You Asked: What’s the most impressive thing you saw at CES?
On this week's episode, we catch up with the Digital Trends team from CES 2025 as they share their favorite tech from CES 2025.
It’s no gym. But VR fitness made sweating fun again
Pandemic price gouging led to me explore VR fitness, and now I’m never turning back.
Ex-HTC boss Peter Chou is building the most ambitious virtual world yet
Peter Chou may be best known for co-founding HTC, but since moving on, he has become more deeply immersed in VR, culminating in a new project called XRSpace.
Adobe Aero let me walk through my own photos in augmented reality
Meet Adobe Aero, a free iOS app that brings Photoshop art -- or even your own photographs -- into the real world using augmented reality.
I fell out of love with VR, but the Vive Wireless rekindled the flame
The HTC Vive wasn't my first VR love, but it was the most impactful. So why did I abandon it? I can't say for sure, but maybe I can rekindle that interest with some new accessories and upgrades for my aging headset. It's certainly cheaper than buying any of the new generation outright.
Nonny de la Peña wants to put virtual reality within Reach
Immersive journalism uses virtual reality to put viewers inside true stories and up close and personal with the subjects. Nonny de la Peña is a pioneer of the medium and hopes to make it more accessible with Reach, her WebVR platform.
Bringing realism to VR is complex, but these developers found a way in holograms
Awake: Episode One is an ambitious attempt to make virtual reality feel far more real through the use of volumetric capture, rather than more traditional motion capture recording. It has a unique look but its motion, action, and acting make it incredibly lifelike. Here's the story of how it was made.
The Teslasuit could turn Black Mirror’s terrifying ‘Playtest’ into a reality
We spoke with Teslasuit co-founder Dimitri Mikhalchuk about AR/VR gaming at CES 2019. With haptic feedback, motion capture, climate control, and biometrics, the future of the Teslasuit and virtual/augmented reality looks promising. It also sounds a bit like a Black Mirror episode.
These shoes let me stroll through ‘Skyrim,’ and I desperately want to go back
After being funded in just two hours on Kickstarter back in October 2018, Cybershoes has earned itself a place among some of the coolest VR walking and running tech at CES 2019. Compact, easy to use, and incredibly fun, they stand out among the competition, but will they become a staple?
Seedling for Magic Leap is the most expensive plant you’ll ever take care of
Insomniac Games has officially launched its new game for Magic Leap One, called 'Seedling.' Throughout the game, you can nurture your very own plant life form wherever you are. In our demo, we got to check out what it feels like to take care of a virtual plant using a very expensive machine.
From the road to your wrist, see how Android has evolved over the past 10 years
Android started out as just a mobile operating system, but 10 years in it's pretty much everywhere. Check out our round-up of all the different Android variations that have cropped up so far, and what might be coming in the future.
What’s it like to die? This VR experience puts doctors in a dying man’s shoes
A new virtual reality experience by LA-based studio Embodied Labs depicts the end-of-life experience for a 66-year-old cancer patient. It is already being used as a teaching tool in hospices and medical schools. But can VR really make us more empathetic? A recent study says yes.
Firefox Reality wants to bring the ‘whimsical web’ to VR
Mozilla launched a VR-powered web browser today called Firefox Reality. But just what does browsing the web in VR feel like? And more importantly, why would you want to surf the web with a VR headset attached to your face? We went hands-on with this new browser to see how Mozilla imagines the future of VR content.
Samsung’s moon-hopping VR experience in NYC is like space camp for adults
In New York City? For the next year, Samsung will let you simulate walking on the moon, thanks to the Gear VR, Galaxy S9 Plus, and a complicated harness system that was developed in partnership with NASA. It's all to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing in 2019.
Can this explosion-proof AR headset change how industries do business?
Augmented reality may not be quite ready for mainstream use just yet, but that doesn't mean it's not being used for important things altogether. RealWear has launched an intrinsically-safe AR headset for industrial use, which could benefit service workers.
These four virtual reality experiences will make you feel real emotions
At this year's Tribeca Film Festival, four exceptional virtual reality experiences felt real enough to inspire actual emotions in real life. Join us as we take a closer look at 1,000 Cut Journey, Vestige, Hero, and The Day The World Changed.
7 ways we’ll interact with computers in the future
The means by which we interact with computers are changing. So put down your mouse and keyboard, because here are seven of the ways we’ll interact with machines in the decades to come. From voice control to brain interfaces, get ready to meet the future of computer interfaces.
