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Verizon partners on smallest mixed reality glasses for 5G
Enterprise mixed reality glasses are going to get a big boost from 5G speed.
Virtual reality as a treatment for ADHD?
A new study from UC Davis is examining whether VR can help kids with ADHD navigate the world.
AT&T store demos pit Magic Leap versus VR in a tech game of thrones
The wireless carrier, which now owns HBO, has shown the power of marrying its popular content with leading-edge entertainment tech.
Death of the keyboard? Let's ask Alexa
Wishful thinking, maybe, but according to a recent survey there's broad support for voice technology over tactile interfaces.
Facebook ships Oculus controllers with the message: Big Brother is Watching
Such messages were meant to be easter eggs, but the irony hasn’t been lost on social media.
SK Telecom to apply 5G for military training
SK Telecom and the Korea Military Academy will develop 5G-based training programs for soldiers, such as VR shooting simulations akin to those seen in the movie Ready Player One.
Wanted: Realistic avatars for virtual reality meetings
AI and a screenshot can now bring you to life in virtual reality.
Former Toshiba PC business now known as Dynabook
Dynabook will still focus on business laptops, smart glasses and Internet of things tools.
Skills gap? Augmented reality can beam in expertise across the enterprise
Hives of subject matter experts could man augmented reality switchboards, transferring knowledge to field.
Is VR really in decline?
Have opinions and attitudes toward virtual reality shifted recently -- or are we already too familiar with the technology?
Huawei's designer smart glasses actually look good (and do refreshingly little)
Buried in a slew of recent product launches, paired down smart glasses could be a small but important step toward an AR future for mobile computing.
Data visualization via VR and AR: How we'll interact with tomorrow's data
Augmented reality and virtual reality could fundamentally change the way we interact with and interpret data.
HTC Vive Focus Plus headsets to debut on April 15
Vive Focus Plus will be available to 25 markets on April 15 for $799.
Hi-res VR headsets reignite enterprise mixed reality battle
VR headsets are back on the attack -- with new models that offer higher resolution for precision work and gaming. However, the long-promised convergence between virtual reality and augmented reality appears no closer to becoming market reality.
HP launches enterprise Reverb VR handset, aims for HTC Vive
HP's latest Reverb virtual reality headset is targeted at industries such as healthcare, architecture and product design as enterprises move from pilots to production.
What's in a name? These DevOps tools come with strange backstories
From Ansible to Vagrant, we take a look at 23 coding and DevOps tools with curious origin stories and strange-sounding names. Want to know the etymology of your favorite software? Browse this.
Best live TV and video streaming services: Top picks for cord-cutters
Looking to ditch your cable package? Here are the absolute best alternatives -- whether you want to watch specific shows and movies on demand, stream live TV, or get access to archived libraries from specific networks.
Features we initially mocked, but then came to love
Many tech products are introduced with great fanfare and excitement. Customers flock to buy them, even sometimes standing in line for hours. But some products, and in particular, features, just don't inspire the same kind of buzz. In this gallery, we'll look at a bunch of features that inspired more "why" than "wow," but proved to be beloved by ZDNet's contributors and editors.
Best of MWC 2019: Cool tech you can buy or pre-order this year
Between all the 5G devices and foldable phones, it might seem like nearly everything announced at MWC 2019 is too futuristic to purchase soon. In reality, many of these new gadgets are already available to pre-order or will launch later this year. Here's the best tech we've spotted on the show floor that's releasing in 2019.
Tech that stole our heart or broke it
With Valentine's Day around the corner, ZDNet's contributors and editors were reminded of all the technology they were infatuated with, either in their past or present, as well as anything that might've left them bitter and broken-hearted.
Star Trek technology still influential after over 50 years
The 20th century Earthlings who first tuned into the "Star Trek" television series in 1966 would certainly be amazed at how much science fiction is now science fact.
CES 2019: Weird and wonderful tech, gadgets
Here are some of the more unusual, novel, and sometimes bizarre products being showcased at CES 2019.
The future of food includes self-driving tractors, precision agriculture, robots, AI, and IoT
Get a first-hand look at how technology is transforming the way food is being produced for a rapidly growing population.
