Jordan Rogers

Most articles on the state of journalism these days take two distinct forms: either a legacy outlet is contracting and laying off writers, or a hotshot upstart is taking in cash for an optimistic new journo-venture. There isn’t much in between. Journalism as an industry is at a weird crossroads of concurrent contractions and expansion, growth and shrinking opportunities. On one hand, even the New York Times’s profits continue to fall, and The New Republic is only the latest heritage property to essentially go extinct in its traditional form. On the other hand, journalism ventures like Vox (of Vox...

This is the third in a series of stories about virtual reality innovation and the North Carolina company with groundbreaking technology that some believe could transform, and take mainstream, the VR industry. Here are parts one and two. Virtual reality is undoubtedly an interesting space to be in right now. Once reserved solely for computer nerds with clunky devices wrapped around their heads, VR has begun to percolate into the 21st century world of smartphones and ubiquitous online apps, where anyone and everyone has a phone in their pocket with more memory and computing power than entire computers did only a few...

This is the second in a series of stories about virtual reality innovation and the North Carolina company with groundbreaking technology that some believe could transform, and take mainstream, the VR industry. Most big ideas start small. This one wasn’t any different. Five years ago, David Smith was in a coffee shop tinkering with $2 magnifying glasses—the nondescript credit card-shaped type you might see on an old dresser or in a clearance bin at a bookstore. He stacked two together and placed them to his eye, then four, then six. Intrigued by what he saw, he eventually bought 10...

This is the second in a series of stories about virtual reality innovation and the North Carolina company with groundbreaking technology that some believe could transform, and take mainstream, the VR industry. Most big ideas start small. This one wasn’t any different. Five years ago, David Smith was in a coffee shop tinkering with $2 magnifying glasses—the nondescript credit card-shaped type you might see on an old dresser or in a clearance bin at a bookstore. He stacked two together and placed them to his eye, then four, then six. Intrigued by what he saw, he eventually bought 10...

A local company with ties to Lockheed Martin thinks it has “the” game changer in virtual reality technology, with a high-end product that’s both portable and affordable enough to market to the general public. Wearality, located in Cary, has developed SKY, a handheld device resembling a pair of reading glasses that works with a user’s smartphone to view 3D software, games and movies, and the company appears to have the resources and industry connections to make a major splash in VR (virtual reality) this year. Wearality has also been buying up local talent, and recently purchased VR video gaming...

A local company with ties to Lockheed Martin thinks it has “the” game changer in virtual reality technology, with a high-end product that’s both portable and affordable enough to market to the general public. Wearality, located in Cary, has developed SKY, a handheld device resembling a pair of reading glasses that works with a user’s smartphone to view 3D software, games and movies, and the company appears to have the resources and industry connections to make a major splash in VR (virtual reality) this year. Wearality has also been buying up local talent, and recently purchased VR video gaming...

There’s a big change coming to the way you plug in to and charge your favorite digital devices, and it’s in the form of the new USB Type-C.  Demoed for the first time at the CES in Las Vegas just this past month, the Type-C is the newest version of the USB cable/connector tech users have been plugging into their computers for decades. Designed to eventually replace the classic USB (Type-A, often on computers and laptops), as well as its smaller sibling, the micro USB (Type-B, used heavily by smartphones and tablets), what will likely be the new standard in digital...

A startup based in Clayton, NC believes its Tiger Eye Security Sensor (TESS) system could be a game changer in the self defense industry—a cheap and effective way of both stopping attacks and providing actionable evidence for the prosecution of perpetrators.    Founded by CJ Scarlet, an expert in crime victims issues and technology, Tiger Eye Sensor, Inc is a woman-owned enterprise that promises a comprehensive and completely hands-free personal security device designed to empower and offer a layer of security to women and men who often find themselves alone or in compromising positions.    Scarlet recently pitched her business at Triangle Tech...

On Thursday, the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) successfully voted on and passed Chairman Tom Wheeler’s proposed net neutrality plan, which reclassified broadband Internet connections under Title II of the Communications Act. You can read about Wheeler’s plan in detail here on ExitEvent, but long story short, the measure classified large ISPs as “common carriers” and essentially opened up the regulation of the internet as a public utility.    With a 3-2 vote along party lines, the FCC commissioners endorsed the plan and what is generally referred to as “net neutrality” –the idea that Internet service providers should treat all traffic...