Becoming a giant walking on a battlefield. Fact or fantasy? It may be a little of both if a virtual reality helmet, according to those who have tried it generates amazingly realistic sensations is used.
It’s just one of the technological innovations showcased at the Mobile World Congress ( MWC 2015 ), which ended Thursday in Barcelona, Spain.
Each year, tens of electronic companies gather at the event to publicize products including tech and expect trendsetter among consumers.
Then, BBC offers a selection of some of the most striking devices this year.
1. Virtual Reality
(Photo: HTC)
This is a device worn on the head and allows the user to view objects a virtual space from different angles. Used with controls provided wireless connection.
computer-generated graphics in 3D give you the feeling to the user to be present at the site.
Although the town lives, developed by the Taiwanese company HTC, is not the first of its kind, who have had a chance to use agree that outperforms its competitors in the sector.
Carlos Rebato, specialized in Gizmodo technology publication, describes the experience and after testing the device.
“No I just about you’re seeing a different world, you have the feeling that your body was transported to another place.
” I stumbled fish that were in the remains of a shipwreck he continues walked into a battlefield being a giant and used a virtual kitchen for something to eat. Everything felt incredibly real. “
Although it was originally designed for those who use video games, HTC says that the device can also be used for shopping, visiting other parts of the world and meet friends in virtual worlds .
2 Unlock mobile by simply looking at it
(Photo: Thinkstock).
a second. That is the time required for iris recognition technology in miniature that allow a user to unlock your smartphone .
The Japanese company Fujitsu developed a prototype smartphone incorporating this mechanism. It is activated with an application indicating what steps to enable the device to record the user’s iris are.
The system scans directing an infrared light the eye. Like fingerprints, iris is unique, and even more difficult to forge the prints.
“This technology is impressively fast. The activation process, which can not be more than 20 inches away, takes few seconds.
“Once completed, press the smartphone aside, I pressed the button on and before returning to the phone closer to the face, iris and detected unlocked “says James Temperton, the magazine Wired, who tested this new mechanism at the Mobile World Congress.
3. Intelligent Clock
(Photo: AFP)
At first glance, may seem an ordinary clock. But apart from telling time, this object is part of the technology that you can dress (wearable), performs other functions.
Among these phone calls and sending messages are without using smartphone .
You can also make payments using NFC (short-range wireless communication), which allows electronic devices to communicate when approaching or when touched.
According to LG, the company that manufactured the LTE Urbane Watch, clock function as a kind of wallet on the wrist that would pay for movie tickets and public transportation, among others.
Additionally, registered aspects related to the functioning of the body, such as heart rate, which can be useful for cyclists or any other person performing physical activities and want to know more about it.
“This is a new beast,” says Sarah Tew CNET, an American website specializing in technology issues. It also states that other models available on the market today are not able to achieve what Urbane Watch LTE ago.
“It provides a safety mechanism that allows emergency calls to a predetermined number with touch of a button and automatically sends the coordinates of the place where a person is, “says Tew.
4. Furniture to recharge the battery of a cellular
If the smartphone was discharged, this new technology allows to solve the problem with only support on the surface of certain tables night, desks and even lamps.
The Swedish company Ikea, which manufactures furniture that can be assembled easily-on-with its buyer, equipped some of their products with a thin device that can recharge the battery .
“Ikea uses Qi technology, one of the two most popular within the wireless alternatives that currently exist, which works with more than 80 different models of phones,” says the British newspaper The Guardian its technology section.
5. Curved screen
(Photo: Samsung)
The South Korean company Samsung introduced a smartphone has attracted much attention. A cell designed with a curvature at the top and bottom of the screen.
The Galaxy S6 Edge allows you to select data from people who want to get in touch with frequency to communicate with them quickly. It also has a system that alerts the owner about important information received on the device.
The first is achieved with the “People Edge” function is to assign specific colors your favorite contacts, letting you know when one calls or send messages.
The colors can be seen at the edges even if the screen smartphone is supported on a surface.
The alert system displays information that is important to the user, such as time, temperature and any other information that the owner wishes.
“However, there were aspects that were discarded . For example, the device is not waterproof, does not offer the ability to store additional information and back can not be removed to replace the battery, “says Leo Kelion, technology editor of the BBC.
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