AI wearables encompass body-worn devices such as smart glasses, haptic garments, e-textiles, earbuds, and neural or neuromotor interfaces that integrate sensing, computation, and feedback to mediate human–computer interaction. In extended reality contexts, these systems support embodied interaction, accessibility for blind, deafblind, and motor-impaired users, and novel modalities for communication, navigation, and education. Research spans perception and embodiment in virtual and mixed reality, social acceptability and adoption, and application domains from cultural heritage and tourism to workplace safety and battlefield control.
Engineering
Researchers from the São Paulo State University (UNESP) and the Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES) in Brazil have developed a wearable device to help visually impaired people move around. The technology has tactile ...
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Hi Tech & Innovation
With a mic in hand, Bono belts out "Vertigo," close enough to reach out and touch, as if you're sharing the stage with him at the Beacon Theatre in New York.
Jun 3, 2025
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Hi Tech & Innovation
In a Los Angeles theater, a trench coat-wearing Neo bends backwards to dodge bullets that spiral over the viewer's head, as the sound of gunfire erupts from everywhere.
Jun 1, 2025
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Business
Meta and defense tech startup Anduril Industries on Thursday announced a partnership to build mixed reality gear for "warfighters"—soldiers—to control autonomous systems on battlefields.
May 29, 2025
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Consumer & Gadgets
After Tennant figured out how to keep its plants open during the pandemic, it had a second problem to solve.
May 29, 2025
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Consumer & Gadgets
Open-heart surgery is a hard thing to practice in the real world, and airplane pilots cannot learn from their mistakes midair. These are some scenarios where virtual reality solves really hard problems, but the technology ...
May 28, 2025
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Engineering
Few weekends send more people on long car journeys than Memorial Day Weekend, with AAA estimating as many as 39 million people hitting the road this year. But unfortunately, motion sickness could make those trips uncomfortable ...
May 22, 2025
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Electronics & Semiconductors
A research team has developed an adaptable three-dimensional (3D) display panel using circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) devices. Their research is published in Science Advances, and was led by Prof. Zhuang Taotao and ...
May 19, 2025
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Machine learning & AI
Over the last few years, virtual and augmented reality have become increasingly popular in education, but there is still a central, lingering question: How can students learn with this technology?
May 15, 2025
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Automotive
Deep inside the sprawling Chrysler Technology Center is a metal structure equipped with sensors that Stellantis NV engineers call their "virtual reality arena."
May 15, 2025
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