Facebook's AR Glasses May Be Getting Closer to Becoming a Reality
Facebook is reportedly dumping resources into developing nifty new augmented reality hardware—but don’t put money on…
Seedling on Magic Leap Is the Most Relaxing Space Gardening Game You'll Never Play
Testing out a new augmented reality game is typically hard enough. From the beginning, you’re thrust into a world that…
Bose Actually Turned Its Funky Sunglasses Headphones Concept Into a Real Gadget
Earlier this year, Bose showed off a product concept that seemed like the Snapchat Spectacles of the audio world,…
Google's Virtual Vermeer Museum Is a Legitimately Cool Use of AR
It used to be that the fastest, easiest way to view the paintings of Johannes Vermeer was a Google Image search. Now…
Microsoft Wins $479 Million Army Contract for Augmented Reality Systems
Microsoft has secured a $479 million-plus contract with the U.S. Army for Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS)…
The Magic Leap Con
“Today, our world feels divided.” Rony Abovitz, CEO of the infamous mixed reality startup Magic Leap stood awkwardly on…
ILMxLab's Next Augmented Reality Experiment Is...Porgs
The Porgs have invaded Star Wars at the box office, they’ve invaded it in the world of merchandising, and now, they’re…
Ominous New Art Exhibit Shows Coral Reefs Transformed by Trash
Corals are some of the most stunning organisms to have graced the planet, but they’re almost incredibly threatened.…
Report: Google and Imax's VR Camera Project Is Kaput
A joint Google-Imax venture to build a line of virtual reality cameras that’s been in the works since 2016 has been…
Amazon Imagines Future Employee Surveillance With Patent Application for AR Goggles
Amazon was criticized earlier this year for a controversial patent application that detailed an “ultrasonic bracelet”…
All the New AR Features Coming to iPhones This Fall
Apple’s World Wide Developer conference kicked off on Monday and among the refinements that we’re seeing for iOS is…
Leap Motion's New AR Headset All But Guarantees Your Public Humiliation
Leap Motion, the company behind the weird gesture-tracking controller for PC and VR, is showing off some pretty…
Snapchat’s Long-Awaited iPhone X Lenses Won’t Make Me Forget Rihanna’s Decree
iPhone X owners who still use Snapchat are in for a pleasant surprise today. The camera company, famously annihilated…
Magic Leap's Secrecy Obsession Is Reportedly Making Devs Say Screw It
At some point, Magic Leap is going to have to let people play around with its ultra-secret mixed reality device. Dev…
Augmented Reality Instruction Manuals Would Make Building Ikea Furniture Way Less Painful
Adam Pickard is a big fan of Ikea’s augmented reality app that lets you try out furniture in your home before buying…
The First Great iPhone App Grows Up
The very first iPhone apps were universally dull. And then Bloom came out. Brian Eno and Peter Chilvers built the app…
This AR Street Fighter II Lets You Brawl in the Real World
Augmented reality experiences are oftentimes a dud, and the really mind-melting ones require hardware that costs a…
Bose Wants to Fundamentally Change How You Interact With Your World
There are no practical applications yet for AR—your mom isn’t using it to navigate a grocery store—but AR has become…
A Jurassic World Version of Pokémon Go Is Coming to Your Phone
After a few years of running around outside catching wild Pokémon, fans will soon have the opportunity to do the same…
Artists Protest Elite Art World With Unauthorized AR Gallery at the MoMA
At this point, augmented reality has mostly been too gimmicky or too good to be true. But a group of internet artists…