Stephen Black

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If your internet connection isn’t fast enough, your stream will buffer or downgrade to a lower resolution. Some services use aggressive compression, too, so a well-encoded 1080p stream looks better than a heavily compressed 4K one.

"Once you have a good VR / AR system you no longer need phones or TVs or any other major physical objects - They can just become apps in a digital store."

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AR is still a relatively new software and concept. Things are changing all the time. Sometimes a simple update to your software or Unity Packages can make a big difference. For example, in the few months we have been working on this project there has been the addition of AR Occlusion. The occlusion feature adjusts the AR scene to recognize and... See more

Aging societies and population decline have been on the rise globally, but in Japan, the situation has exasperated tenfold. A staggering 36.21 million people, or 28.9% of the populace, are 65 and over. Further, 74.6% of Japan’s 1,747 cities are categorized as shrinking, with urban policies struggling to keep up with the decline.