Latest Google AR & VR news

A new version of the augmented reality spectacles has been spotted online and a release could be imminent.... Read more

If you head to the Google homepage today, Thursday 3 May, you will see a new Google Doodle. However, today's is the first to compatible with VR headsets,... Read more

Google will unveil a new 4.3-inch, 18-megapixel VR headset screen at Display Week 2018. The screen will have a wide field-of-view, use OLED display technology... Read more

Have you ever wanted to take a ride in a driverless car?Well, now you can experience what it's like, thanks to Waymo, which has released a 360-degree video... Read more

Google is holding a product launch event and it just officially announced the Daydream View. This virtual reality headset is actually a second-generation... Read more

Daydream VR has so far been an experience that has run on your smartphone, but now it's making the jump into a standalone headset. Google and Qualcomm... Read more

Variety has learned from various sources that Google may unveil a standalone virtual reality headset at its annual I/O conference later today. Google... Read more

Remember Google's Jump VR platform? Well, it has a new camera rig.When Google introduced Jump, which uses cloud-based software and algorithms to stitch... Read more

Google has announced it has begun rolling out an update for its Chrome web browser on Daydream-ready Android smartphones, that will let you access WebVR-formatted... Read more

The same day it was revealed Hugo Barra is leaving Xiaomi to head up Facebook-Oculus' virtual reality efforts, HTC's now-former design lead announced... Read more

Don't like the dark grey colour of Daydream View? Well, you're in luck.When Google launched Daydream View a couple months ago, it only made the VR headset... Read more

Google Earth already does a great job of showing us places around the world we never even knew existed. It can show 3D images and close ups of places,... Read more

Google has been going after virtual reality, with the latest example being that Cardboard Camera is now available for iOS.Google's new camera app, originally... Read more

Google reportedly had plans to take on Oculus, HTC and PlayStation with its own high-end virtual reality headset. However, it was scrapped with the company... Read more

DJ and dance music artist deadmau5 is starring in his own virtual reality game out at the end of July. What's more, you can order a limited and special... Read more

Soon, you'll be able to jump into the web. Like, literally. The latest beta and developer versions of Google's Chrome browser app for Android includes... Read more

Clay Bavor, VP virtual reality at Google, took to the stage at Google I/O 2016 to add flesh to the bones of Google's future VR plans. Evolving the VR... Read more

Google is reportedly getting ready to unveil a standalone headset, and to complement that, it might announce a major Project Tango expansion.Project Tango... Read more

Okay, so you've heard Google is developing a virtual-reality headset that is more legit than Cardboard, but a new report has just indicated the company... Read more

Google is tackling virtual reality this year. Like, for reals.Or at least that's what Re/code and The Financial Times have reported. The search giant... Read more

It looks like Google Glass 2 is close to hitting the workplace. Project Aura, not to be mistaken for modular phone Project Ara, is a division at Google... Read more

Although Google has consistently made noises to suggest otherwise, it has been widely reported for much of the last year that the Google Glass project... Read more

You might not have to wait until 2019 to get your hands on a smart contact lens from Google.The Google X team announced in 2014 that it developed a smart... Read more

Google Glass might have been suspended earlier this year, at least the Explorer program was, but there's still life in the technology yet. Head of the... Read more

Google wants you to know it's investing in virtual reality compatibility.The company's Cardboard VR viewer, which launched last year, has inspired a whole... Read more

Google is making a TV show based on its hit augmented reality game.According to The Information, Google's Niantic Labs, which develops the Ingress science... Read more

Long live Google Glass!According to The Wall Street Journal, Eric Schmidt, Google's executive chairman, has confirmed that Google didn't scrap the Google... Read more

Researchers at the University of Washington just announced something new they have been developing: a contact lens with a built-in LED display.Consider... Read more

Google appears to be closing all Google Glass Basecamp stores, it's claimed.9to5Google recently spotted a post on Google+ from Spencer Kleyweg, a Google... Read more

The self-dubbed "world's smartest helmet" is now available for preorder, enabling you to ride in style, or more specifically, with with a heads-up display,... Read more

Google Glass isn't available in India so they built their own intelligent wearable, a smartshoe called Lechal.Built by Indian start-up Ducere Technologies... Read more

Google is working with Swiss drug maker Novartis to create smart contact lenses. The eye worn devices will be able to detect a user's health or autofocus... Read more

Deciding that the finger swipes are a limiting factor to how people use Google Glass, one London-based design agency come up with an alternative; mind... Read more

Google Glass has only be available to buy in the UK for six days, and already cinemas have banned the smartglasses. Why? Piracy.So far the largest cinema... Read more

Google's I/O developer conference is tomorrow, meaning upgrade announcements from the company are starting to trickle online. And Brits will be glad to... Read more

Google has announced that its Explorer Programme is now available in the UK. That means that developers and fans in the UK will have a chance to buy their... Read more

Following a limited one-day sale of Google Glass in April, Google has now completely opened the Explorer Program to all American consumers.Starting today,... Read more

Google Glass cost early adopters a whopping $1500 to buy new, but apparently only cost the mighty G $79.78 in components.According to teardown.com the... Read more

Google has launched a try-on program of sorts for Google Glass, its optical head-mounted display that is expected to go on sale in 2014.Although Glass... Read more

Google has announced that Glass will be getting an Android KitKat update later this week. The major update announcement comes today as Glass goes on... Read more

Update: Any US resident will soon have the opportunity to buy Google Glass. But they'll have a limited time to do so.Google has announced that it'll expand... Read more

A special department of the US Air Force called, get this, "Batman" wants to use Google Glass on its staff.The "Battlefield Air Targeting Man-Aided (K)knowledge"... Read more

Making its debut for the debonair gentleman is the Google Glass Solo, looking to take Glass to the next level.The new Glass monocle addresses a problem... Read more

Luxottica Group, owner of the Ray-Ban and Oakley sunglass brands, has signed an agreement with Google to make web-connected eyewear similar to Google Glass. It... Read more

Google has felt the need to debunk 10 myths it believes are mistakenly associated with Google Glass.Posted on its official Google Glass Google+ page,... Read more

Oakley has just announced that - in its words - it's going to "open the blast doors to the future". In plain English that means it's going to get more... Read more

If we're honest the biggest issue with smart glasses is the look. Where Google Glass makes you look like one of Star Trek's Borg, with Icis Laforge aims... Read more

BAE Systems has announced that the Q-Warrior helmet mounted display system is "exceeding expectations" during real-time field testing in the UK.The system... Read more

Google is encouraging those a part of its Explorer program, the first people to experience Google Glass, to shy away from being a "Glasshole" when using... Read more

Virgin Atlantic will outfit concierge staff in its Upper Class Wing at London Heathrow airport with Google Glass devices as part of a pilot scheme to... Read more