Microsoft kills second gen HoloLens
Working on Version three instead
Microsoft appears to be getting cold feet over its HoloLens and is not going to release a second version of the gear.
Apple to invent AR glasses
It is going be a game-changer
The super-cool and innovative tech power house Apple is rumoured to have come up with some game-changing glasses which superimpose information and pictures onto reality.
Google partners rushing into AI
Because that is not a bubble waiting to burst
Google quickened the pace of its push into virtual and augmented reality this week as its hardware partners announced new devices using its tech.
Microsoft AR can help you find your keys
Hololens gives you a photographic memory
Software king of the world, Microsoft’s new AR Hololens tech is starting to look really cool, and it could be getting even better if a new patent is anything to go by.
T-Mobile US on 5G in 2017
VR, AR, AI mobile speeds of 1.8 Gbps
T-Mobile US is talking a lot about network un-carrier innovations including 4G advanced features such as 4x4 MIMO, QAM 256 and QAM 64 but it looks like the company is working hard on 5G too. T-Mobile has already demonstrated mobile speeds of 1.8 Gbps and fixed speeds of 12 Gbps with latency of 2ns. Things look to be much faster and seamless in 2017 and the years to come, Happy New 2017 Year, that gets us a step closer to that.
Magic Leap jumps to damage control mode
Augmented reality not going as well as hoped
While augmented reality outfit Magic leap has managed to keep its product mostly hyped and secretive, it appears that a critical report has leaked out forcing the company to go into damage limitation mode.
Apple makes a VR patent stuff up
Its larger iPhone is too big
Despite genii at Apple might have made a bit of a mess of its VR plans.
Samsung Display bets on VR and AR
Push for OLED
Samsung Display thinks that VR and AR could be the technology needed to push mobile OLED panels.
Google's second headset brings the world into VR
Combines elements of AR and VR
Aside from the Daydream VR headset announced earlier this month, Google is reportedly working on a secondary headset that combines elements of augmented reality and virtual reality using a front-facing camera and motion tracking technology.
Oculus Rift controllers will cost $200
Prices getting silly
The pricing for the Oculus Rift’s Touch controllers has always been up in the air, but now it seems that we finally have a price tag and it is not cheap.