'Metaverse': the next internet revolution?
Imagine a world where you could sit on the same couch as a friend who lives thousands of miles away, or conjure up a virtual version of your workplace while at the beach.
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Facebook reveals goals for 3-D augmented reality glasses
With the reality of virtual interaction increasing during the COVID-19 pandemic, Facebook is expanding its AI-based augmented reality (AR) initiative. The company's Reality Labs aim to develop lightweight, stylish glasses ...
Mar 10, 2021 report
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Eye-tracking glasses provide a new vision for the future of augmented reality
Battery-free eye-tracking glasses developed at Dartmouth College could create an even more realistic experience for augmented reality enthusiasts. The new technology improves player controls for gaming and allows for more ...
Oct 29, 2018
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Qualcomm bets on the metaverse with a new $100 million investment fund
Qualcomm has set up a $100 million fund to invest in virtual and augmented reality technologies in a bid to help jumpstart the metaverse.
Mar 22, 2022
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Achieving razor-sharp vision in the metaverse
Thanks to the enhanced light-field technology developed by EPFL spin-off Creal, augmented-reality and virtual-reality images appear increasingly life-like with less strain on users' eyes. The company will present the latest ...
Nov 9, 2021
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Patent talk: Transition lenses in broad daylight for AR
Will they or won't they? Headlines surface regularly that this, that or the other among digital brands are going to come out with a killer pair of augmented reality glasses, and it's hope, too, mixed with anticipation, feeding ...
Nov 3, 2019 weblog
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CES 2023: Smelling, touching take center stage in metaverse
Is the metaverse closer than we think? It depends on who you ask at CES, where companies are showing off innovations that could immerse us deeper into virtual reality, otherwise known as VR.
Jan 8, 2023
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Facebook, Ray-Ban launch smart glasses—who will wear them?
Seven years after the ill-fated Google Glass, and five years after Snap rolled out Spectacles, another tech giant is trying its hand at internet-connected smart glasses, hoping that this time around things might be different ...
Sep 9, 2021
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Apple patent talk: Sheet of glass computer, finger wearables
Apple's ideas for future coolth are interesting in light of patent applications with the US Patent and Trademark Office.
Jan 29, 2020 weblog
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Microsoft sets stage for mixed-reality future
Microsoft on Tuesday set the stage for a future in which long-distance coworkers can collaborate as though in the same room, using augmented reality glasses and cloud computing power.
Mar 3, 2021
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