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Samsung launches app by Welsh academic [Western Mail (Wales)](Western Mail (Wales) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) TECHNOLOGY giant Samsung is preparing to launch a new mobile phone "app" designed by a Welsh academic. Dr Llyr ap Cenydd, from Bangor University's School of Computer Science, has been working with Samsung and Oculus on "Ocean Rift", an app that is expected to launch alongside the new Samsung Gear VR mobile device. The gaming technology will come onto the open market within the next year or so and Dr ap Cenydd was invited to develop the device having previously released several similar game and tech demos. Ocean Rift provides a virtual reality experience that immerses the user in a vivid underwater world. It gives the user the experience of swimming with various aquatic creatures including dolphins, turtles, sharks, whales and even extinct prehistoric reptiles. The app lets users select from a series of habitats using a touch panel, they are then teleported to their destination, which range from coral reefs and shipwrecks to lagoons, the deep sea and even Atlantis. There, users can interact with creatures that are animated by a state-of-the-art artificial intelligence system developed specifically for the project. (c) 2014 ProQuest Information and Learning Company; All Rights Reserved. |