Weekly Mashup 75

Learn to play the piano using this LED keyboard and a mobile app PSFK

Keys is a musical keyboard that teaches beginners to play through LED lights and getures. You simply plug the instrument into a mobile, download an app, and learn from visual instructions on the screen.

What to look out for at SXSW Interactive festival in Texas this weekend PSFK

PSFK round up their top picks and must-see events at SXSW Interactive, from panel discussions about the future of retail, to the impact tech is having on culture. Don't miss Blippar CEO Ambarish Mitra talking about making comics interactive to inspire social change.

The spinning chair that will make virtual reality feel even more real Edgadget

Roto is a motorised chair platform with a footplate controller to change the direction and speed of the spinning seat. Sit in it, don a virtual reality headset, and you'll have a totally immersive VR experience that (they say) won't make you nauseous.

Augmented reality to infiltrate the workplace in 2015 PCR Online

'Over the last four months we’ve seen a lot of Fortune 500 companies get on board with augmented reality,' Brent Blum, wearable lead at Accenture, told the Wearable Technology Show at ExCeL London this week.

Augmented reality rubbish bins turn disposing litter into a Tetris game TetraBIN

TetraBIN is the augmented reality bin that gamifies rubbish disposal using LED light displays on the outside of a trash can that flicker and change when someone dropsn their trash into it. Basically, the most awesome game of Tetris ever.

AR lets you see thousands of products look like in your home before buying them The Next Web

Place furniture in your home virtually before you've bought it, using this augmented reality app from Israeli startup Cimagine Media.

Net-A-Porter on the success of their print magazine Porter FIPP

Following Porter magazine's exceptional first year, Tess Macleod-Smith, vice president, publishing and media division, Net-A-Porter Group, speaks about the brand’s foray into print, and why digital combined with print is the perfect combination.

What’s HTC’s Vive VR headset really like? Actually pretty good, apparently Phone Arena

Phone Arena take HTC’s virtual reality headset for a spin, and report back that on its immersive experience – giving two thumbs firmly up.

Is Google preparing an Android OS for virtual reality applications? Tech Times

Web giant Google are apparently assembling a team of engineers to build a version of the Android operating system to power virtual-reality applications.