The skin uses a rubbery plastic less than 3 millimeters thick that’s studded with magnetic particles. The innovation uses artificial intelligence to calibrate the sense of touch. It’s part of a growing number of innovations designed to enhance virtual environments. “VR is the first embodied digital format, which means that the whole body is engaged into believing that the immersive experience is real,” Amir Bozorgzadeh, the CEO of virtual reality company Virtuleap, told Lifewire in an email interview....

Requirements to Use Wi-Fi Hotspots Computers (and other devices) connect to hotspots using their internal Wi-Fi network adapters. Public Wi-Fi hotspots sometimes require paid subscriptions. To sign-up with these hotspots, you’ll provide credit card information online or by phone and choose a service plan. Some service providers offer plans that work at thousands of hotspots throughout the country. Service providers supply the profile information required to access their Wi-Fi hotspots. This information includes:...

Cookies are the primary reason we might be searching for a product on one website, then suddenly see ads for said product on another, and they’re a privacy concern for many. Mozilla addressed this last year by introducing its Total Cookie Protection feature for the Firefox web browser, but it was limited to personal computers. Well, now Android users can take advantage of the same protections as they’ve been added to the Firefox Focus mobile browser, which Mozilla touts as a mobile “companion app....

DirectX is utilized by most Windows-based games and advanced graphics programs, so xapofx1_5.dll errors usually show up only when using these programs, such as the Arma 3, Rise of the Triad, and Dead Island video games. Xapofx1_5.dll Errors There are many ways xapofx1_5.dll errors can show up on your PC. Here are several of the more common specific error messages you might see: Xapofx1_5.DLL Not FoundThe file xapofx1_5.dll is missingFile xapofx1_5....

The Gen 5E is similar to last year’s Gen 5 series, but at a lower price point and a new, smaller 42mm size. The watches still run Google’s Wear OS and now cost $249, a $50 drop from the previous model, but the question remains whether it can compete with the Apple Watch or other watches in the growing smartwatch field. The Gen 5E watches include the same sleep tracking, battery saving, and fitness features that rolled out to the Gen 5 via a software update this summer....

Fujifilm’s new Square Link printer builds off its Instax line with slightly larger photo prints than previous models—roughly 2.4" X 2.4" compared to 2.4" X 1.8". All while continuing to use Fujifilm Instant Colour Film so that your prints have an authentic photograph look and feel. The half-pound, portable printer (4.1" X 5" by 1.5") offers the same 318 dpi resolution and support for .jpeg, .png, .heif, and .dng image formats as other Instax models....

What Is FunimationNow? Funimation is one of the prominent companies within the North American anime distribution scene and has been around since the beginning of the anime boom in 1994. The company is responsible for the domestic release of popular anime series such as Dragon Ball Z and Fairy Tail and produces both English subbed and dubbed versions of properties. The streaming service is available via both a free and paid subscription model and its content can be viewed either from the official Funimation website or via one of the FunimationNow apps....

The new feature aims to help employees complete tasks away from the office more efficiently at a time when remote work is on the increase due to the coronavirus crisis. An update to Glass will allow Google Meet to run on the Glass and enable live chat. But the ability to surveil workers through Glass raises privacy issues, observers say. “One concern is overzealous managers using this technology to over-monitor their employees, which could lead to additional stress in the workplace,” Ottomatias Peura, chief marketing officer of Speechly, a speech recognition software company, said in an email interview....

How Do I Enable Screen Sharing on Google Meet? Under normal circumstances, it’s simple to share your screen through Google Meet. Follow these steps after joining a meeting: Desktop: Select the up arrow, and then choose a presentation type.App: Tap the three-dot menu, and then Share screen. Why Can’t I Present My Screen on Google Meet? Screen sharing doesn’t always work out as smoothly as those directions make it seem. Here are various fixes for when Google Meet screen sharing isn’t working: Contact the host and ask them to lift the restriction....

Reddit user Alfatango97 pointed out that Google TV was leaving films and shows in the Continue Watching list, even if they were finished, making it difficult to keep watching other content. Now, after contacting Google to bring the issue to light, the option to Hide media in the Continue Watching list has begun appearing for some users. As 9to5Google points out, the ability to hide movies and shows you don’t want to see any longer is an existing feature for Android TV, but this is a first for Google TV....

