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The ThinkReality A3 enterprise AR glasses, seen here cabled to a PC laptop. Credit: Lenovo.

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Motorola’s New AR/VR Accessory; Nintendo Plays Wait-and-See With the Metaverse

By Mathew Olson · Feb. 15, 2022 11:00 AM PST

Hoping to be in the vanguard of AR/VR users over the next few years? If so, you may need to sport not one, but two wearables to get the most from your chosen headset or glasses.Motorola, in collaboration with its parent company Lenovo as well as Verizon, has announced a new “5G XR neckband,” an accessory designed for use with AR glasses or VR... Hoping to be in the vanguard of AR/VR users over the next few years? If so, you may need to sport...

The Vive Flow, a VR headset with a compact "immersive glasses" design. Credit: HTC

The Vive Flow Is VR for Downtime; Facebook Wants AR For Your Every Waking Moment

By Mathew Olson · Oct. 14, 2021 8:00 AM PDT · 1 comment

With its Vive VR headsets, HTC beat Facebook’s Oculus to market for a full room-scale virtual reality product. The Vive Flow, unveiled Thursday, will beat Facebook, potentially by a matter of years, to the release of a radically thinner VR headset. At the same time, being first might hold the Flow back.The $499 Vive Flow is primarily intended as... With its Vive VR headsets, HTC beat Facebook’s Oculus to market for a full room-scale virtual...

How Snapchat's new contests with cash prizes will appear in-app. Credit: Snap

Snap’s New AR Incentives; Canon Courts VR Filmmakers

By Mathew Olson · Oct. 6, 2021 11:00 AM PDT

Snap is launching a new series of contests with cash prizes to entice creators large and small. On its face, it’s likely a smart move to stay attractive next to other video-focused social media platforms like TikTok and Instagram.I’m sure Kaya will have more to say about it and other changes for Snapchat’s biggest stars in today’s Creator... Snap is launching a new series of contests with cash prizes to entice creators large and small....

Apple CEO Tim Cook. Photo by Bloomberg.

How Apple Could Get an Edge in AR/VR with a Tethered Headset

By Mathew Olson · Sept. 2, 2021 11:00 AM PDT · 2 comments

Apple CEO Tim Cook. Photo by Bloomberg.

How Apple Could Get an Edge in AR/VR with a Tethered Headset

By Mathew Olson · Sept. 2, 2021 11:00 AM PDT · 2 comments

News reported earlier today by my colleague Wayne Ma that Apple’s forthcoming mixed reality headset won’t be a purely standalone device is a big deal. It might not be obvious, but this implicitly gives Apple an edge over rivals like Facebook, allowing Apple to offer a more capable headset.As Wayne’s story says, the headset’s main chip will be... News reported earlier today by my colleague Wayne Ma that Apple’s forthcoming mixed reality...

A screenshot from the ‘Population: One’ game. Image: BigBoxVR

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Facebook and Shopify Pick Up New VR and AR Teams

By Mathew Olson · June 14, 2021 11:01 AM PDT

Last Friday brought back-to-back acquisitions in virtual and augmented reality: Facebook said it was buying Seattle’s BigBox VR, makers of Population: One, and would incorporate it into Oculus Studios. And Shopify is taking on the team behind AR home design app Primer. Both deals underscore the appetite of big tech companies for developers with... Last Friday brought back-to-back acquisitions in virtual and augmented reality: Facebook said it...

A rendering of how foveated rendering clarifies images in the center of the field of vision. Image: Nvidia

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TI Reality Check: Clearer VR Vision and AR Super-Hearing

By Mathew Olson · April 13, 2021 11:00 AM PDT · 1 comment

Virtual reality is about to get a big visual upgrade. Tucked into a presentation Monday at Nvidia’s annual tech conference was the revelation that the company will start including technology in its graphics chip software that significantly enhances the visual quality of VR experiences. Virtual reality is about to get a big visual upgrade. Tucked into a presentation Monday at...

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