Niantic is working on yet another augmented reality project. The Pokémon Go developer announced on Wednesday that it is working on another real-world AR game called Peridot. The game is slated to enter a soft launch very soon and will give players their own Peridots, or Dots for short, to raise.
South Korea plans to use virtual reality driving tests to see if elderly drivers are fit to drive. According to Yonhap News, the Korean National Police Agency wants to implement conditional licenses for the country’s elderly drivers (via TheNextWeb). The plan is set to kick in by 2025. Conditional licenses for older drivers aren’t new, …
A new crypto mining game from Niantic and Fold lets you mine for Bitcoin in augmented reality similar to Pokémon GO. Fold announced the new experience in a blog post on Tuesday. In the announcement, the company discusses how it wanted to bring the metaverse to life in a way that promotes human freedom and …
A new prototype set of gloves from Meta (formerly Facebook) could open the door for devices that let you feel objects in virtual reality. The gloves were created by Meta’s Reality Labs, and they’re currently still in the prototype phase. That means they aren’t going to be available to the public anytime soon. The company …
A new patent filed by Apple (and found by AppleInsider) could hint at the future of its augmented reality efforts. Based on the patent, it looks like Apple could be looking to remove screens altogether. Instead, it could use tiny projectors to beam AR images directly onto the user’s retina. The patent, which is titled …
Apple’s augmented reality headset was reportedly expected to launch in the second quarter of 2022, however, a note to investors from analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has revealed an updated prediction for when production on the headset will begin. According to Kuo’s note, the production of Apple’s augmented reality head mounted display (HMD) will begin in the …
A new demo shows how Augmented Reality might allow users to copy a real-world object and paste it into software on their computer. Augmented Reality hasn’t yet transformed into the game-changing feature many people assumed it would be, but it’s still far too early to know how it will evolve in the coming years. In …
Over the past few years, one of the more intriguing rumors involving a new Apple product has centered on a pair of Augmented Reality glasses the company was supposedly working on. In addition to the usual speculation from the rumor mill, there was also concrete evidence that Apple was making a concerted effort to hire …
Do you know your own shoe size? You might think you do, but there’s a good chance you’re walking around in shoes that aren’t actually a perfect fit. Nike thinks it can change that with a new addition to its smartphone app that leverages the power of augmented reality to perform a super-accurate scan of …
In the months preceding WWDC 2017, Tim Cook made a number of statements highlighting his enthusiasm for augmented reality. Cook’s remarks were somewhat unusual given Apple’s penchant to not say much of anything regarding potentially new and exciting technologies. Cook, though, couldn’t help but extol the benefits of AR, even going so far as to …
