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Apple has announced its first VR headset

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Apple Vision Pro won't solve the problems with virtual reality

Apple’s Vision Pro headset announced at WWDC 2023 blends virtual and real-world experiences together. But it still has many of the same problems as other headsets

Analysis

The HapticPuppet drone

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Drones on strings could puppeteer people in virtual reality

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An invisible tag embedded in a coffee cup

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Invisible 3D printed tags turn simple objects into gaming controllers

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VR with muscle-stimulating tech that can force you to move your head

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VR with muscle-stimulating tech that can force you to move your head

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VR could use a muscle-stimulating device that forces your head to turn

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VR could use a muscle-stimulating device that forces your head to turn

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What is a metaverse and why is everyone talking about it?

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Augmented reality tagging can pop strange cartoons over people's faces

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Augmented reality glasses help kids with autism relate to others

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3D Princess Leia image

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3D ‘holograms’ made with lasers by moving one particle at a time

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Pokemon road safety sign

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Did Pokémon Go really kill 250 people in traffic accidents?

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An augmented reality training video

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App creates augmented-reality tutorials from normal videos

Want to fix your car or indulge in some molecular gastronomy? A system that generates the kind of AR tutorials that trains fighter jet engineers could help

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Inside the fighter jet of the future where AI is the pilot

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Augmented reality graffiti will lead to advertising ambush wars

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Escape to the future with virtual reality

Culture

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Augmented reality glasses seek to keep speech in sight

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