I faced off with a fellow CNET editor, lightsaber ready. His was ready, too. We stared at each other in our mirror-lensed headsets, and started swinging away. Multiplayer AR, kinda-sorta, has arrived. Disney and Lenovo teamed up last year to make a Star Wars-themed AR headset toy, Star Wars Jedi Challenges, that uses a phone …

Google Assistant is already on over 5,000 devices, and smartwatches are some of them. While Google software features can be summoned on Wear OS watches (Wear OS was formerly known as Android Wear), it hasn’t been quite the same as what you can get using a Google Home smart speaker. But it’s become a lot closer now, just a few days …

The dawn of virtual reality is a bit like the dawn of cinema. It’s no accident that Google decided to make its VR-ready Google Doodle about one of film’s pioneers: Georges Méliès, the French inventor and illusionist who directed A Trip To The Moon and was featured as a character in Martin Scorcese’s film Hugo. The animations are based on …

Facebook’s F8 Conference started today and has been dreaming big about the future of augmented reality and virtual reality, but one of the most fascinating plans has to do with memories. Or, Facebook’s interpretation of them. A several-stage plan to create 3D spaces and experiences from personal photos is underway, starting this summer with the ability to upload 3D photos, …

Owners of Fitbit Versa and Fitbit Ionic smartwatches should no longer have problems syncing the devices with their smartphones. Fitbit says the company has resolved connectivity issues that had afflicted both devices for several hours on Tuesday. “We have rolled out a fix and all Versa and Ionic users should now be able to use their devices normally,” Fitbit said in a statement. “We …

Samsung’s Gear VR is years old now, and I don’t know about you, but I don’t feel compelled to dive back into VR on a daily basis. Samsung’s next bet is on more episodic 360 video. Will it help? If you have a Gear VR, you can check out Samsung’s VR Pilot Season, a collection of six shows that will …

The successor to the LG G6 is just around the corner, and it’s officially called the LG G7 ThinQ. The May 2 event is happening in both New York and Seoul (on May 2 in NY and May 3 in Seoul). LG’s phones have shifted to include ThinQ branding to reflect LG’s big initiative to link all its products together …

Your mobile speeds could be a lot faster soon thanks to 5G. How fast, exactly? According to AT&T, pretty damn fast. Specifically, around 1 gigabit per second, give or take. AT&T has been running test trials of 5G service in preparation for deployment in 12 US markets later this year. The carrier shared its speed test results and a few …

How red is red? The new “Product Red” iPhone 8 and 8 Plus won’t arrive until this Friday, but I was able to get a sneak peek earlier Tuesday in New York. And I brought along last year’s Product Red iPhone 7 Plus to compare. And believe it or not, there is a difference. I don’t really get excited about …

The Leap Motion Project North Star is looking to shake up the augmented reality (AR) market with an approach that’s designed to be open source — and affordable. Leap Motion has always been in the business of exploring 3D hand and gesture controls, going back to the first Leap Motion accessory made for PCs in 2013. Since then, the company’s developed several solutions …