Augmented reality advances learning especially in informal science education context

The results showed that AR-technology experience was beneficial especially for the pupils, who otherwise belong to the lowest achieving school success group.

How 5G will change the way we use the web

The promise of 5G includes faster internet, greater mobile connectivity for businesses, and the ability to take futuristic digital experiences like VR and AR mainstream.

This Pod Makes Lifelike 3-D Avatars for VR

Timmu Tõke envisions a future where a realistic 3-D avatar of himself meets up in a virtual world to interact with other avatars that look just like the people from home.

Oculus provides a tantalizing glimpse at social VR's future

In a live stage demo presented by Mark Zuckerberg himself, we see a unified "people-first" environment that could seamlessly cycle through hanging out with friends in various VR environments.

This Accessory Makes VR So Real a Surgeon Could Train with It

Using this exoskeleton in a virtual environment, a baseball feels firm, and an egg light and fragile.

Paralysis Partially Reversed With Virtual Reality Tech in Surprising New Study

With a year of intense brain training, eight paraplegics regained partial sensation and voluntary control of their paralyzed body areas, despite having spinal cord injuries that were previously diagnosed as irreversible.

Ultrathin, transparent oxide thin-film transistors developed for wearable display

Ultrathin and transparent oxide thin-film transistors have been developed for an active-matrix backplane of a flexible display by using the inorganic-based laser lift-off method.

Pokemon Go Is a Glimpse of Our Augmented Reality Future

Pokémon Go turns everything we know about gaming on its head. It’s a massively multiplayer real life videogame. RL games have the power to take our beloved stories and franchises and bring them to life. Not only that, they can add a sense of depth, awareness, and somewhat ironically, mindfulness about the real world.

How virtual reality will change the face of cinema

It might seem a sensationalist claim, but with the advent of virtual reality we could be on the brink of the biggest change to the way we watch films in over a century.

Future iPhones may have wraparound glass, augmented reality apps

Apple could be planning to develop an iPhone that features a curved wrap-around display and the ability to run augmented reality apps. The company was awarded a patent for the technology on Tuesday, indicating its interest in the area.

Google and IMAX are Working on a Virtual Reality Camera

The IMAX VR camera will use Google Jump to create 3D, 360-degree content.

Google's Virtual Reality Vision Comes Into Focus

Google makes several announcements, including its mobile virtual reality platform Daydream, that reveal its long-term strategy to bring VR to the masses.

A New Morning

Magic Leap unveiled a new video demonstration of its technology, complete with virtual screens that could theoretically replace a phone or even a desktop PC.

World's First IMAX Spin Class Kicks Off

he “larger-than-life” screen uses technology similar to IMAX movie theaters, taking participants through the solar system, soaring over Hawaii’s coasts, or into the music with visuals that match the beat, the IMAXShift description reads.

Samsung Has Patented An Augmented Reality Smart-Contact Lens

Google Glass perhaps didn’t receive the earth-shattering response the company – and world – had expected. However, a proposal that Samsung appears to have in the works could be the augmented reality wearable tech everybody is holding out for.