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Oct 5, 2021

Today is the 10-year anniversary of the death of Apple co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs. To commemorate the occasion, Apple has posted a message and a mini-documentary on its website.But beyond Jo ...

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Oct 4, 2021

On Monday, the social media giant Facebook suffered a massive outage that, as of this writing, is still in effect.The company's flagship services, including Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp are all c ...

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Oct 1, 2021

The beginning of autumn has delivered a number of new augmented reality developments, and we're on top of it.This week, NASA launched several major new initiatives that involve AR as an essential piec ...

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Oct 1, 2021

Although the enterprise use cases for the Microsoft HoloLens 2 continue to impress, the arts community just can't stay away from the best augmented reality headset on the market.The latest example com ...

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Oct 1, 2021

The emergence of Facebook's collaboration with Ray-Ban to launch Stories smartglasses has finally put an exclamation point on a new category of smartglasses: the pre-augmented reality wearable segment ...

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Sep 29, 2021

The team at NASA is in full mission preparation mode as they prepare to send a new team to the moon for the first time in decades via the Artemis program in 2024.But one of the key points of interest ...

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Sep 28, 2021

If you're a normal, non-corporate video conferencing user, you may not have heard of BlueJeans, but in the corporate world, the software has long been a major staple when it comes to remote meetings.N ...

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Sep 27, 2021

Away from the hype around Facebook's smartglasses, the high-end fascination with the Microsoft HoloLens, and the unending rumors about Apple's AR wearable is the small but powerful darling of the ente ...

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Sep 27, 2021

As NASA nears the launch of another mission to the Moon in 2024, and a subsequent mission to Mars in the 2030s, augmented reality is increasingly being woven into the normal space operations to test v ...

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Sep 24, 2021

As we move toward the end of the year, the wheels of the augmented reality space continue to shift in major ways.Facebook is currently facing yet another round of public and governmental scrutiny over ...

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Sep 24, 2021

Even with unlimited resources and a serious case of wanderlust, it's unlikely that you or I will be able to see all of the most famous structures in the world in person.That being the case, Google can ...

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Sep 23, 2021

If the importance of augmented reality and VR hardware to Facebook's future wasn't already clear enough, a shake-up in the executive ranks at the company has made it as clear as smartglasses lenses.La ...

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Sep 22, 2021

It's always fun to get an unexpected glimpse of the future, especially when that peek is so close you can actually feel the excitement of the new emerging dynamic.Such is the case thanks to a new Ocul ...

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Sep 21, 2021

We usually focus on augmented reality here, but when something important in VR happens, we highlight it as part of the overall immersive computing story.In this case, the momentous event is the debut ...

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Sep 20, 2021

One of the best recent outings in the Marvel universe is the animated series What If...?, which explores alternate universe takes on various superhero storylines that deliver fascinating scenarios if ...

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Sep 18, 2021

Just hours after an early leak via Twitter, Facebook and Ray-Ban have officially released their new wearable collaboration.As we surmised, based on the leaked packaging, the device is called Stories.• ...

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Sep 18, 2021

This was a busy week in the tech space. After everyone got over the major announcements of Apple's latest, we examined the metaverse through the lens of Hollywood, and then took a closer look at Faceb ...

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Sep 16, 2021

It's about that time again: Facebook has announced the dates for its annual Facebook Connect (formerly known as Oculus Connect until last year).Once again, the event will be held virtually, allowing a ...

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Sep 16, 2021

One of the most iconic architectural landmarks on the planet, the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France, will become a part of augmented reality history thanks to a new project from Snap.The occasion is th ...

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Sep 15, 2021

As if answering Apple's major iPhone event on Tuesday, Chinese mobile giant Xiaomi held its own product launch event the following day.And while the various smartphone offerings from the tech giant we ...

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Sep 14, 2021

The much-hyped Apple event is now history, and we finally know what the Cupertino tech giant had up its sleeve: new iPhones.Tim Cook released the iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Pro with much fanfare, but wha ...

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Sep 14, 2021

The competition to secure the top slot in the smartglasses space is now in full swing, with Facebook challenging Snap's Spectacles and Amazon's Echo Frames with its own collaboration with Ray-Ban call ...

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Sep 13, 2021

"Unfortunately, no one can be told what the matrix is, you have to see it for yourself." That's the line just before Morpheus gives Thomas Anderson (aka Neo) the red pill, finally opening his eyes to ...

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Sep 10, 2021

When it comes to the ever-shifting sands of the augmented reality space, you never know which week will end up being truly historic. Well, this one was one for the history books.Not only did Facebook ...

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Sep 10, 2021

The fight to wrest control of apps from Apple's revenue-focused grip just took a major turn in favor of Epic Games.On Friday, a court issued a permanent injunction against Apple that now allows develo ...

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Sep 9, 2021

Facebook promised that it would release a pair of smartglasses in partnership with Ray-Ban sometime this year and now it looks like we have our first look at the device.The design is amazingly in line ...

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Sep 8, 2021

The art of creating Snapchat Lenses is really only the beginning of the augmented reality experience on the social media platform.The real interactive fun begins when people begin to use the Lenses in ...

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Sep 7, 2021

We always know roughly when Apple events are coming, but when their new product events pop up, they're always a pleasant tech refresher from the Cupertino tech giant.This time, the Apple event news co ...

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Sep 3, 2021

Amid a troubling resurgence in coronavirus cases, led by the new Delta variant, augmented reality is once again moving back into the spotlight as a solution, especially now that the move to return to ...

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Sep 3, 2021

The enterprise-focused category of augmented reality doesn't often get the headlines due to its relatively sedate profile as a mostly factory floor and training-based tool.But a new massive investment ...