ニュースチェック追いついてなくて、前日のやつと今日のやつを入れ違いにアップしてました。ともあれ、Google I/O祭りで若干消化不良。VR関連がメインの話題ですが、ちょっとそれとは違うところで気になったのがChromeOS。Androidとの統合が進むようで、マルチタスクで使えるAndroidノートブックみたいな感じになるんでしょうかね。個人的にiPad Proがすこぶる好調なメインマシンとなっておりますのでこちらにも大層期待しております。
調達関連
- Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin’s new fund closes initial $140M for deals in Asia via TechCrunch
- Dojo Madness bags $4.5M for its League of Legends coaching app via VentureBeat
- Showpad closes $50M Series C to keep growing its SaaS sales productivity platform via TechCrunch
- Tink scores $10M for its virtual banking app via TechCrunch
- Paris startup Shift Technology raises $10 million to help insurers fight fraud with artificial intelligence via VentureBeat
VR・AR関連
- Here’s how you can start building VR games for Android today via The Next Web
- Project Tango is still Google’s home for weird augmented reality experiments via The Verge
- Google’s VR drum keyboard looks like a highly inefficient but fun way to type via The Next Web
- Time Machine VR can now transport Rift and Vive users to the age of dinosaurs via VentureBeat
- Rhapsody launches a VR app featuring 360-degree concert videos via The Verge
- Tally raises $15 million for app to make credit cards less expensive, easier to manage via TechCrunch
- How Google is Stopping VR Trolls Before They Start via UploadVR
- Oculus reassures Senator Al Franken that its data collection practices are not at all creepy via Recode — All
- Daydream is Google’s Android-powered VR platform via The Verge
- Google reveals plans for new VR headset and motion controller via The Verge
- Google launches Android N Developer Preview 3 with seamless updates and VR mode via VentureBeat
その他の話題
- What will be the smart home’s killer user interface? via Recode — All
- A professor built an AI bot to make teaching easier. Will it replace him someday? via Technology — Quartz
- 5 important trends every entrepreneur should know via The Next Web
- Here’s a first look at Uber’s self-driving car via The Next Web
- Uber to test self-driving cars on Pittsburgh roads in the coming weeks via VentureBeat
- Product Hunt is ready to rake in revenue with direct sales via TechCrunch
- Futurefly’s Rawr Messenger app reinvents chat using 3D-animated avatars via VentureBeat
- Investors are losing their appetite for food delivery startups via Tech
- Edyn debuts smart water valve to put home gardens on autopilot via TechCrunch
- Microsoft is building a ‘concierge’ bot that acts like your personal assistant (MSFT) via Tech
- The Vortex 250 is the Lamborghini of racing drones via TechCrunch
Google I/O関連
- Google confirms all Android apps are coming to most Chromebooks, starting in June via The Next Web
- Google’s chatbot strategy is missing something important via VentureBeat
- Google announces Duo, a video calling app with end-to-end encryption coming this summer via VentureBeat
- Google wants your help naming Android N via VentureBeat
- Google debuts Allo, a messaging app with built-in Google Assistant and Smart Reply via VentureBeat
- Google Photos passes 200 million monthly active users via VentureBeat
- Google has sold 25 million Chromecasts since 2013 via VentureBeat
- Google Home is an Amazon Echo competitor coming later this year via VentureBeat
- Google announces the Google Assistant via VentureBeat
