This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple is finally getting into augmented reality. The iPhone maker on Monday announced ARKit, a platform that invites third-party software developers to created augmented reality experiences for iPhone and iPad apps. AR, one of Silicon Valley’s newest obsessions, …
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Want to see what you’d look like as an astronaut but don’t have a spare space suit laying around? Microsoft’s new app may help. Face Swap, which is currently available on the Google Play store (and coming to Apple’s iOS soon), lets you stick your face onto other scenes. You could be a fashion model, on top of a mountain, in …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Augmented reality: what the heck do you do with it? No one really knows for sure, but everyone’s trying. Apple is making a concerted push towards AR with iOS 11, adding a developer toolset called ARKit that helps create augmented experiences on iPhones …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple‘s back in a tricky position heading into this year’s developer conference: playing catchup. It’s a familiar situation. Apple’s usually not the first to leap into new markets — think smartphones or tablets. But when the company finally commits, it adds a level …
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Skype is getting a makeover, though it’s hard to tell whether it’s cool or just trying to look cool. Starting Thursday, the 13-year-old video conferencing and chat software, which was bought by Microsoft six years ago, is getting a radically new look that ditches the bubbly buttons that were so in two decades ago. Instead, Skype now sports a user …
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The tech year might kick off in January with CES, but it’s midway through the year at Computex, Asia’s biggest tech show, when we start to see the computing power that’s really driving next-gen technology. This year, when the tech world descended on Taiwan, it was all about smarter processing, new form factors for better gaming and bringing all these …
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Google may still be the dominant search engine, but the competition just added a pretty amazing feature: Microsoft’s Bing will now let you search for images within images — and even buy items you find there. Say you’re watching an episode of your favorite TV show, and you see a supercute outfit or a rather handsome watch or maybe a …
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Your dad doesn’t know how to configure his router. Your grandma can’t figure out how to program her TV remote. Your kid has questions about science homework while you’re on a business trip. Or maybe you’re the one who needs help. We’ve all been there — fielding requests for assistance when we aren’t physically around. Now, PTC’s Vuforia augmented-reality …
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Windows 10 laptops running Qualcomm chips just gained stronger manufacturer support. Today at the Computex show in Taipei, computer makers Lenovo, HP and Asus officially expressed plans to build Windows devices powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 mobile processor. The idea of a Windows 10 machine running a Snapdragon chip isn’t new. Qualcomm confirmed that the Snapdragon 835 could handle …
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