Pixel 4 is looking amazing

• The front bezel is loaded with features
• • It is already moving away from the Pixel 3 notch, this seems to emulate the iPhone X design
• And it contains
• • Front unlock IR camera
  • Front facing camera
  • • The dual front facing cameras with one having a wide angle is missing from the Pixel 3
  • Ambient light/proximity sensor
  • Speaker
  • Soli Radar chip
  • Face unlock dot projector
  • Face unlock IR camera
  • Face unlock Flood Illuminator
• Some of these, like the dot projector, are going to yield similar results to the iPhone X with face id
• • the addition of the radar chip makes gestures which do not contact the phone at all, possible
  • One piece of media Google has released has a person skipping songs by waving past the phone.
• I have not seen anything on the outer facing cameras
• • But with Google’s history of photo quality in the last Pixel models, I’m sure it will have amazing results.

Japan successfully tests flying car which hovers steadily for a minute

• Star Wars fans have cheerfully pointed out it looks a LAAT Gunship
• Two brief demonstrations took place inside a giant cage and those watching were told to wear helmets as a precaution.
• The Japanese government aims to have people using flying cars by the 2030s and has backed the construction of a huge test course in an area devastated by the 2011 tsunami and nuclear disasters in Fukushima.
• • There are also hopes to use flying cars to connect islands in the Mie resort area, which is frequented by Hollywood celebrities.
  • Japan wants to become a world leader in the sector but could find itself competing with Dubai, which is also aggressively pursuing the technology.
• There are still huge hurdles to overcome before flying cars can become common
• • battery life, the need for regulations and safety concerns.
• Flying cars, often called EVtol
• • electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft
  • defined as aircraft which are electric, or hybrid electric, with driverless capabilities and the ability to take off and land vertically.
• The new vehicles aim to be better than helicopters, which are expensive to maintain, noisy to fly and require trained pilots.
• A flying car by Japanese startup Cartivator proved unsuccessful after it crashed during a demonstration in 2017
• • Company bosses say they have since developed their technology so their machines can last longer.
  • NEC is one of more than 80 companies sponsoring Cartivator’s flying car.
• Officials say the machine is designed for unmanned flights for deliveries
• • but flying cars could also be used in disaster relief operations.
• Uber is also launching its own version of the technology
• • Called Uber Air in the US and plans to start demonstrator flights in 2020 and commercial operations in 2023.

GTA online adds actual gambling

• In an age where countries are banning lootboxes for being a form of gambling
• • Rockstar is adding an actual casino to their game
• The Diamond Casino features
• • Roulette
  • Blackjack
  • Three card poker
  • Slot machines
  • There is also horse races, but you can’t watch the 3D horses race eachother
• They also have the Lucky Wheel
• • Which is spun once a day for free
  • Offers in-game prizes of cash and even cars for your character
• You can only gamble with the casinos tokens
• • Which are 1 to 1 for in-game cash to chips
  • Standard members can buy 20k a day
  • VIP can buy 50k a day

Games Workshop and Bandai team up

• They are making a 7 inch Space Marine Primaris action figure
• • Prototypes shown so far are the classic, unpainted mini grey
  • • But an industry insider claims they will be highly posable figures and pre-painted.
    • Similar to other licensed releases Bandai has done.
  • Have not seen sprues or packaging, so it is not clear if it is a model kit or not yet

Review Enter The Anime

• Alex Burunova is tasked by Netflix to see what the essence of anime is
• It covers a bunch of anime creators and shows
• interesting behind the scenes looks
• Unfortunately, it has too many edits with glitch effects and crazy angle changes that made it too busy
• • Seems like it was made for people who don’t like documentaries

Tid Bits

• No Man’s Sky is getting another update! August 14th you’ll get your chance to ride some of the incredibly randomly generated creatures.
• The Reon Pocket, is an air-conditioner that you wear. Retailing for about $170 CAD, it fits in a pocket on their special undershirt, these cost about $20 CAD. And its something I may need to survive future summers.
• Blizzard launches the “Classic Connections 2004 to 2006” forum. For players of World of Warcraft back then to reconnect in anticipation of World Of Warcraft Classic coming out August 27th
• Brawlhala, is having a WWE crossover event. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, John Cena, Raw Women’s Champion Becky Lynch, and Xavier Woods have joined Brawlhalla as Epic Crossovers in a special SummerSlam themed in-game event starting August 8th.