Author: Amanda Giasson

The Nexus 9 tablet and the Nexus 6 phone have been rolled out.

Google announced its new mobile devices this past Wednesday and both of these new gadgets will run on the company’s latest version of Android 5.0, which will be called Android Lollipop, following the company’s tradition of naming each of its operating system upgrades after treats.

This version of the operating system is said to be Android’s biggest release yet.

The operating system has over 5,000 new APIs (Application Programming Interface) for developers. In addition, it offers improved multitasking, battery-saving features, and “Material Design”, which is the name of its all new visual language.

Google still hasn’t shared any of the big new features of Lollipop. Instead, it has placed its focus on marketing, promoting the way Android provides customers with plenty of individuality and choice, but still manages to maintain core features and compatibility. It recently introduced the tagline “Be together. Not the same.” in a new YouTube video.

The two new mobile devices are equipped with impressive features that make them competition for Apple.

Aside from being the first to run Lollipop, the Nexus 6 phone will be competition for Apple’s newly released iPhone 6 Plus, while the Nexus 9 tablet will compete against the latest version of the iPad Air, which is expected to be shown off later today at an event in Cupertino, California.

The Nexus 6 is a giant smartphone featuring a Quad HD display that is almost 6 inches (5.96 inches), making it larger than the Iphone 6 Plus’s 5.5-inch display. In addition, the phone has a Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 processor running at 2.7GHz, which is the best consumers can get for Android phones this fall. Other features include a 2-megapixel front-facing camera and a 13-megapixel f/2.0 rear-facing camera, as well as two speakers at the front of the phone.

The Nexus 9 is an 8.9 inch tablet. It features a 4:3 aspect ratio and QXGA resolution. It has the 64-bit dual-core variant of Nvidia’s Tegra K1 processor. It also has a 1.2-megapixel front-facing camera and an 8-megapixel rear-facing camera. Although it is slightly thicker than an iPad Air device, it is not as wide or tall and it even weighs slightly less than Apple’s most popular tablet.

The mobile devices will both be available in store in November. However, the Nexus 9 will be available for pre-order on October 17 and the Nexus 6 on October 29.

RoomAlive creates virtual objects that people can interact with in the physical world.

The augmented reality gaming system can turn a full living room into a virtual play area, which was recently demonstrated in a proof-of-concept video that was released by Microsoft Research.

RoomAlive utilizes a projector and a collection of depth cameras.

This is how the AR system maps the room, as well as the furniture and the people inside it. The pixels that are mapped can be used for input or output, which enables people to touch, dodge or shoot virtual content.

In the recent video about RoomAlive, it demonstrates how the system is set up and shows diverse simple game concepts in action. The people demoing the system are shown playing a whack-a mole like game that uses a gun and another game with traps that pop out of walls. Furthermore, according to the video, the system is linked to Unity, which gives developers the opportunity to design games around Microsoft’s augmented reality technology.

The narrator in the video says that “The system automatically creates a unified model of the room by combining the depth maps from each pro cam unit. In addition to the 3D model, our system automatically extracts the surfaces in the room, identifying vertical and horizontal surfaces in the floor plan.”

Microsoft’s augmented reality gaming system adapts content to any room.

The information provided in the video states that users of RoomAlive can touch, stomp, dodge, shoot and steer content that is projected seamlessly into the room, as if it were a natural part of the physical environment.

Furthermore, a unified model of the room is created by the system that does not require the intervention of the user. This is made possible because the projector-depth camera units are self-localizing and individually auto-calibrating.

The RoomAlive augmented reality system is still in the research stages and there has been no word yet on when this unique gaming experience will be available for consumers to obtain and enjoy. Furthermore, while there is no question that this is indeed a fascinating device, it is likely to be a costly product since it requires more than one high-end projector to work.