Feb 13, 2022 | Apple, augmented reality, business, Facebook, Google, HoloLens, Microsoft, virtual reality
Last fall all the cool companies started talking about their augmented reality plans and throwing around the term “metaverse” as if it meant something. (Insider tip: it doesn’t.) Journalists have been crowding around Facebook, Apple, and Microsoft on...
Jan 19, 2022 | Apple, augmented reality, Facebook, HoloLens, Microsoft, virtual reality
See if I have this right. You read the last article and you agreed completely that you can ignore virtual reality, because that’s what you wanted to hear. But you can’t imagine why I say that augmented reality is going to be a big deal, so you skipped that part....
Oct 10, 2021 | Android, Apple, augmented reality, business, Facebook, Google, HoloLens, Microsoft
I’m curious – when I talk about “augmented reality,” do you know what that is? I feel like it might not be part of the general consciousness yet. I don’t have any new development to point to, nobody introduced new products last week or anything like that. But it’s...
Apr 20, 2017 | Apple, augmented reality, computers, Facebook, Google, hardware, HoloLens, Internet, iPad, laptops, Microsoft, news, phone, photos, tablet, web_services, Windows10, Windows7, Windows8
Technology in 2017 is just a bit . . . dull. There’s not much going on. You hadn’t really thought about it but now that I mention it, you know it’s true, right? Choose your metaphor. It’s a plateau. It’s the calm before the storm. We’re in a holding pattern. We’re...
Feb 27, 2017 | Apple, augmented reality, Google, HoloLens
Smart contact lenses are coming. There are no products on the market today and no one can predict how quickly the technology will be ready for public use, but it may be sooner than you think. If the technology can be developed, smart contact lenses have the potential...
Jul 24, 2016 | Android, Apple, augmented reality, games, HoloLens, Microsoft, phone
Pokémon Go was the most downloaded app in its first week of release in the history of Apple’s iOS App Store. Everyone has been playing Pokémon Go. It is the biggest example yet of Things That Unexpectedly Become Worldwide Obsessions Even Though They’re Pointless...