Augmented Reality

Alibaba launches collaboration suite for smart glasses

DingTalk goes into 'extended reality'

Personal Tech06 May 2022 | 5

Microsoft discounts HoloLens 2 devices for educators

Far from cheap but discounts could put HoloLens in closer reach for schools

Personal Tech14 Apr 2022 | 1

Meta trains data2vec neural network to grok speech, images, text so it can 'understand the world'

Whatever it takes, Mark

AI + ML21 Jan 2022 | 32

Microsoft sends HoloLens 2 into a care home... Nope, not a headline gag about retiring the tech. They actually did this

Hands-free kit a 'game changer' for doctors assessing residents during pandemic

Bootnotes19 Jan 2022 | 4

Reg scribe spends 80 hours in actual metaverse … and plans to keep visiting

It's not a place to spend all day, but a useful alternative when friends are distant, or the real world is dangerous

Software08 Nov 2021 | 80

Ordnance Survey to take a poke at Pokémon-style gaming with outdoorsy AR adventure

Gamify all the things!

Software19 Jul 2021 | 30

What's that, Lt Lassie? Three terrorists have fallen down a well? Strap on these AR goggles and we'll find 'em

US military sticks techno-specs on crack canines in command experiment

AI + ML10 Oct 2020 | 41

Moonshot: Making spaceships with Microsoft's refreshed HoloLens 2 nerd goggles

Ignite Augment me to the Moon, with AR among the stars

Science23 Sep 2020 | 5

Not content with distorting actual reality, Facebook now wants to build a digital layer for the world

Data-harvesting test pilots to roam the streets wearing AR glasses and little lanyards explaining that you’re being recorded

Science17 Sep 2020 | 73

Proof-of-concept open-source app can cut'n'paste from reality straight into Photoshop using a neural network

Video Code available if you want to toy with similar camera-grabbing projects

AI + ML05 May 2020 | 36

Biz software pusher IFS goes a bit Minority Report with augmented-reality repair suite

But it's still playing catch-up with big boys SAP and Oracle

Software03 Apr 2020 | 1

Apple's looking at you, kid: Fanbois froth over AR patent docs for gaze tracking headset

Lighter, flatter and forveal – ooh yes, forrrveeeeal

Personal Tech20 Sep 2019 | 18

Apple sees the (augmented) light, buys holo-glass tech startup

Akonia Holographics gets bitten by Apple and moves into paradise

Science30 Aug 2018 | 11

Virtual reality meets commercial reality as headset sales plunge

But growth is imminent as businesses buy and build VRs, and consumer kit improves

Science20 Jun 2018 | 21

Mozilla rejects your reality and substitutes its own … browser for VR and AR goggles

Enter another dimension, not only of sight and sound but of mind …

Science04 Apr 2018 | 16

Magic Leap ships headsets at last, but you'll need a safe

Security theater or something more interesting?

Science30 Mar 2018 | 47

Windows Mixed Reality: Windows Mobile deja vu?

Unloved by customers, and less and less loved by retailers

OSes13 Mar 2018 | 70

Microsoft floats feelers for fake worlds

Haptic feedback controllers promise to put people in touch with virtual worlds

Science08 Mar 2018 | 7

We won't need to go outside if these haptic tricksters have their way

Simulating physical sensations is a growing frontier in VR tech

Science26 Jan 2018 | 17

Facebook open-sources object detection work: Watch out, Google CAPTCHA

RoTM The bicycle's top left. I'm not an AI... you are. Stop hitting yourself

AI + ML23 Jan 2018 | 19

Amount of pixels needed to make VR less crap may set your PC on fire

Wow, this is incredib- BLEEUUURGHGHGH

Science16 Jan 2018 | 117

Magic Leap blows our mind with its incredible technology... that still doesn't f**king exist

Comment Here's what $6bn of vaporware looks like

Science20 Dec 2017 | 85

Pokémon GO caused hundreds of deaths, increased crashes

Playing augmented reality while driving in the real world cost billions, say boffins

Personal Tech27 Nov 2017 | 107

Augmented reality: Like it or not, only Apple's ready for the data-vomit gush

It's all about AR... and iPhone has the X factor

Science13 Nov 2017 | 38

Harry Potter to get the Pokémon GO treatment

Can expelliarmus get your kid to put down their phone? You'll need to know soon

Personal Tech10 Nov 2017 | 27

Sure, HoloLens is cute, but Ford was making VR work before it was cool

Interview Elizabeth Baron found genuine use for virtual reality in the design process

Science18 Sep 2017 | 12

Google ARCore brings augmented reality to relatively small audience

At least it doesn't require a bleeding-edge PC and costly goggles

Software31 Aug 2017 | 8

So what's in the new Windows Insider build? Bug fixes, an AR goof-around, and a font

Skip Aheaders get to play

Software24 Aug 2017 | 30

Judge uses 1st Amendment on Pokemon Go park ban. It's super effective!

