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Intel processor could be in next-gen Google Glass as chipmaker eyes wearables. Intel doesn’t want to repeat the billion-dollar mistakes it made in the mobile market. by Rich Trenholm Intel has its eyes on one of the biggest prizes in wearable technology as reports say it will provide the chip for the next generation of Google […]

Augmented reality may trump virtual reality for work and play. NEW YORK — Mark Skwarek is surrounded by infiltrating militants in New York’s Central Park. He shoots one, then hearing a noise from behind, spins to take down another. All of a sudden, everything flashes red. He realizes he’s been hit. The words “Game Over” […]

Metaio Unveils 3D Depth Sensor Support for Augmented Reality. MUNICH AND SAN FRANCISCO, October 22nd, 2014: The world leader in Augmented Reality (AR) technology and software, Metaio, unveils support for new 3D depth sensing camera systems due to hit mobile devices this year. According to Metaio CTO and Co-Founder Peter Meier: “Smartphones and tablets have […]

Augmented reality gives physical world a virtual dimension. By Daniel ThomasBusiness reporter Physical objects are often static and dumb, offering little interactivity to the curious observer. Which is why the potential of augmented reality (AR) – virtual enhancement of the physical – is getting business excited. Retailers, advertisers and industry are all now using the […]

Google Glass Goes On Sale Outside The US. by Natasha Lomas Ahead of Google’s I/O developer conference, which kicks off , Mountain View has opened up sales of its augmented reality wearable goggles, Glass, to people outside the US. This follows Glass being opened up to general indifference anyone in the U.S. to buy, not justselect invitees, back in April. But this is the wearable’s first international […]

Meta 1 Augmented Reality Glasses Are Dragging Us Into A VR Future. by Jay Donovan Meta — which recently presented at TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2014 — today began to ship the final version of its Meta 1 Developer Kit (which includes the AR glasses). The 1,500 members of the company’s Pioneer Developer Program will be the lucky (and patient) recipients of the glasses […]

Google Glass will return in 2015 with Intel inside, says WSJ By Vlad Savov 2015 will see Google launch a new model of its Glass headset, which will be powered by an Intel chip and offer longer battery life than the current Explorer Edition, according to The Wall Street Journal. Google Glass has already been through a […]

AR is getting ever more popular. Go Go Gadget glasses! By Jamie Carte Google’s Project Glass is probably the most well-known of the new ‘smart glass’ products, but there are plenty more prototypes and rival products where that came from. They promise to take us on a journey of discovery using a slightly predictable mix of web […]

A novel optical technique could overlay virtual imagery on the real world through a compact pair of glasses. By Simon Parkin Andrew Maimone thinks augmented reality hasn’t been much more than a gimmick so far. Maimone, a PhD student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is developing a new kind of head-worn display […]