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You won't exactly see through any barrier like Superman, but by using this AR headset, you could locate items buried away in a giant warehouse.

Science & Energy

MIT Invents “X-Ray Vision” Headset That Can See Inside Boxes

By Frank Landymore

A VR startup wants to allow users to record and then "replay" their memories back in the locations where they happened — but some folks aren't with it.

Virtual Reality

VR Startup Working on Tech to “Replay” Memories

By Noor Al-Sibai

Facebook, wants virtual AR content to interact with real world objects in mixed reality headsets and told ad agencies how ads can use the tech.

Facebook Reveals Plan to Plaster AR Ads Over All of Reality

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A new app called Phobys uses augmented reality to surround arachnophobic people with spiders as a form of virtual exposure therapy.

Health & Medicine

Scientists Use AR to Make Arachnophobes See Huge Spiders

By Dan Robitzski

International Space Station crewmembers are repairing equipment using instructions on an AR headset so they can be more autonomous during distant missions.

Astronauts Use Augmented Reality to Repair Space Station Equipment

By Dan Robitzski

A creator on YouTube created a CGI version of himself using a powerful new app — and used it to prank his friends on a video call.

Virtual Reality

This Guy Made a CGI Version of Himself to Fool His Friends on Videochat

By Tony Ho Tran

Facebook released a new video, showing off a prototype of a wrist-worn device meant to serve as a controller for its upcoming augmented reality glasses.

Facebook’s Neural Wristband Actually Sounds Pretty Cool

By Victor Tangermann

Snap, Inc is about to release the third iteration of its AR glasses, Spectacles 3. It's extremely unclear who they're for.

Robots and Machines

Gadzooks! Snap Inc. Is Making a New Pair of Doomed AR Glasses

By Dan Robitzski

"Minecraft Earth," announced today, will allow users to collect items, blocks, and creatures while roaming around in the real world with friends.

New “Minecraft” Game Will Let You Build Stuff in the Real World

By Victor Tangermann

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Prosthetics and Devices

For a Thousand Bucks, You Can Get the First Non-Dorky Smart Glasses

By Dan Robitzski

Lockheed Martin engineers are using Microsoft's HoloLens to speed up construction of NASA's next space capsule by showing technicians the next step.

Lockheed Engineers Are Using HoloLens to Build NASA’s New Space Capsule

By Jon Christian

Never Heard of Edge Computing? It’s About to Make Augmented Reality Way Better.

Virtual Reality

Never Heard of Edge Computing? It’s About to Make Augmented Reality Way Better.

By Kristin Houser

Inventing America takes travelers to Governor's Island, New York back to the 17th century via an augmented reality simulation that covers the whole island.

Virtual Reality

Augmented Reality Recreates A New York City Not Seen for Centuries

By Dan Robitzski

Virtual Reality Has Reached A “Tipping Point.” It’s Officially Here to Stay.

Virtual Reality

Virtual Reality Has Reached A “Tipping Point.” It’s Officially Here to Stay.

By Dan Robitzski

Magic Leap’s Disappointing Demo Could Be A Death Knell For AR

Virtual Reality

Magic Leap’s Disappointing Demo Could Be A Death Knell For AR

By Victor Tangermann

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Virtual Reality

Magic Leap Shows Off Their New Augmented Reality Headset

By Chelsea Gohd