News & Reviews:   Augmented Reality

An Apple contact lense? You ought to take this news with a pinch of salt but this piece of information is coming from popular Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. According to his research note, he said that Apple has plans for an augmented reality contact lenses but in the distant future of the 2030s. The purpose of the AR contact lenses is to bring convert visible computing to invisible computing.

If you're a big fan of AR games, this bit of news could be exciting for you. Microsoft recently hosted the Ignite 2021 event, where many companies showed new technologies. One of them was Niantic, which revealed a new tech that can bring AR games to 'life' with Microsoft hardware.

For those who haven't been playing Pokémon Go for a while, you might want to login soon to take a look. The game's developers are celebrating the release of "Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle" with a new event. You'll get a chance to catch a Shiny Celebi during the event.

You'd think that location-based AR games would suffer due to the pandemic, but Niantic made key changes to its games to keep them playable during this time. Pokémon GO is one of the games that has continued to thrive because of that, and now players can expect more updates soon.

This coming week on 17 November 2020, OPPO will hold its next Inno Day in China to showcase a variety of new technologies. The Find X3 series and 125W SuperVOOC charger will likely be showcased at this event, but another interesting product would be an augmented reality (AR) glasses.

If you're interested in the Apple Glasses, you'll be waiting for some time. No one seems to know if it's in 2021 or 2022 just yet, but a new leak has some new details on it. A well-known leaker on display-related news claimed to have some specs for the display of the device.

Some games have been around for years and Super Mario Bros ranks as one of the oldest. The series has hit its 35th anniversary and Nintendo is celebrating with a new Mario title and ports of some older ones to the Nintendo Switch. Let's take a look at what Nintendo has in store for us below.

Augmented reality isn't a technology that's all that widely used, but that's not stopping companies from developing them. Previously, it was rumoured that Apple is planning to launch its Apple Glasses either in 2021 or 2022. Now, it looks like LG may be looking to compete with its own ultra-light AR glasses.

Although this is the era of 5G, the technology hasn't been fully adopted by most of the major countries yet. As 5G is still on its way to global domination, Samsung has already started to focus on developing the next-generation 6G network. Today, things are getting real as they have shared their vision on 6G in black-and-white with the public.

The launch window of the upcoming augmented reality (AR) headset from Apple has been speculated a few times. Some say it's expected to launch in 2022, while others say it'll arrive sometime next year. It's still hard to say which would be the accurate prediction, but sources claim that Apple is ready to start a trial production for one of its key parts - the semitransparent lenses.