The smartphone has replaced many gadgets, from phones to iPods to cameras and plenty more. But so far, GoPro remains, despite the many advantages of phone cameras. The GoPro HERO11 Black and HERO11 Black Mini add Field of View and a much-improved Horizon Lock. These are software features that could—theoretically—be copied by a phone maker. But is that likely? Not really. “You can stick one on the hood of a car for starters, instead of your $1,000 iPhone/S22 Ultra,” David Chow, of technology company CSA Catapult, told Lifewire via Twitter....

All Tablets Have Wi-Fi Wi-Fi is the most ubiquitous form of wireless networking technology. Wi-Fi is designed for local area networking, so it alone will not allow you to use the internet. You must first connect to a wireless network that shares a broadband connection or a public hotspot with internet access. Public hotspots are very common in coffee shops, libraries, and airports, so it is generally easy to find a connection....

Samsung’s new $3,500 Odyssey Ark, a 55-inch curved monster, is so focused on gaming that the company even mentions it in the display’s name. With a fast refresh rate, support for HDR, and a 4K resolution, it’s the perfect companion for a PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X. But gamers aren’t the only people that could benefit from extra display real estate—if you work with a lot of windows open or need to have as many controls on-screen at once as possible, you need a big display....

AI and machine learning have already transformed photography, and with the new iPhone 12 Pro Max, apps like Pixelmator Photo 2, and Skylum’s Luminar AI launching soon, it’s set to get even worse/better. Have you noticed that the portraits you take with your phone are free from blinkers, and everyone is smiling? Or that the background is beautifully blurred? Or that all your photos are perfectly exposed? But the next wave of AI editing is here, and it promises to make your photos look amazing....

How Do I Change the Streaming Quality on My Fire Stick? How Can I Improve the Picture Quality on My Fire Stick? If, after setting your Video Quality to Best, you still find the quality of the videos you’re getting through your Fire Stick isn’t great, there are a couple of additional steps you can try: Remove any unused apps from your Fire Stick. Having a bunch of unused apps on your Fire Stick takes up space and can slow down the processing power of the Fire Stick....

Fortunately, there is an “unapproved” but perfectly safe, and very effective, way to reset passwords for Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, and Windows Vista. How to Reset Your Windows Password You can reset your computer password by temporarily overwriting the Ease of Access executable with the Command Prompt executable from outside of Windows, enabling that now-overwritten feature from the Windows login screen to open Command Prompt, and then resetting your account password via the net user command....

What Is Apple’s Center Stage? Center Stage is a technology that works with the ultra-wide 12-megapixel TrueDepth camera first included with the 2021 iPad Pro to keep everyone (whether it’s one person or a group) centered in the frame during video calls. The technology works by sending just the part of the image you or a group are actually in. Center Stage uses machine learning technology to recognize and focus on your face and make adjustments on the fly to ensure you’re always in the center of the frame....

A new watchOS 9.0.1, a software update intended for the new Apple Watch Ultra, improved the user experience on the same day the watch went on sale—a sign of things to come with Apple and other companies using software updates to improve their wearables over time. “The Apple Watch is a complex computer on your wrist, so it’s unsurprising that there are software updates,” Ben Wood, chief analyst at CCS Insight, told Lifewire via email....

“The European Parliament has just made history by passing the landmark vote on the Digital Services Act. This can set the global standard for regulating Big Tech and protecting people online,” tweeted online activist network, Avaaz. Rein Them In After months of deliberation, the European Members of Parliament (MEPs) voted overwhelmingly to give initial approval to the wide-ranging regulations listed in the DSA. Both Facebook and Google have recently started to improve their advertising and privacy practices, but experts believe the European legislation, if and when enacted into law, would hold them even more accountable....

In 2015, the FCC introduced a change to the agency’s standard definition of broadband. The former minimum speeds of 4 megabits per second (Mbps) download and 1 Mbps upload were replaced with 25 download and 3 upload, to help account for the increased needs of modern internet users. Almost six years later, Pai and the FCC still consider those benchmarks adequate, despite more people and businesses moving online. “The current threshold does not reflect the needs of our increasingly online populace,” Tyler Cooper, editor-in-chief of BroadbandNow told Lifewire via email....