Virtual reality
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Impressive but is it essential? The reality of Apple’s Vision for the future of work and play
Both an immersive digital media viewer and a device to transport you to other places, the Apple Vision Pro is an impressive debut that most people will likely skip.
- by Tim Biggs
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How Apple chief Tim Cook wants you to use the new Vision Pro mixed-reality headset
Apple’s first new product in almost eight years is about to launch in Australia, and the tech giant’s boss wants users to try doing normal things, such as browsing the internet or emailing, to find out whether it’s for them.
- by Trevor Long
The best VR headsets for 2023
Is Meta’s latest Quest 3 the right headset for you, or are you better off with one of the other options?
- by Tim Biggs
Review
Meta’s latest headset offers the best mainstream VR yet
Being able to see the real world makes a huge difference, although most games don’t make full use of it yet.
- by Tim Biggs
Meta’s new devices show us what our future could look like
We try on the new smart glasses and Quest 3 VR headset, which are very small steps towards the metaverse.
- by Tim Biggs
Zuckerberg’s new world: Meta unveils AI agents, mixed reality headset and smart glasses
A range of AI people will soon be available to chat with across Meta’s platforms, and may one day join you at the dinner table.
- by Tim Biggs
As it happened: Quest 3, AI agents, smart glasses revealed at Meta Connect
At Meta’s annual developer conference in California, Mark Zuckerberg unveils a range of new products and developments.
- by Tim Biggs
Opinion
Social media
Is ‘goggle time’ the new ‘screen time’? Virtual reality brings great risks for our kids
Technology companies want to corner the market in virtual reality by engaging children, yet we have a limited understanding of how it affects child development.
- by Therese Keane
Analysis
Gadgets
Apple’s vision for mixed reality could make headsets mainstream
Apple’s impossibly high-end $5000 headset likely won’t be an instant hit, but neither was the iPhone nor the Apple Watch.
- by Tim Biggs
Opinion
Apple
Apple’s cautious step into a brave new world
Apple has launched a new “mixed reality” headset that could eventually be a platform for the long-awaited mass take-up of virtual and augmented reality technologies.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Apple launches Vision Pro headset
Apple launches a virtual reality headset, Vision Pro, at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference in Cupertino.