Engaget Summary (2023-04-27 09AM)

Source: The best cameras for 2023

Summary
With smartphones dominating the casual photography market, camera manufacturers are now building technological marvels for specific uses. Full frame offers the best image quality, low-light capability, and depth of field, but is also the most expensive and finicky. APS-C – cheaper and ideal for video – is available on Fujifilm’s X Series and Canon’s R10 and R50. Micro Four Thirds offers smaller and lighter cameras and lenses, albeit with less light-gathering capability. For photographers, another key factor is autofocus (AF) speed and accuracy.

Fact

📷 Full frame offers the best image quality, low-light capability, and depth of field, but is the most expensive and difficult to use in both photography and videography.

📷 APS-C is cheaper, ideal for video and allows for decent bokeh and high ISOs for low-light shooting.

📷 Micro Four Thirds offers smaller and lighter cameras and lenses, but less bokeh and light-gathering capability than APS-C and full frame.

📷 Type 1 sensors are used by compact cameras and have a smaller sensor size of 1 inch.

📷 Autofocus (AF) speed and accuracy is a key factor for photographers when choosing a camera.

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Source: Arturia’s Augmented Brass plugin is built for synthwave and sci-fi scores

Summary
Arturia has launched its fourth hybrid instrument, Augmented Brass, which combines samples of brass instruments with advanced synth engines and effects. The new product comes with hundreds of presets across multiple genres, and offers an advanced tab for users to dig deeper to customise filter selection, effects and add complex modulation. Arturia has also just launched Rev LX-24, a plugin that recreates the Lexicon 224 Digital Reverb.

Fact

🎼 Augmented Brass is Arturia’s fourth hybrid instrument after Augmented Strings, Augmented Voices and Grand Piano.

🎹 The synth engine offers an advanced tab, giving users the option of deep sound design.

💻 Rev LX-24 is based on the expensive Lexicon 224 Digital Reverb from the 1970s.

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Source: Dyson Zone air purifying headphones are coming to the US

Summary
The Dyson Zone headphones, which work to purify the air you breathe using a detachable visor, are available in the US for $949. The visor includes an electrostatic filter which can remove 99% of pollutants, though it doesn’t protect against COVID-19.

Facts

🎧 The headphones have a detachable visor that purifies the air you breathe.

🌬️ The electrostatic filter can remove up to 99% of pollutants like nitrogen dioxide and ozone.

💨 Two purified streams flow into your nose and mouth.

📱 You can control the airflow speed and noise cancelling options through the MyDyson app.

💰 They are priced starting at $949.

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Source: Build tarot decks and seduce a god in ‘The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood’

Summary
Indie studio Deconstructeam’s latest project, The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood, is a witches’ game for PC and Switch, featuring a main character who builds decks of divination cards, each of which reveals unique paths leading to philosophical and voyeuristic experiences.

Fact

🎴 Players build decks of divination cards, each with a unique interpretation.

🔮 Players dictate the fates of visitors who find the game’s protagonist, Fortuna, on her asteroid.

🌌 The game’s pixel art is detailed and vibrant, enveloping the philosophical and voyeuristic experiences.

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Source: Zozofit’s capture suit takes the guesswork out of body measuring

Summary
Zozosuit, previously developed by Zozo for custom-tailored clothing now acts as a fitness tool. The skin-tight body-measuring suit can be used as an elegant alternative for people looking to get fitter rather than stepping on scale regularly. Though Zozo has pivoted its technology towards fitness, it had launched the suit initially for custom-clothing which resulted in unsatisfied customer and less profitability.

Facts

💪 Zozosuit is repurposed into a fitness tool.

👔 Zozosuit was earlier developed for custom-tailored clothing launched by Zozo, the high-end fashion retailer in Japan.

💻 Reports reveal that the custom clothing idea didn’t work out well in practice.

📈 The cost and complexity involved in launching the Zozo suit resulted in reduced profitability for the company.

🚫 Several reporters who tested the suit found the clothes they ordered didn’t fit properly.

🏋️‍♂️ Zozosuit is an elegant alternative to wrestling tape measure for regular body measuring.

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