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(Photo: Delta)Four travelers stand under a departure board at Detroit Metropolitan Airport (DTW), checking for flight updates. Despite the board’s universal appeal, it’s uniquely personalized. From each traveler’s perspective, it displays only the information they’re looking for.  This seemingly magical version of the quintessential flight information board is made possible …

A 5G-enabled drone flying over the course at the recent Open de España in Madrid. Drones, digital twins and virtual reality applications aren’t the kinds of kit you’d normally associate with golf, but that’s exactly the tools that are being put to test right now on the sport’s European Tour. …

  Rumors of an Apple-designed AR/VR product have rumbled around for years now, with nary a launch to show for it. New data, however, shed more information on the hardware than we’ve seen before. Apple is developing a mixed-reality system that can track hand movements and show video of the …

Google is launching a digital “try it on” experience for some cosmetics-related queries using augmented reality, the company announced Thursday. It is working with data partners ModiFace and Perfect Corp to visualize thousands of eyeshadow shades and lipsticks from brands such as L’Oreal, MAC Cosmetics, Black Opal and Charlotte Tilbury. …

When the idea of wearable computing was first proposed, analysts and industry executives jumped on the concept like rats off a sinking ship. Tablet sales were already fluttering, ahead of their long slide, smartphones clearly weren’t going to carry the market forever, and various companies from small players like Fitbit …

Samsung has announced that it has teamed up with a range of other companies who are working on Virtual Reality to create the Global Virtual Reality Association (GVRA). The companies include Samsung, Google, Acer, HTC, Oculus and Sony Interactive Entertainment, the companies will work together to develop and share best …

The claim: The cost of Christmas dinner this year will either be the cheapest ever or 14% up on last year. Reality Check verdict: The two pieces of research look into the cost of buying different things at different shops so it is no great surprise that they get different …

If you weren’t anywhere near Shenzhen today, you likely missed some of the stories coming out of Microsoft’s Windows Hardware Engineering Community event (WinHEC). The company used the opportunity to highlight a number of partnerships and plans designed to hasten the next step in Windows evolution. At the top of …

After previously being made available to preorder Oculus has today officially launched their new Oculus Touch virtual reality controllers which have been under development for quite some time and were expected to be made available during the middle of 2016. The Oculus Touch controllers have been developed to complement the …

Unfortunately for those that have pre-ordered and backed the awesome Virtuix virtual reality treadmill via Kickstarter and later directly from the company’s website, will be disappointed to learn that the company has now cancelled all international preorders that require delivery outside the US. The company has now updated its official …