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Many point to Meta’s failings to make a case for mixed reality headsets having no future. But Apple’s approach is arguably much more strategic.
After struggling to go mainstream, Apple’s recent announcement of the Vision Pro mixed-reality headset could be the lifeline the metaverse needs.
Will Apple’s Vision Pro set the new standard for the future of virtual reality?
Smart glasses like Facebook’s Ray-Ban Stories could be used to record you surreptitiously. If the company adds facial recognition, you could be even more exposed.
Augmented reality has largely enjoyed cover from critique by being taken as a benign gaming technology. But recent developments suggest we need to get serious about it.
Emerging ‘mixed reality’ technology promises to bring history back to life.
The Oculus Quest 2 headset is the latest step in the construction of a ‘mirrorworld’ built on high-tech surveillance and targeted advertising.
Virtual reality can be more than a mirror that gives you a realistic simulation of the current world: it can bring the past into the present.
Before augmented reality products and apps take over the world, they’ll have to get out of their own way.
University course designers are harnessing the addictive quality of video games to develop ‘Serious educational games’ that engage and motivate students.
New gaming headsets promise to seamlessly integrate the digital and the physical world, but they also typically limit the vision of those digital objects to the person wearing the headset.
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Professor in Human-Computer Interaction, ARC Future Fellow, University of Sydney
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Lecturer in Human Computer Interaction, Bangor University
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Senior Lecturer in Visualisation, Bangor University
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Senior Lecturer in Digital Cultures, Australian Research Council DECRA Fellow, University of Sydney
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Professor of Computer Science, Indiana University
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Associate professor, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Professor Assistant in Computer Games, University of Essex
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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Business, University of New Brunswick
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Lecturer in Computer Science, Edinburgh Napier University
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Professor in Innovation and Associate Dean (Research), The University of Queensland
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Professor of Virtual Heritage and Interactive History, Adelaide University
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Sponsored Affiliate at Mi2 Lab, University of Michigan
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Lecturer in Computer Science, Bangor University
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Contract Lecturer in Digital Media, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Professor & Director, Hub for Apple Platform Innovation (HAPI), School of Computing Technologies, RMIT University