Augmented Reality (AR) can be fun technology to play with. The basic premise of AR is to overlay digital content on top of real things using something like a map, a camera, or sometimes the sky.

A URI professor is experimenting with how to use virtual reality apps to help adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities find solace after dealing with trauma KINGSTON, R.I. — Though the ...

Augmented reality technology turns your smartphone into a portable projection tool that works on any surface, anywhere. This guide compares the top AR drawing apps. You'll learn which one fits your ...

Jonathan Ashmore, a resident physicist at King’s College Hospital, keeps a pair of sound-cancelling headphones on his desk. He dons them every time a very young patient arrives at the MRI scanner in ...

Bhaskar Das] has been tinkering with one of Nintendo’s more obscure handhelds, the DSi. The old-school console has been given a new job as part of an augmented reality app called ...

There’s nothing better than gazing up at the stars on a night out. For $3, Pocket Universe: Virtual Sky Astronomy, using sorta-augmented reality, lets the astronomically impaired among us impress our ...

There's no use sugar-coating it: I'm absolutely atrocious when it comes to creating art. There's always a way to improve, though, but I didn't expect a helping hand to come from a Meta Quest 3 VR app ...

If you have a Meta Quest headset, you can now use it as a multi-monitor setup for a Windows PC without third-party software. The app Mixed Reality Link is now available for most Windows 11 PCs. There ...

Pokémon Go may have kick-started the augmented reality trend in smartphone games, but it’s not the only app to use the technique. The latest to join the trend? The United States Postal Service. The ...

Supernatural, the virtual reality fitness app, is being wound down as part of the company’s cuts to its Reality Labs division. Meta has never disclosed how many people use the app, which is available ...

Jessica was a writer on the Wellness team, with a focus on health technology, eye care, nutrition and finding new approaches to chronic health problems. Alo Moves, the wellness and fitness platform by ...