augmented reality
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Microsoft Sells Three Bethesdas Worth Of Minecraft Goggles To The US Military
In 2015, Microsoft showed off its fancy new HoloLens augmented reality goggles with a very impressive Minecraft demo. In 2021, the company has just agreed to sell “up to $US22 billion” worth of headsets based on that original tech to the US military.
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Gotta Slay ‘Em All In Witcher Mobile AR Game Monster Slayer
Geralt of Rivia, the overworked, underpaid freelancer, is about to get some much needed backup in the monster hunter gig economy: you. In a teaser trailer released today, Spokko, a subsidiary of CD Projekt Red, announced a new augmented reality mobile game, The Witcher: Monster Slayer.
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Live Action Wizards Unite Trailer Is A Better Wizarding World Movie Than Fantastic Beasts
To celebrate the US and UK release of Wizards Unite (lucky us, we’ve had it for weeks), Niantic released a new launch trailer for the game that is less about the actual gameplay of Wizards Unite which, like Go, is all about using your phone to travel to real-world locations to encounter augmented reality recreations…
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This Shape-Shifting, Pin-Headed Robot Lets You Feel Virtual Objects With Your Bare Hands
Virtual reality headsets today use your eyes and ears to make simulated experiences seem more real, but what about your other senses? Researchers at Stanford University have come up with a way for your hands and fingers to feel virtual objects with a unique robot that looks like an animated version of those Pin Art…