Augmented reality has created an incredible opportunity for developers to bring video games into the real world for the first time. But as with any new opportunity, building for AR comes with a whole ...

Future Apple AR devices, such as "Apple Glass," may include holograms to make moving through virtual environments feel more natural. Apple has already very many patents and patent applications ...

It takes massive amounts of data to train AI models. But sometimes, that data simply isn’t available from real-world sources, so data scientists use synthetic data to make up for that. In machine ...

While virtual reality has given us whole new worlds to explore, it hasn't really fulfilled its promise to fully immerse us within those worlds. VR allows us to see and hear the virtual worlds, but as ...

The last big hurdle to making virtual worlds (nope, not going to call it the other thing) a truly realistic experience is providing tangible feedback to other senses too, like touch. There’s been ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- A new software system developed by Brown University researchers turns cell phones into augmented reality portals, enabling users to place virtual building blocks ...

Apple continues its plans to beef up virtual reality (VR)/augmented reality (AR) features on the iPhone, iPad, and Mac. The company has filed for a patent (number 2022010121344) for “methods for ...

British company Ultrahaptics has developed a unique technology that enables users to receive tactile sensations from invisible three dimension objects floating in mid-air. Using ultrasound to ...

Virtual reality headsets can be pretty darn amazing, with the ability to transport us into other settings, locations and even lived experiences in a way that’s simply not possible in other mediums.

A new augmented reality system places virtual objects within real-world backgrounds on cell phone screens and lets people interact with those object by hand as if they were really there. A new ...