Gotta catch ’em all, but how? When Pokemon Go comes to Android and iOS devices later in 2016, you’ll be able to conscript your very own army of the little critters and make them fight. And now, for the first time, we have a sense of how it’ll all work. SEE ALSO: Look at this giant...
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Report: Snapchat is assembling a super team to build smart glasses
Today, you use your smartphone’s cameras to take snaps and creates stories on Snapchat. But in the future, you could be Snapchatting with a pair of Google Glass-like smart glasses on your face. According to CNET, Snapchat has aggressively assembled a team of wearable experts to work on some kind of smart eyewear device. See...
Bill Gates talks Apple vs. FBI and why he'll never run for president
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates may be retired from running the largest software company in the world, but he’s still engaged in everything from technology to politics. Along those lines, Gates decided to show up for his fourth Ask Me Anything session on Reddit on Tuesday and, as usual, his responses to the public were revealing...
HoloLens may be the future but Microsoft's demo gave us bad '80s nostalgia
Microsoft’s HoloLens demo just transported us back to the ’80s. Microsoft showed off its HoloLens to developers at its Build 2016 conference. But unlike previous HoloLens demos, which were impressive, today’s demo was less awe-inspiring and more like a slice of bad ’80s special effects. Though holographic teachers are the future, this demo certainly wasn’t....
HoloLens IRL: What it's like in Microsoft's version of augmented reality
SAN FRANCISCO — I really didn’t get comfortable with the most recent version of the HoloLens until I got comfortable. I’d traveled to San Francisco, California, ostensibly for the Microsoft Build Developers conference, but my real quarry was the company’s now-shipping augmented-reality headset, the HoloLens Development Edition. It’s finally shipping to developers who preordered for...
Microsoft's latest HoloLens demo transports us back to the '80s
On Wednesday, Microsoft hailed the official launch of its HoloLens augmented reality device to developers at its Build 2016 conference But unlike the past HoloLens demos, which were impressive enough to draw applause audience members, today’s demo was less awe-inspiring and more like a slice of bad ’80s special effects See also: Hands on with...
Facebook plans to build augmented reality glasses
Facebook’s Oculus Rift virtual reality headset is shipping today, but in the future, the company hopes the technology and form factor will shrink to fit into a pair of normal-looking glasses. On stage at the company’s annual F8 developer conference, CEO Mark Zuckerberg showed off a concept for a pair of smart glasses that he...
Notorious B.I.G. to return to stage as a hologram
Fans of the late Notorious B.I.G. are about to get another chance to see the rapper perform in person, thanks to the magic of holograms ARHT Media has secured the rights to the holographic image of the famed rapper to engage in everything from concerts and various media campaigns See also: Stunning Michael Jackson Hologram...
Microsoft HoloLens is the best of the real and virtual worlds combined
Mashable Chief Correspondent Lance Ulanoff traveled to San Francisco, California, to try out the new Microsoft HoloLens Developers Edition. But don’t get excited quite yet, because for now, it is only for developers and businesses — consumers are gonna have to wait. It’s important to keep in mind that the HoloLens is almost the opposite...
Microsoft HoloLens: Does anyone know where it’s going?
SAN FRANCISCO — HoloLens, Microsoft’s self-contained holographic computer, arrives in developers’ hands around the world today, but when they open those exquisitely designed black boxes, the devices they receive will largely be a mystery to them — both how they work and, more importantly, what they’re good for. At its Build 2016 developer conference, Microsoft...