We know what the year’s best gadgets were. But innovative tech is another measuring stick. 2018 moved fast and was full of chaos. And in the world of tech, sometimes products didn’t seem to evolve as fast as you’d expect. But these were the best concepts and tech directions we saw and there’s a good …
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Facebook Messenger has a holiday gift for you: new features that rolled out Monday. Boomerang — as hypnotic as ever. Facebook The social network is adding support for Boomerang, which lets you create brief, looped videos just like on Instagram — basically animated gifs. The company also adds a selfie mode that puts you in focus with a little added glow …
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There are two porgs from Star Wars running around a living room. One waddles near my feet while the other is out of my sightline behind a small bookshelf. Things are getting chaotic, but also really fun. To get them to behave, a hologram of C-3PO advises I gain their trust by offering the porg near my feet a treat. …
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Back in June, Apple showcased a preview of what Lego kits could do in AR using iPhones and iPads and ARKit 2 on iOS 12. That app is here: called Lego Playgrounds, it’s an app designed to work with Lego sets and also add AR gameplay layered into the real world, like a real-life version of a Lego video game. …
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I’m putting in my contact lenses at our office lunch table, booting up a little clip-on belt pack, placing goggles delicately over my face, and turning on a wireless controller. It’s a lot of steps, but it’s because I have to water my virtual plant. It’s 5 p.m. and I almost forgot. Magic Leap’s first mixed-reality headset, the Magic Leap …
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Learning to read is a time-consuming and complex process for any kiddo, but the 32 million deaf children in the world face an extra challenge. They must learn how to interpret the words they see on the page without using the sound-based phonics system that most school children rely upon or being able to hear a teacher or parent repeat …
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The world is filled with depth-sensing camera tech now: in 3D body scanners, drones, AR headsets such as the HoloLens and Magic Leap, and iPhones. But Structure Core, the first in-house depth-sensing camera from Boulder, Colorado-based Occipital, aims to be a self-contained component that could let researchers or creators build their own solutions fast. The module connects with Windows, Linux, …
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Microsoft has been awarded a $480 million contract to supply the US Army with prototype HoloLens augmented reality systems for use in combat missions and training, according to a filing with the General Services Administration. The contract could eventually lead to the military purchasing over 100,000 AR headsets as part of a program to “increase lethality by enhancing the ability …
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I remember the first sentence I ever read. I sat on spill-resistant carpet in my kindergarten classroom. The sun was bright in the windows, and the little paperback reader was big in my hands. While my classmates horsed around in other parts of the room, I read “the bee flies.” Even more than the words, I remember the feeling of …
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What if instead of a bulky headset or cumbersome glasses to give you the futuristic augmented reality overlay of computer information on the real world, you could just wear contact lenses? That’s what Silicon Valley startup Mojo Vision is aiming to let you do, people familiar with the matter say. The company, which just announced that it’s raised $50 million, …
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