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Paintball is a pretty straightforward game in which you scout out your opponents and shoot them with your paintball gun. You hit your target, they’re out and you win, simple as that. However it seems that one particular startup company has decided that even a classic game of paintball needs upgrading in the technology front and are looking to bring Call of Duty-like technology into the game. As you guys know, Call of Duty is a video game but it does sport features such as maps that lets you know where you are, where your team mates are, and etc. That’s one of the features that Innovis Labs is hoping to bring to the paintball arena with their Indiegogo project for a piece of technology called Project Overwatch.

By attaching their smartphone to their paintball guns, it will allow players to track realtime movements of players on the map. The company’s CEO, a certain 17-year old Josh Moody, believes that with Project Overwatch, it will allow the bridging of the gap between real world and digital world gaming. Apart from just mapping out player locations, Project Overwatch will also allow gamers to communicate with each other via voice chat, and will also come with features that allows gamers to jam the radar of the opposing team. It will also allow “commanders” to coordinate attacks from a remote location, such as from the sidelines or even at home lying on the couch.

It is a pretty amazing idea and could take paintball games to new heights, but as to whether it’s worth fixing what ain’t broke remains to be seen. As it stands the project is seeking funding via Indiegogo and has managed to raise almost $4,000 out of its $50,000 goal at this time of writing, so if you’d like to learn more or pledge a donation, hit up its Indiegogo page for the details.

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LG has announced a couple new products that it will be showing off at CES 2014 kicking off next week. The new products will include the Tab-Book 2 and a … Continue reading

Earlier this year, Huawei announced the Ascend Mate smartphone which is why it does not come as a complete surprise to think that Huawei might be looking to introduce a successor in the form of the Ascend Mate 2, which we have seen in leaked photos and certifications. In any case there is a good chance that Huawei could take advantage of CES 2014 to announce the successor of the Ascend Mate but until then, newly leaked photos of the handset has since made its way online, giving us a better glimpse at the device prior to its officially unveiling. The photos (courtesy of Engadget) shows off various angles of the handset which we have to say doesn’t look particularly flashy, but we guess it should get the job done.

As far as specs are concerned, we have only heard the rumors, but if they are to be believed, the device is rumored to sport a 6.1” display and oddly enough will keep its 1280x720p HD resolution, as opposed to upgrading it to Full HD which seems to be the standard these days. Pretty odd given that 2K phones are starting to make their appearance but we guess this is one way to keep costs down. Other rumored specs include a 1.6GHz quad-core processor of Huawei’s own make, 2GB of RAM, a 13MP rear-facing camera, and a 5MP front-facing camera, with Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean running the phone.

We expect Huawei will announce the device in its official capacity at CES 2014, so be sure to check back with us then for the details. In the meantime you can check out our review of the original Ascend Mate to get an idea of what to expect.

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A while back we reported on an ultra realistic painting of Morgan Freeman that was done with an iPad app. In fact it was so real that many of you guys were convinced it was a hoax. Well if you still don’t believe that an iPad app could have done that, perhaps you might be even more blown away by this time lapse video in which it shows how an extremely photo realistic painting of Santa Claus was done entirely on Microsoft Paint! Yes, the same Paint software that is used to make stick figures, doodles, and otherwise “bad” pieces of art, has managed to create a masterpiece. Of course this did not happen overnight. In fact the video has been condensed from a little over 50 hours worth of footage because that’s how long it took to make it happen.

Is this entirely possible? Well I’m no artist myself so I can’t speak for technique, but software such as Paint, Photoshop, and other image editing programs are tools to help transfer ideas from the artist’s mind onto canvas. Well, a digital canvas anyway, so if an artist was familiar enough with the concept of shading, lines, and knew enough to manipulate a program, we don’t see why this image could not be the result of such an effort. In any case if you have a few minutes to spare, this is definitely a video worth checking out and one worthy to end 2013 with. What do you guys think?

Photo Realistic Painting Of Santa Claus Done On Microsoft Paint original content from Ubergizmo.

There have been no end of time and calendar mess-ups in software over the years, and they still seem to keep happening. So why is it that times and timezones still confuse the hell out of developers?

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