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An engineer made an application for smart glasses that can block billboards and other advertisements in real life.

Virtual Reality

New Smart Glasses Block Out All Real-Life Advertising

By Sharon Adarlo

Apple CEO Tim Cook is far from giving up on virtual and augmented reality headsets, a gadget category that has been rife with risky bets.

Tim Cook Has a Strange Obsession

By Victor Tangermann

Tech company Sightful has fully doubled down on augmented reality glasses by releasing an unusual laptop that doesn't have a screen.

Virtual Reality

New Laptop Has No Screen, Just Augmented Reality Glasses

By Victor Tangermann

A surgery team in the UK successfully utilized the recently-released Apple Vision Pro to assist spinal surgery.

Prosthetics and Devices

Surgeons Use Apple VR Headset During Spinal Operation

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Yes, software developer Jacob Wright wore his Vision Pro headset for a few wedding photos. No, he didn't wear it during the ceremony.

Virtual Reality

We Talked to the Guy Who Wore a Vision Pro VR Headset at His Wedding

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Some folks who cashed out the eye-watering $3,500 (before tax!) for Apple's Vision Pro headset are already showing some buyer's remorse.

Virtual Reality

People Are Already Returning Their Apple Vision Pro Headsets

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A viral video shows a driver dangerously wearing an Apple Vision Pro headset while cruising hands-free in a full self-driving Tesla.

Virtual Reality

Gaze in Horror at This Guy Wearing a VR Headset While Driving

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Apple's Vision Pro was launched with great fanfare but Apple execs have not been pictured wearing the AR device. Maybe because it looks dorky.

Virtual Reality

Apple Execs Seem Terrified of Being Photographed Wearing Dorky AR Headset

By Sharon Adarlo

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

Congress has reportedly rejected the Army's request for $400 million to fund the purchase of more Microsoft AR Hololens goggles.

Congress Rejects Funding the Military’s Microsoft AR Goggles Because They Made Soldiers Sick

By Victor Tangermann

In response to some pretty serious complaints from grunts, the US Army is ordering a redesign of its super-expensive Microsoft mixed-reality headsets.

Virtual Reality

US Army Buying Microsoft AR After Soldiers Said They “Would Have Gotten Us Killed”

By Noor Al-Sibai

Famed budget TV maker TCL has unveiled its latest TCL's X2 AR glasses capable of translating conversations in real time, but they're a little... big.

Virtual Reality

New AR Glasses Translate Conversations in Real Time

By Frank Landymore

A new report by The Information has shed light on Apple's hotly-anticipated mixed reality headset — and it sounds like a pretty quirky device.

Virtual Reality

Apple VR Headset Will Apparently Have Display Facing Outward to Show the User’s Facial Expressions

By Victor Tangermann

Oculus Founder Builds VR Headset That Kills User If They Die in Game

Virtual Reality

Oculus Founder Builds VR Headset That Kills User If They Die in Game

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

If you didn't know that Facebook-turned-Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is extremely into fencing, he is. Casd in point: the latest Quest Pro promo.

Extremely Sweaty Mark Zuckerberg Shows Off Mixed Reality Swordfighting Game

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Walmart offers a solution to online clothes shoppers in the form of a free virtual fitting room in its app. But it's a little invasive.

Walmart App Virtually Tries Clothes on Your Body… If You Strip

By Frank Landymore