Westeros will show up in augmented reality, if you happen to be in Boston, Chicago or San Francisco. AT&T has announced that three US stores will be selling Magic Leap One Creator Edition AR headsets starting April 1 (no joke), along with unique AR experiences tied to Game of Thrones. This is AT&T’s first significant …
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Games that use augmented reality could involve layers on top of the real world, maps that bend our reality into new universes. Or sometimes it’s just launching birds into pigs. Apple’s next big AR game get for iOS is Angry Birds… which, while it isn’t exactly Harry Potter or Pokemon, has an established universe of its own. Rovio’s augmented reality game …
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The HoloLens 2 reboots augmented reality for Microsoft. It’s got a new fit, larger field of view and adds detailed hand and eye tracking. But one thing it’s still not is a consumer device. Alex Kipman is a Microsoft technical fellow and inventor of the Kinect and the HoloLens. During a visit to Microsoft’s Redmond campus to try the HoloLens …
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Apple’s interest in augmented reality (AR) is revving up. That’s the message behind a 292 page patent application the tech giant filed in August last year, detailing “an augmented reality environment,” including using the technology on an iPhone, and potentially a headset as well. Enlarge Image One image from the Apple patent, published Feb. 28. Apple Perhaps the most interesting …
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Comfort, better visuals, easier to use with your hands. That’s the takeaway from HoloLens 2, Microsoft’s follow-up to the Space Age goggles it announced four years ago. The technology behind the $3,500 (about £2,700 or AU$4,900) HoloLens 2 device, which Microsoft calls “mixed reality,” overlays computer images on the real world. Imagine arrows directing you down the street as you walk, …
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I am at Microsoft’s headquarters to get a demo of the HoloLens 2. I’m led down a basement hallway. Large sliding metal doors separate rooms. As I reach my destination, I find a re-creation of an automotive workshop. It smells like rubber tires. In front of me, there’s an ATV on a pedestal. Tools and parts are spread around the …
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On this podcast, we talk about: What it’s like to use the HoloLens 2. The potential future impacts of the HoloLens 2. Now playing: Watch this: Let’s look inside Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 (The 3:59, Ep…. 6:17 The 3:59 gives you bite-size news and analysis about the top stories of the day, brought to you by the CNET News team in …
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Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella is defending himself after a group of employees published an open letter calling on the company to ditch a multimillion dollar contract HoloLens contract with the US Army. Nadella told CNN Business in an interview Monday that the contract was not merely about supplying the military with HoloLens headsets, which overlay computer images on the real world. Instead, …
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Qualcomm’s next wave of Snapdragon 855-powered 5G phones have a clever trick inside: They can power VR and AR headsets via USB-C. This could mean we’re not only looking at a whole bunch of lighter-weight tethered headsets, but a lot more affordable ones, too. At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Qualcomm announced a new initiative to connect 5G phones with …
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Although MWC 2019 officially starts on Monday, day 0, otherwise known as preview day for the press, has already kicked off in Barcelona. As the biggest conference for the mobile industry, the show is buzzing with products from big-name tech companies, including Microsoft and LG, being unveiled. That includes a variety of phones with 5G and foldable screens, AR/VR headsets, laptops …
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