I started with CNET reviewing laptops in 2009. Now I explore wearable tech, VR/AR, tablets, gaming and future/emerging trends in our changing world. Other obsessions include magic, immersive theater, ...

Netflix has plans to build an app for Microsoft’s HoloLens augmented reality headset: Plans to support HoloLens were mentioned in one of the company’s recent job listings for a Windows Senior Software ...

Holly Witchey traveled more than 3,200 miles in seconds—and speed wasn’t even the most impressive part of the feat. Standing in the basement of a building on Case Western Reserve University’s campus, ...

In 2015, when Microsoft unveiled the very first public iteration of the HoloLens, product managers demonstrated the augmented reality headset by asking users to re-wire an actual light switch, live, ...

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Loook announced in April 2016 that it was making “mixed reality” apps that blend 3D animations and the real world using Microsoft’s HoloLens glasses. And today, the Seattle-based holographic computing ...

Inspired by Microsoft’s HoloLens holographic glasses, the founders of Loook are announcing today that they are creating “mixed reality” apps that blend holographic animations and the real world.

Virtual reality and augmented reality headsets can offer mind-blowing digital experiences, but they are, by design, singular experiences. Trying to describe it to someone without a headset — who sees ...

Programming for Microsoft's holographic headset leverages familiar tools -- Visual Studio and the Unity 3D framework -- in very unfamiliar ways Microsoft’s HoloLens is an intriguing device that ...

With its first two business apps built in-house for use with HoloLens, Microsoft is taking off the training wheels to bring its mixed-reality headsets into mainstream use—and finding a new ...

While augmented and virtual reality are often associated with video games, Microsoft has highlighted enterprise plans for HoloLens, its augmented reality headset. In one HoloLens video, Microsoft ...

The tech giant also has hired the former Oculus chief marketing officer to help push its efforts in mixed reality. Richard Nieva was a senior reporter for CNET News, focusing on Google and Yahoo. He ...