Month: October 2021

Today is the 10-year anniversary of the death of Apple co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs. To commemorate the occasion, Apple has posted a message and a mini-documentary on its website. But beyond Jobs’ visionary accomplishments, this anniversary is also an opportunity to peer into the possible future of what Apple has in store in the first decade after the passing of its passionate, trailblazing leader. • Don’t Miss: Facebook’s Big Smartglasses Mistake—Not Pairing Ray-Ban with Instagram Instead In this area, there’s really only one direction in which to look: augmented reality… more

On Monday, the social media giant Facebook suffered a massive outage that, as of this writing, is still in effect. The company’s flagship services, including Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp are all currently inaccessible. But one unexpected development is that this outage is also hurting Facebook’s “metaverse” products, including Oculus Quest users and Ray-Ban Stories smartglasses users. • Don’t Miss: What Is the Difference Between Facebook Ray-Ban Stories, Snap Spectacles, & Amazon Echo Frames Smartglasses? Currently, if you turn on your Oculus Quest 2 headset, after the device powers on… more

The beginning of autumn has delivered a number of new augmented reality developments, and we’re on top of it. This week, NASA launched several major new initiatives that involve AR as an essential piece of the puzzle. Also, Magic Leap’s history turned a major new corner, while one mainstream retailer move could hint at an early advantage in the growing smartglasses wars. Speaking of smartglasses, this week we offered a comprehensive breakdown of the leading players, how they stack up against each other, and which ones are right for certain users. Finally, the folks at Vuzix gave the world a… more

Although the enterprise use cases for the Microsoft HoloLens 2 continue to impress, the arts community just can’t stay away from the best augmented reality headset on the market. The latest example comes from a new exhibit that highlights one of Earth’s most powerful but vulnerable sea creatures: orca whales. • Don’t Miss: Microsoft’s HoloLens Morphs Paris Museum Model of Mont-Saint-Michel into Masterpiece of AR The exhibit, which is called “Critical Distance,” is being hosted by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC. The team behind the new immersive… more