At Meta’s Connect developer conference, CEO Mark Zuckerberg showed off Orion, a futuristic pair of smart glasses that the company hopes will lead the next foundational shift in personal computing.

Tech founders painted a vision of employees clocking into virtual workplaces. But the adoption of VR at work has been slow.

The company announced the Meta Quest 3 headset and new Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses. The new hardware comes with a vision for head-mounted computing that incorporates the real world a little bit more.

The neurotech firm Cogitat is among those building a system which translates brain activity into actions.

Swoosh members will compete to create digital kicks with the brand’s design staff and bag a royalty cut. But not even Nike knows how it’s going to work.

Cameras inside the Quest Pro that track eye and face movements can make an avatar’s expressions more realistic, but they raise new privacy questions.

In VRChat, some people work hours at a time in faithful re-creations of the iconic big-box store.

In the future, the metaverse could be split into two: China and the rest of the world.

Software firm aims to use artificial intelligence to accelerate the safe and efficient deployment of autonomous vehicle technology, also reducing the carbon emissions generated by vehicles.

Defense tech companies have latched on to the metaverse hype—but what they’re building will be a far cry from Meta’s virtual world.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg will take the stage Wednesday morning to deliver a keynote address about all things AR and VR, chatbots, headsets, smart glasses, and generative AI. Here’s a preview.

Meta and Apple have zeroed in on mixed reality headsets and augments as their next frontier. But allowing wearables to collect data about their surroundings is going to cause problems.

Technological, human, and legal aspects will play a role in determining the pace of adoption and diffusion of industrial applications of the metaverse. Payoffs can be substantial in terms of collaboration, productivity, efficiency and cost reduction.

How can hybrid teams collaborate seamlessly? Meta believes virtual reality tied to business applications is the way forward.

Extended – augmented and virtual – reality is capturing the imagination of media and investors alike. Use cases abound, and market opportunities proliferate as more and more companies discover applications that might help their operations or serve their customers.

Shipyard workers at Singapore’s Keppel Offshore and Marine can view work instructions on their smart glasses, pull out real-time data about their equipment and receive remote guidance in a range of operational tasks

There’s an opportunity to build joyful communities in VR. Just protect individual rights—and keep out the crypto.

Software firm aims to use artificial intelligence to accelerate the safe and efficient deployment of autonomous vehicle technology, also reducing the carbon emissions generated by vehicles.