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Virtual Reality

Apple patent envisions ‘finger devices’ for controlling objects in AR and VR Virtual Reality

Apple patent envisions ‘finger devices’ for controlling objects in AR and VR

Apple is envisioning a device that attaches to a user's finger to control virtual objects. US Patent and Trademark Office Apple has filed a patent application for small "finger devices" loaded with sensors that allow people to interact with objects in AR or VR. The application was published Thursday by the…
bubmag
January 25, 2020
Pesticide testing is flawed—and it’s harming our birds and bees Virtual Reality

Pesticide testing is flawed—and it’s harming our birds and bees

A tractor sprays insecticide over a fieldAqua MechanicalSince the DDT days of the 1950s and 60s—when the pesticide caused alarming declines in bird species, including iconic birds of prey—regulators and chemical companies have adopted far more rigorous testing guidelines. But the biodiversity crisis still looms, and we’ve continued to see…
bubmag
January 24, 2020
Panasonic’s VR glasses are living proof that virtual reality headsets can look ‘spectacular’ Virtual Reality

Panasonic’s VR glasses are living proof that virtual reality headsets can look ‘spectacular’

Now here’s a pair of VR glasses that don’t look like a toaster mounted on your face. Styled to resemble a wonderful pair of steampunk-style aviators, Panasonic has done for the VR headset industry what the Snap spectacles did for Google Glass (remember that?)…
bubmag
January 10, 2020