Facebook and Ray-Ban Stories Smartglasses Unboxing

The competition to secure the top slot in the smartglasses space is now in full swing, with Facebook challenging Snap’s Spectacles and Amazon’s Echo Frames with its own collaboration with Ray-Ban called Stories.

What makes Facebook’s offering so uniq… Next Reality & Adario Strange

How ‚The Matrix Resurrections‘ Can Help Us Answer Some of the Most Important Questions About the Emerging Real Metaverse

„Unfortunately, no one can be told what the matrix is, you have to see it for yourself.“ That’s the line just before Morpheus gives Thomas Anderson (aka Neo) the red pill, finally opening his eyes to the tapestry of code that has veiled his eyes for h… Next Reality & Adario Strange

Market Reality: Apple AR Event Surprise, Facebook Smartglasses Debut, Snapchat Interactive Update, & an Epic Games Win

When it comes to the ever-shifting sands of the augmented reality space, you never know which week will end up being truly historic. Well, this one was one for the history books.

Not only did Facebook finally launch its AR-precursor smartglasses with… Next Reality & Adario Strange

How Epic Games Major App Store Win Against Apple Could Change the Mobile Augmented Reality Space Forever

The fight to wrest control of apps from Apple’s revenue-focused grip just took a major turn in favor of Epic Games.

On Friday, a court issued a permanent injunction against Apple that now allows developers to direct customers to outside payment syste… Next Reality & Adario Strange

Facebook Ray-Ban Smartglasses Leak Reveals Fashionable Device with Cameras, Multiple Colors

Facebook promised that it would release a pair of smartglasses in partnership with Ray-Ban sometime this year and now it looks like we have our first look at the device.

The design is amazingly in line with Ray-Ban’s classic look, so much so that if … Next Reality & Adario Strange

Snapchat Launches Birthdays Mini Feature to Let You Celebrate Your Friends via AR Lenses

The art of creating Snapchat Lenses is really only the beginning of the augmented reality experience on the social media platform.

The real interactive fun begins when people begin to use the Lenses in deeply personal ways. One of those personal inst… Next Reality & Adario Strange

Apple Kicks Off September Event with Augmented Reality Welcome Mat

We always know roughly when Apple events are coming, but when their new product events pop up, they’re always a pleasant tech refresher from the Cupertino tech giant.

This time, the Apple event news comes with a special treat, another beautiful augme… Next Reality & Adario Strange

Market Reality: Oculus Quest Fuels AR Apps, Why Spatial Audio Is the Killer App, & Xerox Becomes a Major AR Player

Amid a troubling resurgence in coronavirus cases, led by the new Delta variant, augmented reality is once again moving back into the spotlight as a solution, especially now that the move to return to offices has been stalled.

This week, a few develop… Next Reality & Adario Strange

Xerox Augmented Reality Unit CareAR Raises $10 Million in Funding from ServiceNow

The enterprise-focused category of augmented reality doesn’t often get the headlines due to its relatively sedate profile as a mostly factory floor and training-based tool.

But a new massive investment in one of the biggest enterprise AR players, Xer… Next Reality & Adario Strange

Facebook’s Oculus Quest Turned into Augmented Reality Guitar Hero Experience via This Developer App

The augmented reality passthrough abilities of Facebook’s Oculus Quest were only fully opened to independent developers recently.

But despite the recency of the shift, the change is already yielding interesting AR applications that few would have con… Next Reality & Adario Strange