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Magic Leap Wants To Avoid Takeover And Just Go Public Instead
Magic Leap Wants To Avoid Takeover And Just Go Public Instead After literally years of speculation, last August saw the official release of the Magic Leap One. Well, technically the creator’s edition, but essentially, the headset was out and available to the public. Since the release though, news on the…
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Amazon Exploring the Idea of Using VR and AR for Virtual Home Furniture Shopping
Online retail giant Amazon has been exploring several ways of expanding its retail empire, including flying warehouses, drone delivery, and state-of-the-art grocery stores, but has now been reportedly eyeing virtual reality and augmented reality features for its home furniture shopping store. An unnamed source spoke to the New York Times,…
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Project Alloy – A Mixed Reality Headset From Intel
The big thing currently is realities, be that either a virtual reality or an augmented reality. Either by immersing yourself completely in a fantasy world or enjoying your favourite YouTube videos while you walk down the road, technology is looking to bring together their digital lives and their real ones…
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Intel Reveal Their AR Glasses – The Remote EyeSight
As more and more people reveal their explorations into virtual reality and augmented reality, it would seem like sometimes we are losing our grip on reality but that won’t stop companies finding better ways to bring together our technology and lives on a daily basis. The latest company to reveal…
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Go Catch ‘Em All – Pokémon GO Released!
When you think of Pokémon, you think about the little console you held in your hands that would bring you to the world where little monsters are trained and battle to turn you into a Pokémon master. That world is about to come to life as Pokémon GO has now gone live in…
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Disney Is Devising a 3D Augmented Reality Colouring Book
I don’t know, children today in developed countries have it all in terms of tech, where tablet computers and Smartphone’s are the norm and internet access is available 24/7 to assist with homework, yep, let’s assume it’s for school work and not for social networks. Now, Disney has incorporated augmented…
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Sony’s SmartEyeglass Becomes Available for Pre-Order
Sony’s Google Glass alternative, SmartEyeglass, has finally become available for pre-order. You can reserve a ‘developer’ unit today for $840 in the US, Germany and the UK, before the release date of March 10th. The glasses utilise augmented reality, in a way very much similar to Google’s Glass – a product currently on hold.…
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Job Posting Reveals Apple Working on Virtual Reality
One of the best ways to get an idea of what Apple is doing behind the scenes is to check their job boards. 9to5Mac reports on a new posting that reveals that Apple is looking for a software engineer that can “create high performance apps that integrate with Virtual Reality systems…
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Ex-Valve Employees Ship First castAR Glasses
Technical Illusions, the group of people who ran a successful Kickstarter for the castAR Augmented Reality glasses, have started delivering the finished product to their backers. The device, which managed to raise $1 million on Kickstarter, features projectors, a camera and active shutter glasses that allow you to play hologram-style games…
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Everyday Pilots Trialing Fight Pilot Style Augmented Vision Glasses
Augmented reality and VR tech in general is all the rage right now and Aero Glass are looking to innovate in the aviation market by offering heads up display glasses to pilots. This may all sound very familiar, that is because military pilots wear augmented reality heads-up displays, but these…
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Samsungs VR Software Leaks, Apps and See-Through Feature Revealed
The rumour that Samsung have been working with Oculus VR to create their own headset seem to be true as the pre-release version of the Samsung VR software founds its way online. The head-mounted display they’re working on will in fact be a holder for a Samsung Galaxy smartphone, which…
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Ex Valve Employees Augmented Tech “castAR” Heads to Kickstarter
All aboard the VR tech train, best get on now or risk being left behind! Ok jokes aside, it does feel like everyone but myself is creating a VR tech these days, Oculus Rift might be the poster boy for the format at the moment, but there are already solution…
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