Lauren Goode in Product News on May 3 at 4:52 am PT
The new version of Wallit lets users write their thoughts on virtual “walls” at home, at parties or in the office. (Just make sure your boss isn’t using the app.)
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Nitrozac and Snaggy in Voices on April 6 at 4:00 pm PT
Here is the latest comic from our Joy of Tech friends at Geek Culture, Nitrozac and Snaggy. Joy of Tech appears three times a week in the Voices section of this site.
Liz Gannes in News on April 4 at 9:26 am PT
Google today went public with its plans to offer augmented-reality glasses, which it’s calling “Project Glass.”
Ina Fried in Mobile on February 16 at 4:00 am PT
Once seen only as a gimmick, virtual try-ons and other uses could mean that augmented reality is here to stay.
Ina Fried in Mobile on January 18 at 9:02 am PT
The Finnish phone maker shows off an app from its labs that combines map data, points of interest and the view from a device’s camera.
Lauren Goode in Commerce on December 20, 2011 at 7:50 am PT
Get out the hammer, the screws and the iPad.
Ina Fried in Mobile on June 23, 2011 at 3:41 pm PT
For many, the cameras on the iPad 2 seem a bit superfluous. That’s especially true for the rear camera, since at least the front one can be used for video chatting.
But a developer has found at least one fun use for that low-resolution camera on the back of Apple’s latest tablet — making the device appear to be invisible.
Ina Fried in Mobile on May 19, 2011 at 5:00 am PT
Although its chips power Android and Windows Phone devices–not the iPhone–Qualcomm has decided to bring its augmented reality software development tools over to the Apple smartphone.
The move won immediate praise from developers that have been using the code to write Android apps since the tools were released last year.
