Enlarge / An augmented reality demo by Apple. (credit: Apple ) In the past few days, two new reports have shed light on the specifications and strategy behind Apple’s upcoming mixed reality headset. Both claim that Apple is on a path to launching its first augmented reality/virtual reality headset as soon as next year and […]
Enlarge / … and you’ll neeeeeveeeeerrrr waaaaaaalk allooooooooooone. The first and last time Nintendo collaborated with location-based AR company} Niantic, the result was the worldwide mega-phenomenon Pokémon Go . Five years later, the companies are working together once again to see if they can recapture the magic with a new augmented reality game based on […]
The VR and AR category is predicted to grow the fastest. (credit: Oscar Wong/Getty ) It wasn’t long ago that virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) headsets, smartwatches, and voice-controlled homes were the fantasies of books and movies. Today, VR, AR, wearables, and smart home tech have passed the early-adoption phase and are all […]
Ray-Ban Stories smart glasses, from Facebook and EssilorLuxottica. [credit: Facebook ] As previously rumored, Facebook has partnered with EssilorLuxottica to produce Ray-Ban Stories, one of the first potentially viable attempts at mass-market smart glasses. They are similar in some ways to early iterations of Snapchat Spectacles but with a more stylish aesthetic that looks right […]
Enlarge / Apple CEO Tim Cook being interviewed remotely by Brut. (credit: Brut.) Apple has been under a mountain of scrutiny lately from legislators, developers, judges, and users. Amidst all that, CEO Tim Cook sat with publication Brut. to discuss Apple’s strategy and policies. The short but wide-ranging interview offered some insight into where Apple […]
Spectacles worn by Snap content-creation partner Leighton McDonald. [credit: Snap ] Snap Inc., the company best known for the popular Snapchat social camera app, has announced its first pair of augmented reality glasses that most people would agree actually qualify as real AR glasses. Like previous glasses the company has produced, they are called Spectacles. […]
Enlarge / Carolyn Wolfman-Estrada, engineering program manager at Apple, presents AirTags (with one visible in her right hand). (credit: Apple) In a now-rare announcement of a completely new product category, Apple today introduced AirTags, a Tile-like personal location device. AirTags can be placed in or on personal possessions to be tracked with the Find My […]
Enlarge / The teaser image on this event’s invitation looks like Apple Pencil scribbles, perhaps supporting the idea this will be an iPad-focused event. (credit: Apple) It might have taken longer than expected (the event has historically taken place in March), but Apple announced its spring product unveiling event this week. Executives from the company […]
Enlarge / Former Apple hardware engineering leader Dan Riccio. (credit: Apple) A couple of weeks ago, Apple announced that longtime hardware engineering chief Dan Riccio will step down from his role to focus entirely on a “new project” within the company. According to yet another report at Bloomberg based on sources with knowledge of Apple’s […]
Enlarge / The “Sword of Damocles” head-mounted display, the original augmented reality headset, circa 1968. Augmented reality has gotten a lot more mobile in the past decade. (credit: Ivan Sutherland) A new report in The Information corroborates and expands upon an earlier Bloomberg report claiming that Apple is preparing to launch a high-end VR headset […]