Ping 245: E3 News, Halo HoloLens, DARPA's robots, ASL support

Welcome back to Ping! We talk about the return of robot combat return to television, we chat about a one-way ticket to Mars on the space desk, and more stories that 'softies are pinging each other about...

[01:17] Last Show (3D Printed Clothing)...
[03:54] Ping Live (kind of ;)

[04:41] Major Nelson E3 Day One Recap, Day Two, Day Three
[05:00] Xbox Elite Wireless Controller, New Customizable Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Built for Competitive-Level Gamers
[06:06] Xbox One dashboard update includes a huge new design and Cortana, Cortana Expands the Role of the Digital Personal Assistant by Coming to Xbox One
[06:26] Trade in your Xbox 360 or PS3 for $175 off towards an Xbox One at Best Buy (It's for PS3 not PS4 like Rick said... as you saw, it was an "interesting" show ;)
[06:56] Microsoft officially unveils new Xbox One with 1TB HDD, controller with headset jack
[07:25] Backward Compatibility
[08:04] http://xbox.uservoice.com/
[08:20] HoloLens Demo (Minecraft) (Xbox One) - E3 2015 (Microsoft HoloLens), Microsoft created a Halo 5 HoloLens demo for E3 guests, HoloLens' Project X-Ray delivers a first-person augmented reality shooter

[09:38] Microsoft Announces Surface Hub Availability and Pricing
[11:38] Transforming robot crowned the winner of DARPA's Robotics Challenge
[13:05] You can now Skype from your browser in the US and UK
[14:04] Microsoft Disability Answer Desk now has American Sign Language support
[15:37] Microsoft shows off two tiny Windows 10 PCs, including one that's inside a power adapter

Question of the week: [19:25] If you had the ability to inject a new test for robots into the DARPA Challenge, what would it be?

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