I’ve never been on this street before, and I’m not really sure where I’m going. I reflexively reach for my phone to see where I am. But then I remember I don’t need it. That’s because I’m wearing Bose’s new augmented reality (AR) sunglasses. The prototype device, made from a 3D printer and packed with …
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I don’t get to wear a hard hat to work all that often. This one has a heads-up display on the side. It reminds me of using Google Glass. Or, many other single-lens types of AR that use heads-up displays instead of any holographic effects. In essence: it feels unexciting. But it’s not designed to be wild and crazy: it’s …
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The first time I tried Samsung’s new AR Emoji feature on a Galaxy S9, launched earlier this week at Mobile World Congress, I thought I knew what to expect. I smiled, and the camera app’s new feature scanned my face, taking a picture. And then, sure enough, it spat out my new avatar. But it didn’t look like me. Aiming …
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I put on a pair of smart glasses and look up at the mock living room before me. On top of a gray wall, I see a colorful bull’s-eye symbol with a “2” on it. Next to it is a bag of balls. Neither is real. I center my gaze at the target and tap a button on the right …
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For the last several hours, my Samsung media badge was, well, a plain media badge: a rectangular piece of cardboard with rounded edges connected to a plastic clip and lanyard that hung around my neck, like so many press credentials I’ve collected over the years. A digital rendering of the Galaxy S9, courtesy of my media badge. Roger Cheng/CNET Its …
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Samsung was paying attention when the iPhone X got animojis, animated emojis that map to your facial movements. Because the Galaxy S9’s own animated emojis, called AR Emojis, take a page from Apple’s playbook. We had some hands-on time with the Galaxy S9 to check out how it works, and while it’s fun to create an emoji using your own …
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Samsung’s Note 8, Galaxy S8, S8 Plus, S7 and S7 Edge. Google’s Pixel, Pixel XL, Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL. The LG V30, OnePlus 5 and the Asus ZenFone AR. Update, Feb. 25 at 10:00am PT: Samsung’s just-announced Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9 Plus as well. If you own one of these phones — and theoretically many more to …
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I don’t have a DVR. When a New York Jets game begins on any given autumn Sunday, I’m racing to sit down and start watching. I clear my schedule. I open Twitter, and keep a sports app handy, too. I’m insufferable. It’s a routine. And being on time — to the second — matters immensely. I tried using Twitter’s live-streaming …
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If you have an iPhone X, then you too can now send messages as a skeleton. I wrote that weird and unlikely sentence because Apple released the test version of its iOS 11.3 update Thursday. The software, which was announced Wednesday, is now available basically to anyone who wants to install it on their devices. Apple released a test version …
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On Wednesday’s podcast, we talk to CNET’s Scott Stein about these stories: Apple will offer a fix for that battery slowdown feature. We just don’t know exactly when. Apple’s iOS 11.3 will come with new tricks for ARKit. Virtual reality could cut the cord this year with HTC offering a wireless adaptor for its Vive headset. The 3:59 gives you …
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