Augmented reality first reached a mass audience by placing digital creatures and objects over real streets, parks, and landmarks through a smartphone screen. That breakthrough proved people were ...

“Peridot” is Niantic’s most experimental game, and also, it’s most intriguing. The original title from the “Pokemon Go” developer is touted as a modern-day spin on Tamagotchi, those virtual pets that ...

I haven’t been the best father to Simon. Despite the nagging of Peridot’s incessant notifications, it’s been a whole two days since I last checked on my virtual pet. After logging off work yesterday I ...

The OceanX supports a helicopter and two submersibles: the Neptune and Nadir. Each is capable of diving to depths of 1,000 meters. They can operate up to three days at a time. There’s also a media ...

Pokémon Go is introducing augmented reality gaming to the masses, but the technology behind the game also has more serious applications in the realm of medtech. If you see people walking around acting ...

Niantic, the company behind the popular augmented reality iPhone game Pokémon Go, is developing a similar augmented reality title in the Capcom Monster Hunter franchise. For those unfamiliar with ...

Chess fans and Star Wars fans have long found a common love in the fictional game of Dejarik, aka "holochess," played by a set of furious and fantastical creatures (called holomonsters) on a ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A troll museum in Norway has combined national folklore with modern AR technology to show visitors a new dimension of the ...

Why Snap, Unity, Xreal, and Texas A&M University are among Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies in augmented and virtual reality for 2025. Innovative organizations are finding ways to make ...