8 Amazing accessories that could make virtual reality even more immersive
Virtual reality headsets can be pretty darn amazing, but its controllers could certainly do more to make the virtual experience even more immersive. From brain zapping technologies to full body haptic suits, here are eight examples of technology which promise to take VR to the next level.
Gaming is just the beginning. Here are 8 innovative ways VR is being used today
Ready Player One is introducing virtual reality to a whole new audience. Want to know how VR is being used in the world today? Here are 8 eight ways.
How NextVR and the NBA are bringing VR from the sidelines to center court
NextVR and the NBA have been working together to broadcast dozens of live games inVR. We went behind the scenes to find out how it’s done.
Royal Caribbean turns to AR, VR to help visualize its new private island project
How do you get people excited about something that doesn't yet exist? For its new private island collection, Perfect Day, Royal Caribbean turned to augmented reality and virtual reality to give a scope of what the project would look and feel like.
The top trends we saw at Mobile World Congress 2018
Mobile World Congress 2018 has come and gone, but the trends we saw at the show often set the tone for the 2018 smartphone market. Here's what you can expect this year.
Take a hike, Alexa: Wendy’s a beautiful digital human ready to be your friend
The next generation of virtual assistants could look, sound, and act like real people. SK Telecom's HoloBox is home to Wendy, a digital human created in painstaking detail to help overcome our fear of living with a virtual companion.
The big PC trends from CES: Intel befriends AMD, monitors get massive, and more
The trends we saw from the show floor at CES 2018 have us both curious and excited about the future of computing.
‘You gotta be patient.’ Why HTC keeps pushing VR forward, and what’s next
We sat down with an executive from HTC, Dan O'Brien, to talk all things Vive Pro, Vive Focus, and the future of VR.
It’s almost here! Here’s the best of what’s coming at CES 2018
From wireless power to electric cars and the rise of China, these are the trends you’ll see dominate CES 2018, and the tech world in the year to come.
The 5 biggest computing trends to watch for at CES 2018
We look ahead at CES 2018 to anticipate the biggest trends in laptops, 2-in-1s, and virtual reality.
‘Operation Apex’ lets you explore the deep, no scuba gear required
‘Operation Apex’ is a VR game with a strong-but-subtle conservationist message, and is a must for all fans of documentaries like ‘The Blue Planet.’
8 virtual reality milestones that took it from sci-fi to your living room
Until recently, the dream of virtual reality was pure sci-fi. Today, VR is real -- and we've singled out the milestones that made it so.
Engineered for fighter pilots, Everysight Raptor AR goggles are built for bikers
Everysight's Raptor augmented reality goggles play music and show turn-by-turn directions, and they may be a cyclist's dream come true.
Here’s what Google’s pop-up stores in New York and Los Angeles have to offer
Google has officially opened its New York and Los Angeles pop-up stores, where you can check out and purchase its latest products.
Awesome tech you can’t buy yet: 8K VR, smoke-free fires, a drone for your home
Check out our roundup of the best new crowdfunding projects and product announcements that hit the web this week.
Ideo partners with NYC to help flooding victims bounce back from storms
Ideo is a design firm that usually focuses on consumer experiences. Now the company is using design thinking to help flood victims.
Trying trippy tech beneath the experimental domes of The Lab
The Panorama Music Festival in New York City returned this year with a 90-foot dome called The Lab, filled with the hottest new technology.
Mira wants to give iPhone owners their first taste of augmented reality
Mira, a new startup based in L.A., has unveiled an iPhone-based augmented reality headset. It's $99, and it wants to make us social again.
How Apple could bring augmented reality to the masses with ARKit and iOS 11
When Apple’s ARKit launches alongside iOS 11, expect to see a huge uptick in the amount of augmented reality experiences, and a big upgrade to their quality.
VR helped a terminally ill diver swim the Great Barrier Reef from a hospital bed
A charity in the U.K. recently used virtual reality to grant a terminally ill cancer patient his wish of exploring a coral reef in the ocean.
Awesome tech you can’t buy yet: Cheap AR goggles, 3D printing on a conveyor belt
Check out our roundup of the coolest crowdfunding projects and product announcements that hit the web this week. You can't buy this stuff yet, but it sure is fun to gawk!