Now playing: Watch this: What it’s like to play Super Mario AR 2:51 I’m on the corner of Madison Square Park, slipping a Microsoft HoloLens headset over my face. It’s my first time trying one outdoors. I’m already conspicuous with a massive visor-helmet on. Now I’m jumping over invisible things, and suddenly I’m a sidewalk …
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Showing off your last vacation videos may get a lot easier. The possibility of video capture with 4K resolution at 60 frames per second for the upcoming iPhone was spotted in Apple’s HomePod firmware leak by Brazilian site iHelp BR. The rear cameras on the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus can record 4K video but only at 30fps. Their front cameras max out at a …
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Apple Glasses. They’re fun to think about, and multiple rumors suggest they might actually be in development. But they’re probably not coming anytime soon. According to a Friday report in the Financial Times, Apple is still experimenting with multiple different prototypes of augmented-reality glasses — including some where you might have to wear your iPhone on your head. While the …
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The battle to build a new generation of virtual and augmented reality experiences is already well underway, and if a new report from International Data Company is correct, the stakes might be higher than you might expect. Spending on virtual and augmented reality could double each year for the next four years, says a new report. Sarah Tew/CNET Worldwide spending …
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In 2010, an Apple engineer left a prototype iPhone 4 in a bar, spoiling the biggest redesign to the iPhone since its 2007 debut. Apple has arguably never made as big a mistake since. But history has a way of repeating itself. For its 10-year anniversary, Apple is widely expected to redesign the iPhone yet again — and another leak may …
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Now playing: Watch this: iPhone, iPad and Mac sales are all up before iPhone 8 1:15 Apple sold a boatload of iPhones during what tends to be the quiet quarter for the company. Sarah Tew/CNET Spring and summer marks a time to hit the beach, catch a baseball game and generally get outside to take advantage of the nice weather. …
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In the near future, reality’s going to be transformed through your phone camera. Get ready for some weird memes. A quick video shot using Apple’s upcoming ARKit tools on an iPhone shows a pretty jaw-dropping augmented reality take on the A-ha video “Take on Me.” Someone (that looks more like a video game character than an actual person) is dancing …
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Do you think the creators of Pokemon Go should have to fill out a 10-page event-permit application each time you want to play the augmented reality game in a public park? Neither does a Wisconsin district judge, who just pressed pause on a local ordinance that singled out AR games for particularly tough treatment. Some three months after Candy Lab, …
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After a push to dominate the wearables industry in 2014, Intel has reportedly eliminated its wearables division entirely. Intel let go of a large percentage of its wearables division last November, an unnamed source told CNBC, and eliminated the group two weeks ago. Intel’s acquisition of the Basis fitness watch supposedly didn’t go as planned, so the chip maker will now stop …
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A long time ago, before Snapchat Spectacles and Microsoft HoloLens, there was Google Glass. Google’s bold vision of headsets wasn’t as futuristic as it seemed back in 2013 — it was more head-mounted display than augmented reality — and its design as a personal device put most people off. Google Glass is back Wired: Google Glass 2.0 Is a Startling …
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