Do you fetishize your old messaging platforms? Sure, who doesn’t. I remember those old AOL chat days. AOL Instant Messenger is, alas, long gone. But some fan service has been done to resurrect the client for anyone who wants to LARP the ’90s on a laptop, according to a report from Motherboard. The new name …
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Facebook promised to make VR a lot more social back in May when the $199 Oculus Go debuted, announcing a handful of new apps to bring people together while goggled in. Oculus Venues, a live event viewing platform that mixes large crowds of virtual avatars and streaming video, was the first. Oculus TV is the second, and it’s now available …
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The open beta for iOS 12 is available today, and — unlike the developer beta that launched on June 4 — anyone can download it. I’ve been trying out the public beta on a test iPhone X for the past few days, and can report to you on what’s worth trying out and what’s still missing. Before we dive in, …
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Apple’s latest iPad push to take on Chromebooks in schools didn’t just come with a new Apple tablet and software, but new specialized accessories. These accessories, announced by Apple at its education event back in March, are made by Logitech, not Apple: a super-rugged keyboard case called the Rugged Combo 2, and a tempting half-price $50 kid’s version of Apple …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. The future of augmented reality headgear and smartglasses is still very much in flux. The long-awaited Magic Leap might emerge this year. Microsoft’s Hololens has hung in a state of enterprise limbo — one from which it may finally emerge next year. Little …
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Maybe Dave & Buster’s has solved the VR problem: Don’t make large-scale expensive experiences, just go for quick, fun rides. And throw in a lot of virtual dinosaurs. The first thing I noticed when I saw Dave & Buster’s new Jurassic World: VR Expedition ride, which opened Thursday, is it looks like all the other crazy games at this arcade …
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The World Cup begins today and you can watch it in VR if you have a mobile Oculus Go or Samsung Gear VR headset. Facebook’s Oculus Venues app, a place for watching live events in VR, is adding free livestreams of selected World Cup games via Fox Sports for US viewers over the next couple of weeks. The Venues app projects these matches into …
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Garmin makes a lot of fitness watches. The Vivoactive 3 is the company’s general all-around fitness smartwatch, and the newest version, the Vivoactive 3 Music, adds music storage much like Garmin’s more runner-focused (and expensive) Forerunner 645 that arrived earlier this year. The $300 watch is available now. The Vivoactive 3 Music has a pretty complete set of features: onboard …
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I have sleep apnea. I had to take a home sleep study years ago that used a fair number of wires to determine I had apnea in the first place. But a new app could make it much easier to spot sleeping problems. SleepScore, a company co-founded by CPAP manufacturer ResMed, just released a free phone app that measures your …
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It’s still unclear whether kids really need fitness trackers to stay active, but that’s not stopping Fitbit. The company’s first plunge into kid fitness trackers, Fitbit Ace, has arrived for the summer, and is now on sale. The band was announced earlier this year during Fitbit’s launch of the Versa smartwatch. The basic-looking band is, essentially, a repurposed Fitbit Alta, …
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