Schlagwort: launch

  • HackSpace: a new magazine for makers

    HackSpace: a new magazine for makers

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    HackSpace is the new monthly magazine for people who love to make things and those who want to learn. Grab some duct tape, fire up a microcontroller, ready a 3D printer and hack the world around you!

    This is HackSpace magazine!

    HackSpace is the new monthly magazine for the modern maker. Learn more at http://hsmag.cc. Launching on the 23rd November the magazine will be packed with projects for fixers and tinkerers of all abilities. We’ll teach you new techniques and give you refreshers on familiar ones, from 3D printing, laser cutting, and woodworking to electronics and Internet of Things.

    HackSpace magazine

    Each month, HackSpace will feature tutorials and projects to help you build and learn. Whether you’re into 3D printing, woodworking, or weird and wonderful IoT projects, HackSpace will help you get more out of hardware hacking by giving you the ideas and skills to take your builds to the next level.

    HackSpace is a community magazine written by makers for makers, and we want your input. So if there’s something you want to see in the magazine, tell us about it. And if you have a great project that you believe deserves a place within a future issue, then show it to us.

    The front cover of HackSpace magazine issue 1

    Get your free copy

    Eager to get your hands on HackSpace? Sign up for a free copy of issue 1 by visiting the website! You have until 17 November to do so. Moreover, if you’re the manager of a hack- and makerspace, you can also sign up for a whole box of free copies for your members to enjoy by filling in the details of your venue here.

    We want HackSpace magazine to be available to as many people as possible, so we’ll be releasing a free PDF of every monthly issue alongside the print version. You won’t have to wait for us to release articles online — everything will be available free of charge from day one!

    The front cover of HackSpace magazine issue 1

    Get your monthly copy

    For those who’d rather have the hard copy of HackSpace for their home library, garden shed, or coffee table, subscriptions start at just £4.00 a month for a rolling subscription, and even less than that if you’re already a subscriber to The MagPi magazine.

    You will also be able to purchase this new magazine from selected newsagents in the UK from 23 November onward, and in the USA and Australia a few weeks later.

    Website: LINK

  • Gran Turismo 6 – How to get to Lunar Racing Mission

    Gran Turismo 6 – How to get to Lunar Racing Mission

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    „We had been working for a while on simulating the stars properly in the game, and the moon was being recreated very accurately. While we were working on that, the idea just came out of the blue,“ recalled Polyphony president and series creator Kazunori Yamauchi, when we caught up with him at the game’s launch in Ronda, Spain, earlier this week.

    „We thought, ‚wouldn’t it be interesting if you could drive on the surface of the moon?‘ So we did some research into the lunar rover and thought we should make it available in the game to drive.

    „It was something we knew we could do with the technology that we had. It was really born out of curiosity. And if you remember in the opening movie, the opening music is Rachmaninoff and the theme of that piece is ‚the moon‘. Things just connected one after another.

    Considering the emphasis Polyphony places on realism and precision, transporting GT’s trademark action into zero-G was no small undertaking. The same eye for minute detail that the studio would apply to any earth-bound automobile would need to be applied to the lunar rover too.

    „Researching the geography of the moon’s surface and going back and looking at the actual routes that Apollo 15 took was actually a lot of work!“ insisted Yamauchi-san.

    „It was a difficult process but we did as accurately as we could possibly manage.“

    GT’s lunar adventure isn’t the only space-age inclusion in Polyphony’s latest. One of the most exciting additions to the series formula in Gran Turismo 6 is the Vision GT project. The studio has teamed up with a number of leading car manufacturers, including Alfa Romeo, Mercedes-Benz and BMW, to create concept models offering a unique insight into the future of automotive design. These pioneering designs will duly be fully drivable in the game.

    „I think in terms of the beauty of the cars and the driving experience, the cars that are going to be released as part of the Vision GT concept, they pack amazing possibilities in terms of the enjoyment that people will experience.“

    Back on the subject of the moon, while a huge amount of effort was put into making GT’s first extra-terrestrial outing both fun to play and a genuine simulation it’s, as Kazunori puts it, a „side dish“ – „and the main course is just about to be served.“

    And what a feast awaits when the game arrives on PlayStation 3 today.

