Virtual and mixed reality technology is developing even more rapidly than many anticipated. For some, that’s a nightmare scenario, a foreshadowing of a dystopian future and a loss of human… Read More
A Seattle-based invention factory called Xinova has made a deal to collaborate with Aetho, a San Francisco-based venture, on new technologies in augmented reality and virtual reaility. The agreement, announced… Read More
Realtor.com is coming out with a pair of new features for its Android mobile app that use image recognition and augmented reality to give people more information about homes on the… Read More
Microsoft expects its HoloLens augmented-reality headset to guide you through complicated tasks in the workplace, but someday you could also use it around the house to find misplaced items, play… Read More
Construction can be a tricky business. There are a lot of moving parts in any big project, whether it be a high-rise apartment tower, a heavily mechanical industrial building or a… Read More
Microsoft, which previously sold its HoloLens headset in the U.S. and Canada only, is expanding the mix-reality headset to six new countries — Australia, France, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand and the United Kingdom… Read More
NullSpace VR wants to add a little more reality to the virtual reality experience. The company, founded by Morgan Sinko, Jordan Brooks and Lucian Copeland when they were students at… Read More
The Seattle area is rapidly becoming a leader in virtual and augmented reality, with tech giants, mid-sized companies and startups all wading into the cutting edge technology. Bob Berry, Envelop VR… Read More
Artist Ginny Ruffner’s Poetic Hybrids exhibit makes concepts of genetic modification, augmented reality and sophisticated 3D modeling accessible enough for a child to enjoy it. And many children did, during the… Read More
Sex offenders under community supervision in New York State will be barred from playing Pokémon Go as New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has taken action aimed at protecting children from… Read More
So, this guy caught ’em all. Already. A 28-year-old Brooklyn, N.Y., man named Nick Johnson is apparently the first person to catch all 142 of the Pokémon Go characters available in… Read More
Millions of Pokémon Go players are peering into smartphones to look for animated characters in an augmented-reality world, but what if they could look for them wearing Microsoft’s HoloLens headset… Read More
Mark off the Boeing Co. as one more place where you shouldn’t be playing Pokémon Go, the monster-catching game that’s been taking smartphones by storm. It’s not that Boeing has anything… Read More
Astronauts have zapped virtual aliens on the International Space Station, using Microsoft’s HoloLens mixed-reality headset. So how about Pokémon Go, the latest craze in mixed-reality smartphone gaming? No-go, says NASA. “It… Read More
University of Washington’s CoMotion innovation program announced today it will move to a new University District headquarters that will include an incubator space for virtual and augmented startups. Two virtual reality companies have already… Read More
Whatever Magic Leap is up to when it comes to augmented reality (other than building an office in Seattle), the secretive company is at least letting on that they’re fans of… Read More
Augmented reality company Magic Leap is solidifying its presence in Seattle, in its notoriously secretive style — adding an intriguing new twist to the region’s growing market for virtual and augmented reality startups.… Read More
What happens when a group of talented computer science students at the University of Washington get to play with a HoloLens device for 10 weeks as part of a first-of-its-kind class?… Read More
Microsoft today announced that it will open Windows Holographic, the platform that powers Microsoft HoloLens, to any virtual reality or augmented reality headset maker as the company hopes to play an important… Read More
What’s the future of virtual and augmented reality? Is it just a bunch of hype, as the Wall Street Journal suggested this week, or is this technology finally ready… Read More
We’ve already seen how Microsoft’s HoloLens mixed-reality headset is helping folks fight off aliens on the International Space Station and take a virtual walk on Mars. Now check out how… Read More
The Seattle International Film Festival will embrace enhanced modes of storytelling such as virtual reality, 360-degree video and augmented reality for what it’s calling SIFFX, a festival-within-a-festival. The program, from… Read More
Can we create a better future through inquiry? That is one question, of several, that Questions for a Better Future will explore on May 9. Dr. Joseph Williams, recently appointed as… Read More
Our vision of the future has long included computers that we control with a wave of the hand. But what if that hand was also used to determine more about the… Read More
Wash the soap out of your eyes. That really (probably) is Robert Scoble’s Google Glass shower photo rendered as a simple line drawing in a U.S. Patent filing by Magic… Read More
Microsoft and NASA are bringing HoloLens to the masses – and bringing the masses to Mars – with a mixed-reality experience that will make its debut this summer. “Destination: Mars,” an exhibit opening… Read More
Remember thinking about whether to hit the right or left mouse button when clicking on something in the early days of computing? Now that holograms are our future, we’re going to have to… Read More
It has been more than a year since Microsoft announced the HoloLens, and we’ve seen an impressive range of on-stage demos since then. But Microsoft has closely controlled the experience so far. Today, that’s starting to… Read More
HoloLens development kits are going out sometime this spring, but there are still plenty of mysteries surrounding how the augmented reality headset will work, both in terms of a user… Read More
In three years, everyone will be wearing virtual reality goggles and watching drone racing, wearing virtual makeup and commuting to work in a self-driving car. This was one of the… Read More