Magic Leap and other AR startups have a rough 2019 ahead of them

Very rarely does an early technology garner such an air of inevitability like AR has in the past few years. 2018 was supposed to be a year where the foundational tech for augmented reality was built out a bit and the industry took a couple big leaps. Things started off well-enough, but momentum really doesn’t seem be on the side of some of the industry’s heaviest hitters heading into 2019, suggesting that life for earlier-stage startups may not be much easier….

The Duke Long 2019 Top 25 Under The Radar #CRE #TECH Companies You Must Watch!

Well, another upcoming year of what is the ever-changing world of #CRE and #TECH. What’s hot, what’s not, and what just faded away? Maybe look at last years list and make that assessment for yourself. As we stagger into 2019 I have created the 2nd version of my Top 25 Under The Radar Companies You Must Watch. What are the criteria you ask? Hell if I know and it’s my list.

Lack of Diversity in CREtech. My Failure. My Pledge.

Let’s be frank: commercial real estate tech lacks diversity. If you’ve attended a CREtech conference, you have surely noticed a glaring truth: We always lack women and minorities on stage. I’m responsible for content at the largest event platform in the CRE technology industry—as someone clearly with the power to promote diversity in tech, I have failed. Miserably. I, however, want to share my narrative. Not my excuses. Rather the view from my vantage point, as well as an entreaty on how we c…

Debunking The Three Myths Of Commercial Real Estate Technology

The world of commercial real estate (CRE) is filled with misunderstandings and myths, especially in light of new technology startups that are poised to shift the status quo. To date, three ideas about new CRE tech remain especially pervasive across the industry, yet do little more than conjure fear about tech solutions that are sure to help the industry flourish.

AI predictions for 2019 from Yann LeCun, Hilary Mason, Andrew Ng, and Rumman Chowdhury

Artificial intelligence is cast all at once as the technology that will save the world and end it. To cut through the noise and hype, VentureBeat spoke with luminaries whose views on the right way to do AI have been informed by years of working with some of the biggest tech and industry companies on the planet. Below find insights from Google Brain cofounder Andrew Ng, Cloudera general manager of ML and Fast Forward Labs founder Hilary Mason, Facebook AI Research founder Yann LeCun, and Accent…

AI Will Create Millions More Jobs Than It Will Destroy. Here’s How

In the past few years, artificial intelligence has advanced so quickly that it now seems hardly a month goes by without a newsworthy AI breakthrough. In areas as wide-ranging as speech translation, medical diagnosis, and gameplay, we have seen computers outperform humans in startling ways. This has sparked a discussion about how AI will impact employment. Some fear that as AI improves, it will supplant workers, creating an ever-growing pool of unemployable humans who cannot compete economical…

Sustainable: Lighting control systems curb energy costs

Employees leave a room and sensors direct lights to shut off a minute after the last person leaves. Lights above desks near windows dim or go off on sunny days and brighten on cloudy ones. Overhead lighting in conference rooms is programmed to serve a variety of functions. Advanced lighting control — or network-controlled lighting — represents the next wave of sophistication in illumination, following LEDs and potentially offering as big a bang for the buck.

Four Influential Factors That Will Impact The Future Of Housing

With a cooling housing market, it’s a good time to look at factors that may influence housing in the future and how these trends could impact residential real estate investors.

Here are four things that real estate investors will want to keep tabs on, with a nod here to John Burns and Chris Porter, authors of “Big Shifts Ahead, Demographic Clarity for Businesses,” who address these four influencers in their book:

4 PROPTECH TRENDS SET TO IMPACT FLEXIBLE WORKSPACE IN 2019

In the coming year, advancing digitisation will put technology at the heart of the flexible workspace industry. It’s the key to building a destination workplace and there are several important trends you must be aware of. “The ability of our industry to aggregate technology as a value-added benefit of our service model will be critical to sustaining growth and increasing our members’ lifecycle,” according to Frank Cottle, chairman and CEO of Alliance Business Centers. So, what Proptech tre…

5G Is Coming This Year. Here’s What You Need to Know.

The transition to new fifth-generation cellular networks, known as 5G, will affect how you use smartphones and many other devices. Let’s talk about the essentials.

In 2019, a big technology shift will finally begin. It’s a once-in-a-decade upgrade to our wireless systems that will start reaching mobile phone users in a matter of months.