augmented reality

A checklist for how not to get punched wearing Google Glass

It seems Google is aware that their newfangled augmented reality eyewear has a public image problem, with privacy issues surfacing around facial recognition software and the fact that early adopters are basically positing themselves as geeky, walking camcorders. So the tech giant has put together a

Al Franken is very worried about facial recognition on Google Glass

Senator Al Franken has spoken out against Nametag, one of the first facial recognition apps for Google Glass, saying that we “cannot reasonably prevent [ourselves] from being identified” by the all-seeing eye of geeks with amazing eyepieces. The app scans the faces of everyone in your vicinity and g

Videogames on Google Glass are as bizarre as you’d expect

Google has put together a sizzle reel, a term I’m using completely ironically, to show off what their Google Glass eyewear can do for games. These augmented mini-games feature not-so-riveting gameplay, such as pretending to balance books on the Android robot’s head, bouncing a tennis ball from your

The Cast AR glasses turn physical reality into a holographic dreamscape

There was a lot of hype around virtual reality at CES last week, but don’t overlook the fantastic possibilities of augmented reality. You can see what they’re capable of in the video below: namely, very-impressive holograms projected out in front of you. While this pair of CastAR augmented reality g