Paying with Bitcoin through Implanted NFC Tags May Soon Be a Reality
Implantable NFC may soon enable Bitcoin users to store their wallet information beneath their skin and even make payments by just waving their hands. Bionics aren’t confined to Sci-fi movies anymore. As technology progresses, people may soon become part machines, thanks to various kinds of implants. While that day is still far away, a recent event in Ukraine gives a sneak peek into the future. A demonstration of the new ‘Dangerous Things’ xNT Implant at a conference was well received and covered by few media outlets as well. Dangerous Things xNT Implant is a bio-implantable NFC chip that....
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A sneaker manufacturer has used blockchain technology to create smart tags that can track their sneakers to the factory, so they are impossible to counterfeit, according to fastcodedesign.com. The manufacturer, Greats, tapped the services of a software authentication system and a 3-D printer to design the smart tags. The tags include an NFC chip that can be scanned with a smart phone. The smart tag records the sneakers’ history all the way to its creation. A Way To Battle Counterfeiters. The technology could prove to be a promising way to battle the $600 billion counterfeit fashion....
OVR is collaborating with BlackPool to add augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) to its ERC-721 NFTs at OVRLands. According to reports, the popular digital world of Non-Fungible Token OVRLands, would now have the ability to offer new experiences that give room for every kind of imagination. Thanks to the entry of BlackPool, a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) built exclusively for NFT gaming and trading, now augmented and virtual reality will add experiences to the NFT world. OVRLands are ERC-721 NFTs representing one of the 1.6 trillion unique hexagons in this....
With PlayStation, Xbox and Oculus Rift bringing gaming and virtual reality closer to mainstream popularity, 2015 looks to be an enormous market for the virtual reality industry as a whole. In response, Vizor wants to expand their services. Deemed the “YouTube of Virtual Reality,” Vizor allows anyone to create virtual reality videos and host them on their site for others to enjoy. With the drive to expand, they needed an option to crowd fund an initiative to support the development of an integrated authoring virtual reality toolkit. Instead of following the traditional, mainstream route of....
When Wendell Davis started building Vizor.io three years ago it was merely a tool for creating high-end web graphics. Then, three months ago on a trip to Helsinki with friends, he got his hands on an Oculus Rift headset for the first time. He had an epiphany, Upstart Business Journal reports. Also read: 2015 - Virtual Reality Gets Real. Vizor, "YouTube for virtual reality," isn't just a place for viewing augmented reality videos in a Chrome or Mozilla browser; it's a place to create those videos. More than that even, click "Remix" on an existing video and tweak it to your own....