25th anniversary, Ghost in the Shell is getting a 4K Ultra HD rerelease. On September 8th, you’ll be able to buy Mamoru Oshii’s landmark film in a beautiful collection that will let you watch the 1995 feature across multiple formats. Lionsgate has remastered both the original Japanese and English […]

Google’s latest VR app lets you gaze at prehistoric paintings

Post author By Randall
Post date February 27, 2020
Categories In Ar, Art, Augmented Reality, chauvet cave, Culture, education, Entertainment, Google, google arts and culture, history, Tech, tomorrow, Virtual Reality, vr

[ad_1] Chauvet: Meet the Ancestors contains 54 curated exhibits with over 350 digitized assets. These include 3D models of the iconic The Horses Fresco painting and a bear skull that was left behind by some of the cave’s inhabitants. In addition, Google has created a 10-minute VR experience called Chauvet: The Dawn of Art for […]

Google staff share claims of company retaliation in town hall meeting

Post author By Randall
Post date April 27, 2019
Categories In business, Culture, demotion, gear, Google, google walkout, protest, retaliation, Tech, town hall, walkout

[ad_1] Stapleton and Whittaker started the outcry after explaining their own accusations. Stapleton said she was going to be demoted from her marketing role at YouTube and was asked to take a medical leave she didn’t need, saving her position only after she retained a lawyer. She added in email that the “environment remains hostile.” […]

Google makes it easier for employees to report harassment

Post author By Randall
Post date April 25, 2019
Categories In business, Culture, discrimination, gear, Google, google walkout, googlewalkout, harassment, misconduct, organizers, policy, protest, sexual harassment, sexualharassment, Tech, walkout

[ad_1] She said the new site will provide employees with a simpler, clearer way for them to raise concerns. It’s setting up a similar site for its vendors and temporary workforce, which should be ready in June. Following a four-month trial period, the company is expanding its Support Person Program, which allows employees to bring […]

Google Walkout leaders accuse company of retaliation culture

Post author By Randall
Post date April 22, 2019
Categories In business, Culture, demotion, gear, Google, organizers, protest, punishment, retaliation, Tech, town hall, walkout

[ad_1] As Wired reports, Stapleton got news of her demotion just months after the protest. When she brought the issue to human resources, the environment reportedly became increasingly hostile. But when she hired a lawyer, her demotion was reversed. In April, Google disbanded its AI ethics board and told Whittaker that in order to stay […]