Augmented reality (AR) adds digital information to the real world. In contrast, virtual reality (VR) creates a completely new digitized environment. Augmented reality is easily accessible and ...

What is augmented reality used for? Augmented reality can be used for a lot of different purposes. You can enrich daily activities or innovate your services as an entrepreneur. Augmented reality, or ...

Virtual reality uses technology to “transport” you to a digital space where you can move through and interact with a simulated environment. It’s just one type of extended reality, an umbrella term ...

In Austin, Texas, city leaders are using augmented and virtual reality — AR and VR — to train emergency responders. Philadelphia is exploring VR as a way to make public transport more accessible.

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With indirect regulation, little public outcry and a tech industry eager to self-regulate, AR and VR platforms aren't likely to come under the scrutiny that technologies like AI have garnered over the ...

After nearly a year of writing this newsletter, I guess it’s time to wade into the metaverse or at least the virtual/augmented reality (VR/AR) dimension version of it. VR comes in for a lot of scorn, ...

Since time immemorial, innovation has remained the pillar of the sports industry. Enhancing performance, captivating spectators, and improving accessibility are some of the ways in which this industry ...

Amazon is making it easier to “try before you buy” — virtually, at least. The tech giant on Thursday launched a new try-on feature within its iOS app that uses augmented reality to show shoppers how ...

Apple has been granted a patent (number US 11995783 B2) for “Systems, Methods, And Graphical User Interfaces For Sharing Augmented Reality Environments.” The patent relates generally to computer ...

Giving children a virtual/augmented (mixed) reality playkit to use ahead of an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scan seems to ease both their and their parents’ anxieties about this procedure, suggest ...