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The definition of virtual reality technology comes from both the words 'virtual' and 'reality'. The definition of virtual is 'near' and the definition of reality is whatever we experience as human beings. So basically the term means 'near-reality'. Our sense and perception systems help us see the world as it is and everything we know about reality comes by way of our senses. In other words, you could say that simply a combination of sensory information makes up our entire experience of reality. You can change your perception of reality by presenting made-up information to your senses. By doing so you will create a version of reality that isn't there but from your perspective it is and this concept is called 'virtual reality'.

"Google recently released a video of "Project Glass", its concept of an augmented reality system, triggering a wave of posts asking "Wow, can they really do that?". Followed by a tsunami of shouting "Not even nearly". It is an excellent piece of science-fiction, but in terms of launchable products they might as well have played a clip of Star Trek."

"When asked what my first language is, I often answer, "visual." I think in images, prefer to be taught through images, and like to express what I know through images. I find it disconcerting that as learners progress to the higher grades, there is less use of images and visuals to teach concepts. The power of the use of vision for learning is emphasized by developmental molecular biologist, John Medina, where in his publication, Brain Rules, he states: Vision Trumps All Other Senses We are incredible at remembering pictures. Hear a piece of information, and three days later you'll remember 10% of it. Add a picture and you'll remember 65%. Professionals everywhere need to know about the incredible inefficiency of text-based information and the incredible effects of images (http://www.brainrules.net/vision)."

"Now that we have the I.D.E.A. Studio  (Imagination Destination at Episcopal Academy), a new space at my school for interdisciplinary work, I have been excited to collaborate with teachers to imagine new student projects. Our first grade social studies work is centered around an exploration of places, starting with students' bedrooms and expanding out all the way to the Earth. This exploration begins by reading students the book Me on the Map. From there, students begin following a similar examination of places and maps that the girl in the book explores. Over the past few years, I have developed a variety of projects that integrate technology into this work in meaningful ways, such as the intersections between mapping, coding, and the distance between home and school. This year, I wanted to see if we could bring more hands-on making into the curriculum. I began to design a new unit (check out this Google Doc to see it) that would bring together students' expertise and knowledge of current spaces they frequent (e.g., their bedrooms, the classroom, or the lunchroom) and allow them to consider the design elements involved in creating one of those spaces together as a class. This type of project would integrate ISTE standards, Next Generation Science Standards, reading and writing standards, and connect directly to students' expanding exploration of places from Me on the Map."

"Like everything covering the world by the millions and constantly changing shape, mobile phones are evolving. And the smaller, smarter species have taken over from the clumsy giants of yesteryear. Once upon a time Motorola ruled over a world of giant bricks. Then, Nokia dominated a dumbphone world, a rich carpet of thousands of different charging cables foresting the floor near electrical outlets, blowing away the ancient voiceboxes with texts and LCD screens and lots of other things which we swear sounded modern back then. But in 2012 it's the time of the smartphone, and Samsung have finally wrestled the crown away from the Finnish giant."

It appears that the first place to formally offer up the Galaxy Nexus for sale is Phones4u in the UK, complete with shipping date of November 16th. For those of you who are unaware of the world of Android, this Galaxy Nexus device is Google's next hero device, the one to run their next-level mobile operating system Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. This device was introduced earlier this month in Hong Kong, China to throngs of ravenous online viewers and a room full of publishers snapping their cameras furiously."

Previous version of Microsoft's Surface have existed within the world of tablets, but always been there making up numbers. Not much stood out for the Surface, as it had a tuned down version of Windows (RT.), and the app store didn't compare to that of Apple iOS or Android. What users of tablets have wanted is the ability to be rid of a laptop, to not feel as if what they have in their hands is a toy.

It is very important for any audio, web and video conferencing provider to define values to drive a successful conferencing solution for you. It can be advice, support, amount of functionality you receive with conferencing services and more. At ConferenceShopper we believe that the success of our clients should be built on support, mobility, and collaboration. Whether you have one conferencing bridge, or are a large client of ours we assign a Dedicated Account Manager and a Client Support Manager to ensure timely responses and advices you may need anytime to better your collaboration. We help walk you through the different qualities that particular services have, and help you meet your budget needs. Reach out of us today and proceed your web, audio and video collaboration to the new level of success with us.

