HoloTube, a new unofficial YouTube app for the Microsoft HoloLens, brings a whole bunch of new content to the mixed reality headset. While it's nice to have, the experience feels focused on quantity, not quality. HoloTube has a simple interface most people will recognize. You get a page of video categories, and as you drill down through each option you're presented with videos to watch. You can view regular, flat videos on the wall (or wherever you like)—which has its merits.
HoloLens users will have a handful of ways to interact with the mixed-reality, holographic world. Gaze Input lets the user control a cursor in their field of vision. In other words, it's essentially a mouse that you control by looking around.
Many people deal with motion sickness on a daily basis, and if you're reading this, chances are you're one of them. Kinetosis can make your stomach roll, your entire body sweat, and make you feel fatigued and dizzy at even the slightest movement, whether it's related to carsickness, seasickness, or airsickness. And let's not forget the worst part—vomiting.
In modern versions of Windows, Microsoft made quite a few changes to Windows Explorer, the first of which is a new name—File Explorer. Another huge change that most will notice is that File Explorer now has a new look sporting the Ribbon interface.
Who doesn't experience food cravings? Whether you're trying to adhere to a strict diet, or simply hoping to avoid sugary, fatty foods, curbing cravings can feel like a monumental task.
When I get weather information, I prefer to receive it in a straight-forward, minimalistic fashion. Living in California, I could care less about wind speeds, humidity, or any other calculations that I can't analyze in a second. I essentially use the information to help decide whether I'll be wearing shorts or pants on a given day, so give it to me bluntly.
Trying to remember if it's "beer before liquor or liquor before beer" can be too much of a hassle, especially if you've already have had a few too many. While it would be great if one rhyme could determine the amount of pain you will feel the next morning, we must accept that we all react differently to alcohol and that's that.
Humans in general are great at keeping things about themselves private, from feelings to personality traits. While smartphones and social networks are making these secrets more open, narcissists have and always will love being out in the open with everyone's attention on them.
It may seem impossible to win an argument against an irrational person, but it turns out the tried-and-true techniques that hostage negotiators use against hostage-takers work surprisingly well in everyday situations. You may not ever deal with a real hostage situation personally, but life is full of negotiations with unreasonable people, and those conversations don't always have to end in rage or disappointment. The mental techniques that professional hostage negotiators use can help both pa...
I have an embarrassing habit: I type with six fingers. Just as your grandma pecks at the keyboard with her two index fingers, I rely solely on my index, middle, and thumb fingers only. But it's not as slow as you think, and I'm not the only one out there that does it.
Android devices are awesome, let me just state that now, but when iOS 7 came out, the new flat theme caught my eye. Yes, we can easily apply new themes on our Nexus 7 tablets to make it look more like iOS 7, but they won't actually change the individual look and feel of apps like Instagram.
these techniques are little warm ups i love to use on a daily bases. it depends how my voice is feeling. singing is my passion. and if it yours, you found the right gal :)
If an athlete gets athlete's foot, what does an astronaut get? Mistletoe. Yup, that's about the only time I've ever really needed mistletoe for anything, but cheesy one-liners aside, mistletoe can be the greatest wingman (or wingwoman) ever, but only during the holiday season.
Walking into a bar or crowded dinner party can be intimidating. Being surrounded by a bunch of people you're unfamiliar with or trying to impress the smokeshow at the bar is no easy task...for most of us.
In the following article I'm going to go over how to draw the dark knight. How to Draw Batman, basically. I;m gonna go into the Bruce Timm deign. The reason for that is I feel he is very noticeable, and I feel is easier then other versions. This is the same version of batman that was in the Animated series in the 90s. Good source if you like art tutorials, fantasy art, how to draw fantasy art videos, etc. In some cases this version can be one of the easy things to draw. Watch the video below ...
Here's a children's umbrella lined with neon green EL wire. It's definitely an easy and fun project for kids to do with their parents, and more importantly, it keeps the little mischiefs safer if they're out and about on rainy days.
Feel like playing as a Mage? Watch this video first. Learn everything you need to know about playing Terraria as a Mage. This video includes strategy secrets and instructions on keeping a healthy store of mana to keep your Mage powerful.
Overwhelmed by a nonstop flood of Facebook notifications? It must be nice to have so many friends. If you feel like you need to get control over the constant notifications Facebook sends you, watch this video to learn how to edit your settings.
