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Victorian volunteer firefighters to receive training through virtual reality simulation
Over 30,000 volunteer firefighters will get access to the state-wide training program.
AR Outlook: Why 2020 was prelude to hot 2021 AR sector
Predictions and reflections on an AR landscape transformed by COVID and finally coming into its own.
For pros and consumers, VR makes price-performance leaps
Following the improved graphics at a $100 price cut of the Oculus Quest 2 consumer headset, Varjo is reding the price of its latest pro headset generation by $1,000 as it claims leadership in resolution and field of view.
Police simulator uses real weapons, tense scenarios
Developers pushing new technology-based techniques to reprogram police responses.
TAFE NSW to provide health professionals hands-on blood testing training using VR pilot
Meanwhile, UniSA is using VR technology to teach skills to children with intellectual disabilities.
Digital fortress: 5G is a weapon in national defense
A new generation of warfighting will occur (and be enabled by) low-latency 5G networks.
Needed: Thousands of workers immediately
How VR is enabling the record-breaking 2020 Prime Day labor market.
The army is testing AR goggles for dogs
The US military is working on new ways for soldiers and their dogs to communicate. AR seems to hold a lot of promise.
HTC tries to spur Vive VR demand with new laptop bundle
The company is pitching the bundle as a plug-and-play gaming setup optimized for virtual reality.
Best VR and AR headsets in 2021: Oculus Quest 2, HTC Vive Cosmos Elite, and more
As mixed reality comes into its own, these are the best headsets for immersive consumer experience.
With HP's Reverb 2, the Omnicept edition, VR experiences you
HP has added a host of physiology-monitoring sensors to its forthcoming Reverb G2 headset in the name of personalizing the experience and closing a feedback loop to gauge the effectiveness of training and simulations.
HP launches HP Reverb G2 Omnicept edition, eyes human centric VR
HP said its Omnicept products are designed to help developers and enterprises create "more human centered VR experiences."
Facebook previews smart glasses and the future of work in VR
Facebook plans to launch Ray-Ban smartglasses in 2021 while testing out AR glasses; meanwhile, CEO Mark Zuckerberg has already held a team meeting in VR.
Where's the dipstick? Microsoft holograms heads to the garage
A new partnership with Mercedes-Benz USA will make HoloLens 2 a crucial tool for mechanics.
Facebook's smart glasses could give you hearing superpowers
The tech giant's research team has unveiled new advances to "redefine human hearing".
Innovative projects now online to combat coronavirus outbreak
The spread of COVID-19 has a small silver lining: highlighting how innovative humankind can be under pressure. Here are our favorite examples.
Google Maps turns 15: A look back on where it all began
A timeline of Google Maps through the years since it was launched in 2005.
The coolest thing you didn't see at CES 2020
A stunning 8k, 3D display. And no glasses, thankfully, unlike the failed 3D TVs. Why didn't you see it? It wasn't on the show floor. But I did, high up in the Venetian, and I'm wondering why Apple doesn't buy these guys. Here's some, sorry, not 8K video of the display.
I 3D printed a Tesla Cybertruck because...why not?
We have the technology. We can build it. We can make it better, smaller, and more plastic than the prototype demo. But we can be demo accurate, too. Our windows are as shattered as our souls.
In pictures: How Dell Technologies tests its rugged kit
A sneak peak into the lab where the sole purpose is to get things to break.
Windows tablets through the ages: The good, the bad and the ugly, in pictures
A tour through some of most popular - and most unusual - Windows devices of the last two decades, from Tablet PCs to the Surface Duo.
Cool new products from USA CBD Expo 2019
CBD Expo at the Miami Beach Convention Center has come and gone. Here are the best products and solutions for the hemp industry we saw at the show.
Cloud computing winners, IT security job salaries, 5G network plans: Tech research round-up
All the data that matters to you from the past month in technology news.
AI, cybersecurity, programming languages, smart speakers, and more: Research round-up
All the facts and figures that matter to you and your business from the past month in technology news.
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.
Electric aviation primed to fly
Greg Nichols tells Karen Roby, with traditional aviation on the ropes, electric is soaring during the pandemic. Read more: http://zd.net/3o94Bih
Microsoft to create 1,000 new jobs in Singapore
Multiple partners are involved in a national skills initiative that will see Microsoft and Generation "upskill" and place tech-enabled jobs for up to 1,000 Singaporeans over two years, who will pick up skillsets such as Java and Python.
World Economic Forum launches how-to guide on using technology ethically
The report provides three design principles that can be integrated to promote ethical behaviour when creating, deploying, and using technology.
What happens when top NASA engineers hit obstacles with no solution in sight
NASA chief engineer Dr. Adam Steltzner talks to Tonya Hall about "the Dark Room" -- the moment where teams find themselves stuck with no viable options.
Cloud has reduced Woodside's seismic data processing time down to 90 minutes
Down from the 10-day supercomputer processing time.
So many planets! The legacy of the Kepler telescope
Steve Bryson, researcher at NASA Ames Research Center, explains to Tonya Hall how the Kepler telescope revealed that there are more planets than stars in our galaxy.
Titan's atmosphere holds a molecule never seen anywhere else in the universe
Dr. Conor Nixon, astronomer and planetary scientist at NASA, explains to Tonya Hall why a strange molecule found in Saturn's moon is such an important discovery.
CES 2021: The learning curve behind pivoting to digital
Tonya Hall interviews Gary Shapiro, CEO of the Consumer Technology Association, about how putting together this year's online CES has been a tough but rewarding challenge.
Google's Look to Speak helps motor impaired patients communicate with eyes
By using eye-gazing technology to let people select pre-written phrases to be spoken aloud.
Meet Phenomenal Steve, a colorful aurora-like phenomenon
Tonya Hall talks to Dr. Liz MacDonald, space physicist at NASA, about the importance of auroras and how a mysterious phenomenon was identified thanks to a citizen science project.
New AI-powered helmet can monitor post-surgery seizure disorders
The new device has been designed to detect brain seizures in patients after brain surgery.
Uber sells air taxi business to Joby Aviation
It will then invest $75 million into the business it has sold as part of the deal.
Social distancing? Teleworking? It's time for immersive technologies
Tonya Hall interviews Dr. Todd Richmond, Director of the Pardee RAND Tech & Narrative Lab, about the limitless scope VR tech can reach in the post-pandemic world.
Intel's Horse Ridge II may help overcome quantum computing conundrum
Horse Ridge II builds on the company's first-generation controller.
NASA's Perseverance mission has 'almost' arrived to Mars
Dr. Adam Steltzner, chief engineer at NASA's JPL, tells Tonya Hall what we can expect from this new mission to the red planet.
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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