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Ever since the launch of the iPhone X, Apple has relied on a notch in the display of the iPhone to house the front-facing camera and other sensors. This is versus other smartphone manufacturers who have tried to find solutions around that problem, such as using hole-punch cutouts, in-display cameras, popup cameras, and more.

For those who are sick of the notch, even though a smaller version made its debut in the iPhone 13 series, you could be in luck. According to a tweet by leakster @dylandkt, who has in the past managed to rack up a decent track record, the iPhone 14 is expected to come with a hole-punch front-facing camera and could also be the first iPhone to feature the use of an in-display camera.

I am able to corroborate information regarding a hole punch camera for the pro models of the iPhone 14. Face ID hardware will be placed under the display. As a reassurance to any concerns, the functionality of these sensors have not been negatively affected by this change.

— Dylan (@dylandkt) January 6, 2022

This means that instead of having a huge blank space that’s unused, there will be a tiny hole-punch in the display for the camera, with the rest of the components hidden underneath the screen. There have been concerns in the past about the quality of in-display cameras since the  sensors would need to be able to penetrate the display without distorting the image too much.

It remains to be seen if Apple will be able to achieve that while at the very least maintaining the image quality. Also, this isn’t the first time we’ve heard rumors about the hole-punch camera in the iPhone 14. Earlier reports have suggested the same thing, so at the very least the rumors do seem to corroborate with each other.

iPhone With In-Display Front-Facing Camera Could Be Arriving This Year

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For gamers, E3 is an annual event that many look forward to. This is because it is the biggest gaming expo in the world and it usually sees companies announce new hardware, new gaming titles, updates on titles in development, and more. It is usually hosted as an in-person event, but that has not happened for the past couple of years.

If you were hoping that E3 2022 would be a different story, especially with more people getting vaccinated, then we have some bad news for you. In a statement made to GamesBeat, the organizers of E3 have confirmed that this year’s in-person event has been cancelled due to the pandemic.

According to the organizers, “Due to the ongoing health risks surrounding COVID-19 and its potential impact on the safety of exhibitors and attendees, E3 will not be held in person in 2022. We remain incredibly excited about the future of E3 and look forward to announcing more details soon.”

This is despite the fact that more in-person events are starting to start back up again, such as CES 2022 which is taking place this week. E3’s organizers cancelled the in-person event in 2020 and also stated that there would not be an online-only event. However, this changed with E3 2021 which had a virtual event.

As to whether or not E3 2022 will be held virtually, the organizers did not confirm it specifically but stated that they were “excited about the possibilities of an online event.”

E3 2022 In-Person Event Cancelled, Virtual Event A Possibility

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Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us was originally released back in 2013 for the Sony PS3 console, but later found its way onto the PS4. Given that it’s been almost 10 years since the original release, and how much gaming tech has advanced, some might argue that bringing it onto the PS5 would make it seem kind of dated.

The good news is that if you enjoyed the game but would love to play it on the PS5, you might be interested to learn that according to a tweet by tipster Tom Henderson, he claims that based on his sources, the remake of the game is nearly finished and could possibly launch in the second half of 2022.

Heard from multiple people now that the TLOU remake is nearly finished and could release during the latter half of 2022🧐 pic.twitter.com/ZxmNU7zS9k

— Tom Henderson (@_Tom_Henderson_) January 5, 2022

If this sounds familiar, it is because it’s not the first time we’re hearing about this. It was back in April of 2021 that a report from Bloomberg claimed that a remake of the game for the PS5 was in development, so Henderson’s tweet is now telling us when we might be able to expect it.

Keep in mind that this is a remake of the game, not a remaster. This means that in essence, it would almost be like a new game with new graphics and maybe even new features, but presumably the core would be kept the same since it was what made the game so popular in the first place.

We’re not sure how different the game will be compared to the original, but for fans of the series or for those who have never played it, it could be worth looking forward to.

The Last Of Us Remake For The PS5 Could Arrive Later This Year

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OrCam, a company that makes products to aid accessibility for the visually impaired, has won a CES innovation award for its glasses-mounted MyEye Pro device. It aids the blind and visually impaired by reading out printed and digital text, recognizing people, identifying products, and more. OrCam took the prize in both the CES innovation accessibility and health and wellness categories. 

“We are living in uncertain times, yet… our users’ challenges related to access have not stopped during the pandemic. If anything, they have intensified,” said OrCam co-founder and co-chairman Prof. Amnon Shashua in OrCam’s blog post.

MyEye Pro mounts on a pair of eyeglasses and communicates visual information audibly. A key new feature is “Smart Reading” that works much like the Crtl-F/CMD-F (Find) functions on a PC or Mac, allowing users to get specific information — something that helped sway the CES panel “The interactive smart reading capability allows users an experience tailored specifically for them,” the judges wrote.

Another recent feature that arrived last year is the OrCam voice assistant. Users can speak to MyEye Pro (or the company’s handheld OrCam Read) to activate facial recognition, or tell the device to read pages in books, newspapers, and restaurant menus. “Newly released ‘Hey OrCam’ enables control of all device features and settings hands-free, using voice commands,” as the CES judges noted. 

As for the hardware itself, the OrCam Eye Pro is an update over the previous OrCam Eye product with a faster processor, two microphones instead of one, longer battery life, improved eyeglass attachment and more. Thanks to the processor improvements, it powers on quicker and “responds faster and with heightened accuracy [for] pointing gesture responsiveness, bar code and banknote identification, and face recognition,” OrCam wrote.

Just ahead of CES 2021 last year, we noted that accessibility in tech had improved but that more had to be done. Adding functionality to existing products and software is an important part of that, but purpose-built devices play a role as well. “Both OrCam MyEye and OrCam Read have been instrumental devices in ensuring our users have been able to continue their academic, professional and personal pursuits and remain connected to family, friends and society at large,” Shashua said.

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