9 devices with e-ink displays
The monochrome, sunlight-readable displays remain largely synonymous with e-readers, but they're moving into other devices large and small.
Fog computing, artificial intelligence, mobility and cloud computing: Research round-up
Using data to tell the story of the last month in technology news.
16 office furniture upgrades and other work space must-haves
From standing desks to telepresence robots, we dug deep, to find interesting tech buys for your office.
Driven from distraction: Products that won't steal your focus
While smartphone and PC vendors respond to the backlash against excessive notifications, a range of products have been designed to keep you in the flow, whether you're striving for productivity or relaxation.
IT spending, smartwatches, AI and the cloud: Research round-up
We tell the story of key technology trends from the past month.
Maker Faire New York 2018 shows the play's the thing
This year's version of the annual event for makers shows that imaginative play can come from 15-foot tall robots or humans using no gadgets at all.
9 Best VR headsets you can buy right now
Consumer VR officially arrived two years ago, but now the immersive tech is officially worth a look.
Work with 3D laser scanning tech will be key in Notre Dame restoration
The late Prof. Andrew Tallon finished the painstaking work of laser scanning Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral, creating rich raw data that could potentially help in reconstruction efforts. Read more: https://zd.net/2Dwe3YF
Are tablets on their way out the door?
TechRepublic's Karen Roby asks ZDNet's Steve Ranger his opinion on the decline of tablets while smart speakers steadily climb in popularity. Read more: https://zd.net/2vbfAPk
Incorporating soft skills training in VR
ZDNet's Tonya Hall talks to Annie Harper Drake, founder at Equal Reality, about ways to reach more trainees through VR than with traditional training methods.
The rise of voice technology
TechRepublic's Karen Roby and ZDNet's Greg Nichols talk about a recent survey that finds a surprising number of consumers believe that keyboards are on a downward spiral and voice technology is looking to claim its spot.
Smart speakers are slowly replacing tablets at home
Tablet sales are in gradual decline as smart speakers continue to rocket ahead, according to analyst predictions.
VR and shopping: Improving customer experiences
Marcy Boyle, CEO at Hot Bit VR, talks with Tonya Hall about the improvements to VR shopping, along with the benefits that 5G and new headsets will bring.
And now what? For the UK tech sector, Brexit extension means more uncertainty
A new 'Brextension' delays the UK leaving the European Union until October. But the continued uncertainty around Brexit is leaving many in the technology industry confused, frustrated - and losing out on business.
Moving AR/VR from single-user to multi-user experiences
Diane Wang, lead user experience designer for AR/VR at Google, tells Tonya Hall about the process and benefits of transforming AR/VR to a multi-user experience.
The future of filmmaking is VR
ZDNet's Tonya Hall sits down with Boryana Ivanova, creative producer at Future of Filmmaking, to learn about conflict and empathy in storytelling and what the industry's future looks like.
Acer and UTS trial classroom program that monitors student movements
It uses laptops to collect data on students' hand gestures, eye movements through webcams, as well as mouse, keyboard, and digital pen movements to better understand the link between behaviour patterns and learning outcomes.
Boeing signs on as Australian Space Agency partner with a focus on STEM
The pair will focus on STEM education, space-related R&D, as well as other areas that are expected to grow the Australian space sector.
South Australia to house Defence's new AU$68m supercomputer centre
Construction of the Defence High Performance Computing Centre will begin later this year.
Black hole image captured for the first time (CNET)
Every image of a black hole you've seen was just an illustration. Until now. The Event Horizon Telescope captures one of the most powerful objects in existence. And basically, it's the Eye of Sauron.
Nvidia shows off its face-making StyleGAN
Nvidia shows how it is able to combine facial features to create artificial faces at GTC 2019.
Nvidia's Quadro Virtual Workstation on GCP: Why it matters
Edward Richards, director of solution architecture at Nvidia, explains how global teams can now leverage Nvidia's Turing architecture and RTX technology
Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred 9
Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 is the best tool available for dictating text and commanding a Web browser by voice, despite the gradual adjustments needed to conform to your personal manner of speaking.
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