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The latest AR (augmented reality) news, reviews, features and guides from the likes of HoloLens, Magic Leap, Apple ARKit and more.

MagiMask turns your smartphone into an immersive AR headset

MagiMask turns your phone into an AR headset

Who needs a high-end AR headset?
This is what Magic Leap will be able to do in 2019

Magic Leap reveals plans for 2019

Bigger play spaces, iris recognition and more
O Caption, My Caption: The National Theatre rolls out accessible smartglasses

Using National Theatre's smartglasses

Trying out the caption glasses designed for people with hearing loss
Vuzix teams up with OnCore to bring real-time caddying and tracking to golfers

Vuzix set to bring AR insights to golfers

Prepare to get your smartglasses on and hit the links
All the fashion tech at New York and London Fashion Weeks

All the fashion tech at LFW and NYFW

The wearable tech, VR and mixed reality we've spotted so far
The future of the high street is augmented reality shopping

The future of the high street is AR

Virtual sneakers and blurred out brands
Magic Leap One first look: This is AR refined, but it's not moving the needle (yet)

Magic Leap One: First look

The next computer paradigm? Maybe in time…
Charged up: Is Magic Leap One just another set of AR glasses?

Charged up: Magic Leap gets real

The first hands ons are in as Magic Leap's mixed reality headset starts shipping
Magic Leap One mixed reality headset is now available to buy

Magic Leap One now available to buy

Be warned though, the developer model costs a whole lot
10 real-world uses of augmented reality happening today

Cool uses for AR happening right now

The AR future is on the way, but what are people using it for now?
Snap back to reality: What Snapchat is up to with AR

What Snapchat is up to in AR

Snapchat's gateway to augmented reality
Snap Spectacles chief leaves company, lingering question mark over future Specs

Snap Spectacles chief leaves company

Mark Randall is out as hardware team 'realigns'
Magic Leap One will arrive this summer, powered by Nvidia's Tegra X2

Magic Leap One coming this summer

Developers are going to get their first devices
Trying on DreamGlass, the headset that’s trying to make AR more accessible

Face-on with DreamGlass AR

At just $400, this could put decent AR on the faces of many
Microsoft is planning to unveil HoloLens 2 details later this year

Microsoft prepares HoloLens 2 for release

Codenamed 'Sydney', the successor is set for release in early 2019
VR football games and experiences you need in your life

VR football games you need to play

Well, you're going to need something to do in between matches right?
Magic Leap One: All the details on the hyped up mixed reality glasses

Magic Leap: Everything we know so far

And what we still - STILL - don't know
Charged Up: Magic Leap is conducting a masterclass on how to build an ecosystem

Magic Leap is getting it right

This is how it's done
DreamWorld's 2.5K DreamGlass is the most affordable AR headset yet

The 2.5K DreamGlass makes AR affordable

An AR headset for (some of) the masses
ARKit 2.0 comes with multiplayer AR support and a new Measure app

ARKit 2 packs multiplayer and a measure app

Say hello to ARKit 2.0
I put on Kaaya Tech's HoloSuit and taught a robot to dance

Doing the robot in the HoloSuit

But there are more interesting uses for this full-body motion capture suit
ODG's oxygen mask has an AR display to help save pilots' lives

ODG's AR oxygen mask made to save lives

I feel the need... the need for an AR live feed
Kopin's Golden-i AR glasses are powered entirely by your phone

Kopin's new AR headset runs off your phone

Nice and portable - good for when you're Trevelyan
Qualcomm's XR chip is specially designed to better power standalone VR and AR

Qualcomm's XR1 powers standalone MR

Say hello to XR1
Big VR is taking spatial audio seriously - and Abbey Road wants to record it

What's next in spatial audio

Head of audio products Mirek Stiles on fusing visuals to our brain with 3D sound
New report claims Google is working on a standalone AR headset

Google could be working on standalone AR

Google's take on Microsoft HoloLens
Augmented World Expo is back, and we've got prizes and tickets to give away

Win tickets for Augmented World Expo

Win yourself a VR body-tracking HoloSuit
Microsoft HoloLens is finding its way into the operating theatre

HoloLens in the operating theatre

We explore how mixed reality is being used to help perform reconstructive surgery
Qualcomm's upcoming wearable chip may help bring eye tracking to AR glasses

Qualcomm's new chip may come to AR glasses

Snapdragon Wear 3100 may not be exclusive to future smartwatches
The best AR apps and games: ARKit, ARCore, HoloLens and more

The best AR apps and games

Get a taste of the future
You can now lightsaber battle your friends in Lenovo and Disney's Jedi Challenges

Jedi Challenges is getting multiplayer

Happy May the Fourth
Charged Up: To succeed, AR needs social interactions to be its killer app

Social is core to AR's success

Convenient and great technology is not enough
And finally: Apple's working on a powerful AR/VR headset

Apple's working on a AR/VR headset

Rumors and lighter stories from the week gone by
Augmented reality explained: What is AR and what's coming next?

Augmented reality explained

Why AR could be the most exciting tech for a generation
Intel is axing its wearables division, and with it, the Vaunt smartglasses

Intel is backing away from wearable tech

Shame they never made it out the door
Meet the people using VR, AR and smart contact lenses to help the blind see

Using AR and VR to help the blind see

These technologies will help the visually impaired, some sooner than you might think
Leap Motion wants to make AR more affordable with its reference headset

Leap Motion wants to make AR headsets cheap

Budget AR headsets? Yes please
Apple's microLED display expansion may include an augmented reality wearable

AR wearable to receive Apple's microLED tech

It's apparently not just the Apple Watch getting in on the next-gen screens
ANTVR's Mix glasses let you play SteamVR games... in augmented reality

ANTVR's glasses bring SteamVR to AR

GDC 2018: Mixed first impressions
Google brings the fight to Apple, releases host of new apps and games for ARCore

Google releases wave of new ARCore apps

Your move, Tim Cook
Magic Leap opens up for creators to start building cool AR experiences

Magic Leap opens up its creator portal

A whole lot of content is headed your way
Tobii’s fantastic VR eye tracking is finally getting out in the wild

Tobii providing eye tracking for mobile VR

Tobii isn't playing around anymore