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"If you die in the game, you die in real life."

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

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.

Sword Guy

Another day, another Zucko fencing promo.

Extremely Sweaty Mark Zuckerberg Shows Off Mixed Reality Swordfighting Game

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.

Fear and Clothing

That's a little sketchy.

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

Fighter pilot training will include augmented reality headsets for combat training to allow jet pilots to compete with enemies from China and Russia.

"This is the way we’ll train [pilots] in the future."

Air Force Pilots to Fight AI-Based Enemies Using AR Helmets

In the video showcasing the concept, you can see the AR layer displaying your likely win percentage based on your hand in a game of Texas Hold ‘Em.

AR Hold 'Em

Just don’t let the dealer catch you. 

Amazing Augmented Reality Demo Automatically Counts Cards at Poker

Shoot magic energy lasers out of your fingers with augmented reality experiment that game enthusiast and HoloForge Interactive CTO Olivier Goguel created.

Magic Hands

Who DOESN'T want magic laser hands!? 

Awesome AR Demo Lets You Shoot Magic With Your Fingers

Two LAPD police officers were fired after they were caught playing Pokemon Go instead of responding to a call for backup during a robbery.

Officer Clown

Cam footage revealed that instead of providing backup, the officers were trying to catch Snorlax. 

Police Fired for Playing "Pokémon Go" Instead of Responding to Robbery

Philip Rosedale, the founder of the virtual world “Second Life,” who recently spoke to Time about his insights on building metaverses.

Life Advice

Here’s what he thinks you should know if you’re building a digital world. 

Creator of "Second Life" Issues Warnings for Those Building Metaverses

Sure, the Metaverse could improve our lives. In fact, Rosenberg told Insider it'll make our world "feel like Harry Potter." But social media has already created a world where nobody can seem to agree on what's real or not, and the Metaverse isn't likely to make those problems better. They'll probably only get worse.

Reality Bubble

What's real... and what's Meta?

Experts Say AR Could Let People "Reality Block" Stuff They Don't Like

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The CEO behind "Pokemon Go" believes that the metaverse is going to be a dystopian nightmare — but wants to help people build a better version of it.

Gotta Catch 'Em All

He helped build the world’s most popular AR experience. Now he wants to build a better metaverse. 

Pokémon Go Creator Fears "Dystopian Nightmare" Metaverse

An innovator in early AR systems has a dire prediction: the metaverse could destroy reality as we know it.

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