A new app called Wist, promises to let users capture videos on their phones and transform them into 3D, immersive memories, writes Sarah Wells. Here is the link: https://www.vice.com/en/article/jg5exb/wist-app-relive-memories-vr

Meta has confirmed that a mainstream, lower-cost follow-up to the 2-year-old Quest 2 is coming in 2023, writes Scott Stein. Here is the link: https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/meta-confirms-quest-3-vr-headset-is-arriving-in-2023/

The new headset costs $1,100 more than Meta’s Quest 2 headset and contains new technologies like an advanced mobile Snapdragon computer chip, writes Jonathan Vanian.

Amazon has rolled out a new virtual shopping tool that uses augmented reality technology to enable users to try on shoes before they buy them, writes Annie Palmer. Here is the link:...

The enhancement was developed in collaboration with Volkswagen, which has been experimenting with using the headset as a heads-up display in its vehicles, writes Jon Porter. Here is the link: https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/5/23058193/microsoft-hololens-moving-platform-cars-boats-vehicles-volkswagen-driving-hud

The glasses look like a next generation vision of Google Glass, writes Scott Stein. Here is the link: https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/google-has-new-ar-glasses-in-development/

Tools used by video game developers and movie makers to create top-quality virtual content are now available to businesses and charities at the multi-million pound centre, in Portsmouth, UK, according to...

Microsoft is entering the race to build a metaverse inside Teams, just days after Facebook rebranded to Meta, writes Tom Warren. Here is the link: https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/2/22758974/microsoft-teams-metaverse-mesh-3d-avatars-meetings-features

Activ Surgical has raised $45 million in a Series B financing round.

Former Magic Leap CEO Rony Abovitz has started a new company called Sun and Thunder to focus on AI characters and interactive storytelling, writes Dean Takahashi. Here is the link: https://venturebeat.com/2021/01/27/magic-leap-founder-rony-abovitz-creates-startup-sun-and-thunder/

Augmented reality may have struggled to live up to its initial hype, but it’s quietly working its way into our lives—no fancy headset required; writes Rob Pegoraro. Here is the link: https://www.fastcompany.com/90567886/ar-is-finally-infiltrating-everyday-tasks-such-as-google-search

The device was developed by Command Sight, as a project for the Army Research Laboratory, writes Mariella Moon. Here is the link: https://www.engadget.com/ar-goggles-for-military-dogs-114535787.html

Snap CEO Evan Spiegel on Friday said he expects it will be 10 years before consumers widely adopt augmented-reality smart glasses, writes Salvador Rodriguez. Here is the link: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/04/snap-ceo-evan-spiegel-smart-glasses-10-years-from-mass-adoption.html

If Bill Gates were to drop out of Harvard University and start a new company today, it would be one that focuses on artificial intelligence, he said in an interview on...

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has defended the company's $480m contract to supply HoloLens-for-war headsets to the US Army, writes Liam Tung. Here is the link: https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-ceo-nadella-hololens-for-war-is-fine-if-its-used-by-a-democracy/

AR/VR pioneer and Hololens co-inventor Avi Bar-Zeev has left Apple, writes Janko Roettgers. Here is the link: https://variety.com/2019/digital/news/hololens-inventor-bar-zeev-leaves-apple-1203127715/

Facebook's Oculus Quest headset, a new standalone virtual reality system that doesn't require a PC to run, will launch in Spring 2019 for $399, writes Kevin Webb. Here is the link: https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-announces-oculus-quest-vr-headset-launching-spring-2019-2018-9

Apple Inc has acquired a startup focused on making lenses for augmented reality glasses, the company confirmed on Wednesday, writes Stephen Nellis. Here is the link: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/apple-buys-startup-focused-lenses-235742737.html