Scientists create the thinnest lens on Earth, enabled by excitons

Lenses are used to bend and focus light. Normal lenses rely on their curved shape to achieve this effect, but physicists from the University of Amsterdam and Stanford University have made a flat lens of only three atoms thick that relies on quantum effects.

The Metaverse Is Already Here

Facebook is building Metaverse - a virtual-reality space, or an alternative economy or world in which users can interact with other users within a persistent computer-generated environment.

Soon we may be working with avatars or digital twins

The future of work may look a lot like science fiction in a few years as advances in augmented and virtual reality as well as 5G and 6G wireless technologies revolutionize the way we interact with one another digitally.

Augmented reality could be the classrooms killer app

One of the most important challenges in teaching geology is bringing the outside world into the classroom. Augmented reality (AR) visualizations are increasingly capable of delivering.

How AR and VR Will Shape the Future of Work and Play

After a prolonged technology “winter,” the hardware and software that power VR and AR applications are accelerating at an extraordinary rate.

Facebook is working on an augmented reality headset

Revving up its hardware efforts, social networking giant Facebook is now planning to build its own Augmented Reality (AR) glasses to bring virtual friends to our homes.

Augmented reality takes 3-D printing to next level

Researchers are taking 3-D printing and 3-D modeling to a new level by using augmented reality to allow designers to design in physical space.

ARON ecosystem enables augmented reality without Wi-Fi

New platform, ARON, is a communications system designed to transmit real-world data via infrared light.

'View Mixed Reality' will turn any Windows PC into an augmented reality screen

View Mixed Reality will bolster Windows 10’s virtual reality chops by letting view augmented reality images through their device screen.

New opportunities for augmented reality

Pairing augmented reality with diminished reality provides a superior visual experience and could help grow the AR market.

A new smartphone this year will have augmented reality technology

The upcoming iPhone 8 will include augmented reality technology that represents a significant feature upgrade.

Magic Leap’s first augmented reality prototype device revealed

Magic Leap claims to have developed a technology that allows computer generated images to be fully integrated into a real-world landscape.

Sci-fi holograms a step closer

Physicists have invented a tiny device that creates the highest quality holographic images ever achieved, opening the door to imaging technologies seen in science fiction movies.

CES 2017: VR and AR Play Big

Capturing the public's interest and attention, these mixed reality technologies spread into home devices from smartphones to headsets, with media from the NFL to the NBA, to business markets including real estate and travel.