    „The objectives of Gran Turismo are very simple actually. We want people to enjoy the beauty of cars, we want people to enjoy driving, and we want people to enjoy the beauty of the environments. Those are things that have remained the same throughout the series, and it’s the same for GT6.“

    Official Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRKbIXb9ShE

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7kOBNsdJrI

  • PS4 ist nach Rekord-Lau​nch nicht zu stoppen

    PS4 ist nach Rekord-Lau​nch nicht zu stoppen

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    PlayStation®4 – THIS IS FOR THE PLAYERS.

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    PS4™ ist nach Rekord-Launch nicht zu stoppen
    ÜBER 2,1 MILLIONEN VERKAUFTE EINHEITEN PLAYSTATION®4 SEIT DER MARKTEINFÜHRUNG IN EUROPA, AUSTRALASIEN UND LATEINAMERIKA

    „Der Launch von PS4 war bereits bei der Markteinführung in Nordamerika der erfolgreichste in der Geschichte von PlayStation®, und diese überwältigende Dynamik setzte sich auch in Europa, Australasien und Lateinamerika fort“, so Andrew House, Präsident und Group CEO von Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. „Die Nachfrage ist ungebrochen stark und übertrifft weiterhin das Angebot. Aber wir arbeiten unermüdlich daran, den wachsenden Bedarf zu befriedigen und unseren Einzelhandelspartnern während des gesamten Weihnachtsgeschäfts zusätzliche Einheiten von PS4 auszuliefern. Wir freuen uns außerordentlich über die leidenschaftliche und nicht nachlassende Unterstützung durch die Fans von PlayStation.“

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    Käufer von PS4 begrüßen die umfangreichen, integrierten Funktionen für soziale Vernetzung, die das System bietet. So wird das Live-Streaming über Ustream und Twitch intensiv genutzt, ebenso wie die Möglichkeit, Inhalte über Facebook und Twitter zu verbreiten. Besonders beliebt bei PS4-Gamern ist der neue „SHARE“-Button am DUALSHOCK®4 Wireless Controller, mit dem bereits über 6,5 Millionen Spielszenen ins Internet hochgeladen wurden.

    Gamer auf der ganzen Welt ließen sich vom beeindruckenden Spiele-Lineup zum Start von PS4 fesseln, zu dem 20 Titel** von einigen der weltweit besten Spieleentwickler gehören, darunter Blockbuster wie Call of Duty®: Ghosts von Activision, Assassin’s Creed® IV: Black Flag™ von Ubisoft Entertainment, NBA® 2K14 von 2K, Battlefield 4, FIFA 14, Madden NFL 25 und Need for Speed Rivals von Electronic Arts sowie die exklusiv für PS4 erhältlichen Titel Knack™, Killzone: Shadow Fall™ und Resogun™ von SCE Worldwide Studios (SCE WWS).

    2014 wächst das Spieleportfolio für PS4 noch weiter an, wenn Titel wie die fieberhaft erwartete Fortsetzung der beliebten Reihe inFAMOUS™: Second Son hinzukommen, ebenso wie MLB 2014: The Show, beide von SCE WWS. Gamer können sich außerdem auch brandneue Spiele wie Destiny™ von Activision, Watch_Dogs™ von Ubisoft Entertainment sowie The Order 1886 und #DRIVECLUB von SCE WWS freuen. Mit ihrer atemberaubenden Grafik und revolutionären Gameplay-Erlebnissen bringen alle diese Titel das Leistungsspektrum von PS4 voll zur Geltung.

    Official Source: PlayStation Austria Press Release

    http://blog.de.playstation.com/

     

  • Xbox One Launch USA: Sweet Rides, Armored Trucks and the Undead

    Xbox One Launch USA: Sweet Rides, Armored Trucks and the Undead

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    Catch a closer look as Dead Rising 3 zombies invade Manhattan, plus beautiful Forza Motorsport 5 rides and an armored truck everyone would want to take home.

    Take a look at the Video above!

    And here some fottage from TimeSquare to:

    Here some Zombie’s waitin in the front:

    We’ve been at the XBOX ONE Party here in Vienna/Austria, more pictures of the event will come tommorow morning!

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    Stay tuned for more XBOX ONE Action.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG2T4oGZcxM

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UP_YbGa26m8#t=0