| Presented by | | | | | Unce. Unce. Unce. Unce. These are the sounds of the Electric Daisy Carnival, which opens its doors in Las Vegas today to 100,000 electronic music fans. But when they arrive, they’ll encounter a surprise. Snap and Live Nation have teamed up to solve some of the biggest problems with music festivals today, by leveraging Snap’s rich, augmented reality lenses that its users try 6 billion times a day. Sure, visitors will be able to take selfies with all sorts of fun new filters. But this new project is pushing the bounds of utility for augmented reality. Using Snap, visitors will be able to pull up a rich, 3D map of the festival, tap any location, and pull up a compass to navigate there. And even more impressively, if someone loses a friend at the festival, they can use another compass to spot them in the crowd and point their way. This is just the first release of a multi-year partnership between Snap and Live Nation, and yet, it’s already pushing the bounds of the possible. Read my story here. —Mark Wilson, @ctrlzee | | | | | |
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| NEWS | Immigrants and optimism: What you need to know | | According to a new survey from Western Union, migrants are extremely optimistic about their economic and social prospects in their new countries. | | | Western Union surveyed 8,000 residents about their backgrounds, present situations, and futures across six countries: France, Germany, Japan, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and the United States. | | | The findings were significant: Immigrants report incredible optimism about their new homes, with 86% of U.S. migrant respondents saying they viewed their country positively. | | | In every country, immigrants reported that the No. 1 reason for emigrating to the new country was better job prospects, followed by higher income. | | Check out the latest news stories here. | | | | | | |