About Augmented Reality
Augmented reality is an interactive experience of a real-world environment where the objects that reside in the real world are enhanced by computer-generated perceptual information, sometimes across multiple sensory modalities, including visual, auditory, haptic, somatosensory and olfactory.
Pokémon Go creator John Hanke says it's not game over for the app
... The smash-hit mobile game used Augmented Reality (AR) to take the search from the sofa to the streets, and its early days were marked by regular crashes due to extreme demand...
Why a 'hologram revolution' could be on the way
... Basically, this is Augmented Reality (AR) without the need for need for wearable devices, goggles or a smart device that has to be held up in order for the AR image to appear on the screen...
The incredible power of blue LEDs
... For technologies such as virtual reality and Augmented Reality, we need extremely bright LEDs to see the images clearly, says Keith Strickland, chief executive officer at Plessey Semiconductors, a British firm working with Meta on such devices...
Meta announces AI chatbots with 'personality'
... Cameras facing forward will mean the headset will allow for Augmented Reality...
Metaverse: What happened to Mark Zuckerberg's next big thing?
... Reality Labs - which as the name suggests is Meta s virtual and Augmented Reality branch - has lost a staggering $21 billion since last year...
Mark Zuckerberg: Threads users down by more than a half
... He said work on the Augmented Reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) technology that would power it was " not massively ahead of schedule, but on track" adding that he didn t anticipate it going mainstream until the next decade...
How brands hope to tempt you with videos on labels
... It was one of the first widespread uses of Augmented Reality (AR)...
Vision Pro: Apple's new augmented reality headset unveiled
...By James Clayton at Apple Park in CaliforniaBBC NewsApple has unveiled a much-anticipated Augmented Reality headset, Apple Vision Pro, in its first major hardware launch for almost a decade...
Mark Zuckerberg: Threads users down by more than a half
By Tom SingletonTechnology reporter, BBC News
Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg says its new Social Media platform, Threads, has lost More Than half its users.
The Twitter rival rocketed to More Than 100 million users within Five Days of its launch earlier this month.
But Mr Zuckerberg has acknowledged those numbers have now tumbled.
" If you have More Than 100 million people sign up, ideally it would be awesome if all of them or Even half of them stuck around. We're not there yet, " He Said .
Mr Zuckerberg - who made the comments in a call to employees, heard by the Reuters news Agency - described The Situation as " normal" and said he anticipated retention to improve as new features were added to the app.
Threads has previously for having limited functionality, for example over what posts are displayed and what content is available.
Meta's chief product officer Chris Cox told staff it was now focused on adding more " retention-driving hooks" to Draw People back to The Platform .
He gave the example of " making sure people who are on the Instagram app can see important Threads". The two platforms are closely tied - in order to sign up for Threads, users must have an Instagram account.
Mr Zuckerberg also updated employees on The Company 's enormous bet on a yet-to-be-created Virtual Reality world, called the Metaverse.
He Said work on the Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) technology that would power it was " not massively ahead of schedule, but on track" adding that he didn't anticipate it going mainstream until The Next decade.
That prediction may intensify concerns that Meta has dedicated too much time and money to the Metaverse - its Reality Labs division, which produces VR headsets and other products, has racked up
The Company as a whole though continues to perform well financially - announcing This Week it made.
Mr Zuckerberg also addressed one other headline-making issue -
From the safety of their keyboards, the two men indicated in June that they were both keen on a bout - Even going As Far as suggesting a venue in Las Vegas .
However, when pressed about it on The Call , Mr Zuckerberg said he was " not sure if it's going to come together".
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