We've seen a great deal of changes in the conferencing landscape over the past year. Users have increasingly begun to make calls on their cell phones rather than their desk phones. Contact us and make your conference call more interactive and effective through your cell phone devices. we offer advice to what type of mobile application will best serve your needs. At ConferenceShopper we believe that the success of our clients should be built on support, mobility, and collaboration.

To DVD movie fans, one of the routines they do probably is to make backups of their purchased movie DVDs, and to that target, the most efficient way is to make clones of the original DVDs, how to do it? You need a piece of DVD cloner software, and DVDFab DVD Copy is a prominent one standing out from a sea of similar tools.

Do you often watch DVD movies at home? If you do, then you must own a large array of DVD movies on your shelf. So I guess you must also clone your DVD movies frequently, not to redistribute to make profit, but just for the sake of saving the original DVD discs from being damaged, accidentally or normally. Hence, here raises the question: now that you make backups of your expensive DVD collections, do you know everything about cloning a DVD? Among the essentials, there is one thing you need to pay extra attention to, that's the need of a piece of quality DVD cloner software. DVDFab DVD Copy is a powerful DVD Cloner software which can help you clone your DVDs in a fast and easy manner, with perfect output quality. The tip below tells how:

"Here's some good news for owners of new Android phones, it looks like you're not going to have to worry about another version of the operating system not making it to your phone just yet, as Google is rumoured to have delayed the launch of Jelly Bean, the next version of the platform."

Amazon has successfully opened a huge market for consumer electronics in June 2013, paving way for its own branded tablet Kindle Fire (HD) to gain more market share in the world's largest populated land. How about Google? Google also has its own tablet Nexus 7, which is as excellent as Kindle Fire, both in terms of hardware and software. Its 7 inch HD backlit IPS display with a resolution of 1200*800 and a ppi of 216 seems even superior to Kindle's. It will be at least equally good when you watch HD movies on this screen. There is a way for you to test that, Mac Blu-ray Ripper software is a piece of video converting tool which helps you rip any Blu-ray to Google Nexus 7 compatible video files, and DVDFab Blu-ray Ripper for Mac is such a kind of software tool.

After rumored negotiations with several firms over the past couple of weeks, BlackBerry has agreed to a $1 billion investment deal with Fairfax Holdings Limited and several other investors (called collectively "Purchasers"). As part of the deal, CEO Thosten Heins will be stepping down, as well several members of the Board of Directors.

In this resource, we are going to see the basics of Automation testing and also learn about different types of Test Automation Framework. For any QA Analyst or QC Engineer of Software industry, it is required to have the basic knowledge of the automation framework.

According to reports from trusted sources, thousands of people have lined up outside Apple outlets as the iPhone 4S was introduced October 14, several researchers have estimated Apple may sell millions unit of iPhone 4S by the end of November.

There was once a point in history when advertising consisted of radio, newspaper, and billboard ads. This time, however, quickly came to an end with the invention of computers and the World Wide Web. Nowadays, a company without an online presence and online storage capabilities is basically working in an ancient world relative to its competitors. Unfortunately, even the most advanced technology can fail, and in the modern world, a data disaster can lose a company thousands of dollars in a matter of minutes. This is why it's so essential for a business owner or organizational leader to understand the dangers of data loss.

Blizzard has announced Christmas holiday deals for its world's most accepted World of Warcraft games. According to Blizzard, if you consider $50 for the whole of World of Warcraft during GameStop's Black Friday deal was fine, the company is planning to do something better for you on this festivals season.

There has been a lot of guess work when it comes to the newest version of Android. One of the favorite speculations for the product is what it will be named. We got our answer today, as Google has chosen the surprising title of Android KitKat. This will be the 4.4 version and not 5.0 as everybody expected.

Google is continuously in chatter & it's quite interesting to get knowledge of its revolutionary moves. Recent report blinks up that the web giant revealed that a new plan is to furnish its users with a new experience of web search, which would be similar to 'Star Trek'.