County had hoped to protect land from gamer stampede

Personal Tech22 Jul 2017 | 85

Now your boss can tear you a new Glasshole: Google's techno-specs reborn as biz gear

Those that can, do. Those that can't, return in enterprise form

Science18 Jul 2017 | 33

Varjo promises Oculus-killing VR/AR, but is it the next Magic Leap?

Ex-Nokia team promises human-eye resolution mixed reality

Science19 Jun 2017 | 10

AR and VR in data visualisation – can it ever be useful to our puny human minds?

'The biggest challenge is to not misrepresent the data'

Science15 Jun 2017 | 3

The harsh reality of Apple's augmented reality toolset ARKit: It's an incredible battery hog

Have you seen Arkit? Is someone channeling Oasis?

Science08 Jun 2017 | 20

When can real-world laws invade augmented reality fantasies? A trial in Milwaukee will decide

Analysis AR 'doesn't qualify' for free speech protection

Personal Tech07 Jun 2017 | 97

Virtual reality headsets even less popular than wearable devices

The market's growing fast, but only the cheap stuff with no strings attached is selling

Science02 Jun 2017 | 54

Try not to scream: Ads are coming to Amazon's Alexa – and VR goggles

Well, of course they are

Science11 May 2017 | 67

Facebook loves virtual reality so much it just axed its VR film studio

Not enough eyeballs in goggles to justify in-house production

Science05 May 2017 | 15

Zuckerberg's absolutely mental: Brain sensors that read YOUR MIND at 100 words a minute

F8 2017 Billionaire dreamer to see your thoughts 'by 2019'

Science20 Apr 2017 | 58

Anyone for Virtual Monkey Tennis? Telco tries to sell us on 5G

MWC Forget gigabit phones – what do we do with all that lovely bandwidth?

Personal Tech02 Mar 2017 | 16

NZ firm tucks into $27m on the back of VR 'hologram' promise

Analysis You’ll dance with Beyonce in your living room, vows co-founder

Science20 Feb 2017 | 24

Too much landfill, too little purpose: CES 2017

Tech sector needs decluttering

Personal Tech10 Jan 2017 | 52

Move over HoloLens, $30 homebrew cardboard AR is here

Cheeky British outfit cracks a big problem

Personal Tech14 Dec 2016 | 12

Remember that amazing video of the whale leaping out the gym floor and splashing down? Yeah, it was BS

Magic Leap is neither magic nor leaping

Science09 Dec 2016 | 69

I was a robot and this is what I learned

Sysadmin blog The internet of me

Science07 Dec 2016 | 58

Kobayashi Maru gets real: VR and AR in meatspace today

Outside the Silicon Valley hype cycle

Personal Tech13 May 2016 | 22

Google sneaks out new clip-on tech goggles for saddo Glassholes

Smartglasses in possibly useful situation shocker

On-Prem31 Jul 2015 | 21

World's (possibly) first HoloLens startup promises mixed realities

Microsoft previously promised $100,000 to fund headset developers

Science07 Jul 2015 | 3

Giddy Google Glass gazers, beware! FCC filing obscures view on new gadget

Could 'GG1' bring yet more Glassholes?

SaaS04 Jul 2015 | 11

Hide the HUD, say boffins, they're bad for driver safety

Cars are not the place for augmented reality

Personal Tech30 Jun 2015 | 53

PICTURE-TASTIC: Microsoft woos devs to HoloLens virtuo-goggs

Build 2015 Hey - can YOU think of a reason to strap one of these to your face?

SaaS29 Apr 2015 | 35

Let’s pull Augmented Reality and climax with JISM

Something for the Weekend, Sir? Oh come on! It's ripe for renaming

Software18 Apr 2015 | 42

Analyst dons Tim Cook mask, thinks: Glass went well for Google. Let's do that, too

iGiant pegged for release of tech-specs, maybe

SaaS19 Mar 2015 | 21

Google Glass DIED from TOO MUCH ATTENTION, Captain Moonshot admits

Nothing to do with Mountain View's publicity stunts, oh no

Personal Tech18 Mar 2015 | 32

Augmented reality: Who needs immersive worlds when you've got it all?

Wearable Tech Show 2015 Google Glass? We've moved on, mate...

Personal Tech12 Mar 2015 | 9

Hola HoloLens: Reg man gets face time with Microsoft's holographic headset

First look Redmond's image projection kit with Kinect tech built in

Personal Tech23 Jan 2015 | 91

Epson takes on Google Glass with wired 'augmented reality' glasses

Head-mounted computer for half the price of Glass

Personal Tech06 May 2014 | 31