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Intel Developing an Augmented Reality Headset Using RealSense, Report Suggests

According to the Wall Street Journal, Chip giant Intel are poised to join the immersive technology race with a new Augmented Reality device using the company's RealSense computer imaging systems. Major player across industries are racing to join the immersive...

Leaked HoloLens ‘Actiongram’ Videos Show What Interacting with Windows in AR Looks Like

New instructional videos, supposedly leaked from a HoloLens development program, give us a glimpse at what every day interaction with Windows running in Augmented Reality looks like. Microsoft first unveiled their augmented reality headset HoloLens at a special Windows 10 event last...

‘Meta 2’ AR Glasses Available to Pre-order, 1440p with 90 Degree FOV for $949

Meta have today opened up pre-orders for their 'Meta 2' augmented reality development kit glasses today and have revealed the specifications for the units as well as the price. Meta broke out of stealth mode last month when they appeared at...

Movidius’ Dedicated Vision Processing Chip is Coming Soon to AR and VR Headsets

Movidius may be a little known name to the average consumer, but the company behind Google Project Tango's Myriad 1 vision processing chip is gearing up to release their new chip architecture in both VR and AR headset manufacturers, and a...
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Microsoft Teases the Future of the Super Bowl with HoloLens

Microsoft has splashed out on a promotional video designed to demonstrate its vision of a Super Bowl future, augmented by its untethered, augmented reality headset HoloLens, demonstrating how it could used in the home to enhance the football viewing experience. Microsoft's HoloLens...
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Watch Halo Played on Microsoft HoloLens in Augmented Reality

This is a video of Microsoft project manager Varun Mani, streaming a game of Halo: Guardians to his HoloLens, presented through the magic of augmented reality, straight onto his walls. Microsoft's augmented reality wonder-toy HoloLens has flirted with the idea of becoming...
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We Want to Play these HoloLens Concept Games Right Now

Stress Level Zero, the developers behind forthcoming HTC Vive / Steam VR title Hover Junkers, have come up with a series of concept titles for the Microsoft Hololens which we'd love to see become a reality. Remember long journeys in...
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HoloLens App Envisions Immersive Future for Architecture and Construction

Microsoft has recently released a video showing some of the architectural applications of HoloLens, the company's untethered AR headset. The prototype app shows the device's ability to improve communication between industry professionals through the use of immersive 3D models. Trimble, a company focused...

Unity Announces Support for Microsoft HoloLens, Complete Toolset Free of Charge

Unity has officially joined Microsoft in its quest to render the world around us with fantastical interactive 3D imagery, an endeavor made possible by HoloLens, Microsoft's as yet unreleased augmented reality visor. The game engine will fully support HoloLens and just like the...

Microsoft to Talk ‘Hololens’ at Build 2015, Keynote Livestream @8:30AM PT / 11:30AM ET

Microsoft biggest event of the year 'Build 2015' kicks off today and with it brings promise of more information for their intriguing augmented reality headset, Hololens. Running from April 29-May 1st, Microsoft's Build event has grown to become Microsoft's most important...

Magic Leap Cancels TED Appearance and Reddit AMA, “Reasons Unknown”

If you thought you were finally getting your hands on some info about the secretive Google-backed startup, Magic Leap, you'd be wrong—at least for now—because amidst much speculation, Magic Leap executives have cancelled their public talks on the technology. Magic Leap is...

Following $23 Million Series A, Meta 1 Developer Kit Hackathon to Be Held March 6

On the tail end of this year's GDC, Meta will be hosting their very first 24-hour AR hackathon centered around their Meta 1 Developer Kit, a crowdfunded augmented reality headset that is now shipping out to backers. The event comes after...

Sulon Cortex ‘Augmented Virtual Reality’ Headset, Interview with Don Henderson

Sulon had an impressive presence at CES 2015, their sizeable booth on the show floor accompanied by eye-catching prototype headsets clearly designed to announce to the world that they'd arrived. Their product, an AR/VR headset named the 'Cortex', has an interesting...

Google’s Chief Game Designer to Talk Tango at GDC, Augmenting Virtual Reality with the Real World

Google will be demoing some of their new sensor-assisted virtual reality technology at this year's Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, which promises to "enable Holodeck-like experiences with less than $100 add-on cost" to mobile devices. While not explicitly named,...

Two Companies Working on Products that are Eerily Similar to Microsoft’s HoloLens

HoloLens, a newly announced augmented reality device from Microsoft, is definitely turning some heads to the possibility of interacting with floating apps and games. We can't help but notice though that there seems to be an eerie convergence of...
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