I started with CNET reviewing laptops in 2009. Now I explore wearable tech, VR/AR, tablets, gaming and future/emerging trends in our changing world. Other obsessions include magic, immersive theater, ...

Finland-based virtual reality firm Varjo Technologies Oy launched the next generation of its high-fidelity mixed reality headsets today with the debut of its XR-4 series, which includes ...

When science fiction isn't a word of caution — or thought-provoking speculation — it's often imaginative wish fulfillment of tech we wish we had. VR goggles especially. Stanley Weinbaum's "Pygmalion's ...

See how it feels like to climb Mount Everest in Virtual Reality. The premise of EVEREST VR is simple. Summit the world´s highest peak, Mount Everest in the Himalayas, as if you were there. Starting at ...

Why augmented, virtual, and mixed reality (AR/VR/MR/XR) are finally ready for prime time. Remaining challenges to adoption. Where can you use this technology? We’re not yet at the level of Star Trek’s ...

Windows Mixed Reality, which debuted with the Microsoft HoloLens device, was set to be a big thing back in 2017 - with companies like Acer, ASUS, Dell, HP, and Lenovo all set to make devices that ...

While the Vive XR Elite looked almost like a pair of over-sized glasses, the Focus Vision doesn't look much different than the Focus 3. It's clearly a standard VR headset, albeit one a step above the ...

Mixed reality is opening up a world of possibilites. You’ve got Mario on your desk, a piano at your fingertips, and many, many screens in your eyeballs while you wash the dishes. But it doesn’t have ...

I’m not sure who needs to hear this, but Angry Birds VR: Isle of Pigs now uses video passthrough on Meta Quest headsets (and the Pico) to project your target for destruction onto a real-life table or ...

Mini is testing a new technology for those who find the real world just too dull when sitting behind the wheel. The Mini Mixed Reality system merges the virtual and real worlds, because you know, why ...