Longing for the days of Mario Kart 64, The Ocarina of Time, and King of Pro Baseball? If you're feeling nostalgia for the Nintendo 64 games of old, watch this video and learn how to download and play N64 games on your PC.
If you've had a hard drive go bad, you know the feeling of helplessness that comes from thinking you may have just lost all your data. This video will show you how to recover data from an Xbox 360 hard drive.
Having a hard time expressing your feelings to someone you've got a crush on? Check out this video to get some sound advice on how to carry yourself around your crush so that you can develop a healthy, positive relationship.
Do you find Pop-up ads annoying? This video will show you how to turn on the pop-up blocker tool in Mozilla Firefox. Feel like you are missing out on the excitement of pop-up ads? You'll also know how to allow them after watching this video.
There are many threats to be wary of when playing Terraria. If you'd like to be able to feel safe from a couple of them, watch this video and learn how to protect your house during Red Moon events and Goblin Invasions.
Have you been playing a lot of Minecraft? Starting to feel tired? Watch this video to learn how to build a bed so that you can get some sleep. Rest through the night and avoid irritating mobs by crafting a bed in Minecraft beta.
If you're looking to get a faster Android phone without resorting to installing a custom ROM, check out this helpful video to learn seven tips for speeding up an Android smartphone. There are a number of easy adjustments to the standard Android settings that will make the phone seem much faster.
If you're feeling rooter's remorse, check out this video to learn how to restore your Nook Color to its original firmware version 1.0.1. You'll have to download ClockworkMod Recovery and this Nook Color restore file. These directions are for unrooting/ restoring/ unbricking a Nook Color using a Mac.
This video will teach you how to mod Borderlands for Xbox360 using Willowtree. Level yourself up, give yourself a few more weapons, do whatever you feel like with this simple mod for Borderlands. Using a USB drive and your Xbox 360 you can mod to your heart's content.
There are plenty of reasons to run Windows 7 on your computer, but style isn't one of them. If you are feeling the lack, check out this video to learn how to make your Windows 7 desktop look more like a Mac OS X Snow Leopard desktop.
Not feeling the Unity interface in Ubuntu 11.04, aka Natty Narwhal? Check out this brief video to learn how to get rid of it. You'll be able to use Gnome with Ubuntu 11.04, and any trace of Unity will be gone for good.
You can make these cards into a set and give them away as a gift, or send them out one at a time as thank you notes, invitations or any other sort of stationery. They have a lovely French vintage feel!
There's nothing that makes us feel more like the flowers are a bloomin' outside and the weather is sunny and warm than baby animals. During the spring, they herald the return of life after a long and frigid winter.
This is a fun and funky project you can use to recover a boring pillow. All you need is a wool sweater (which you can find easily at a thrift store) and the pillow you want to cover. You'll also need to be able to felt the wool.
This recipe will work as both a body wash and a shampoo, and has been formulated specifically to moisturize black skin and hair. Add a few drops of castor oil or coconut oil for texture, feel and smell. Always use distilled water.
Start with a wool sweater, which you can easily find in any thrift or vintage store. Then felt it by running it through the dryer a couple of times to shrink it. Now you're ready to turn it into an elegant capelet!
Not comfortable with your leather wallet? Even your canvas one feels a little too bourgeois? Well, grab that roll of duct tape, check out this video and learn how to make a duct tape mini-wallet, the bluest of blue collar bi-fold wallets. Be the envy of the local collision repair shop with this super cheap and easy bifold.
If you're trying to give your images a 3-D feel when designing them using Adobe Illustrator, it's critical that you know how to use the perspective grid. This handy tool will also help you if you're working with images that have depth, like outdoor shots.
Nothing decorates a dinner table better than a napkin swan. It's cute and it makes dinnertime feel like a celebratory event. So, if you want to learn how to make a napkin swan, just follow the folding instructions in the video. Follow along and see what your napkin swan looks like!
Feeling the holiday blues? Then perk up your day - and prepare for the busy work year ahead of you - by mixing up this little sucker.
So it's 6 AM on Monday morning and you're sitting at your dining room table dreading the hour-long drive to work. While taking a swig of Vodka - or at least a flouncy little martini - would probably make you feel better, invigorate the senses and ease your way into the workweek with this Monday Morning espresso cheesecake mocktail instead.
Feeling a bit tired and stressed out? Try a massage. In this video, licensed massage therapist Athena shows you how to get all the knots and kinks out of your upper back and shoulders with proper massage techniques. Have a loved one watch with you so you can help each other out!
