Two tech companies and a food brand have teamed up to develop a virtual reality (VR) headset that uses eye-tracking tech to...
An update in Apple’s Safari browser might disrupt augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) experiences. A document published to Apple’s developer site...
Warby Parker has officially joined the ranks of retailers embracing augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) tech with the launch of...
Community banks could put more contactless cards into the hands of consumers with the help of the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA). At the same...
Move aside, storefront mannequins. Hot on the heels of its close cousin, augmented reality (AR), more retailers are using immersive virtual reality...
Amazon is hoping to increase purchases of furniture online, rolling out a new feature dubbed Amazon Showroom that takes advantage of virtual...
Let’s move past the metaphors and low-level poetic imagery when it comes to the International Consumer Electronics Show, that annual conference and...
Context is everything, particularly in the age of digital retail where catching the consumer at the right moment is the difference between a conversion...
Virtual reality (VR), a technology that has captured the public eye for decades, has long piqued consumers’ curiosity. The technology was originally...
To help improve the retail shopping and shipping experience, virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) is catching on with big-box retailers...
This is not one of those annoying algebra problems, we promise. But imagine two long trains, those massive mechanical snakes, each of...
Macy’s and Marxent have announced a partnership that will enable the largest virtual reality (VR) rollout in retail history, with approximately 70...
German company Varjo Technologies has announced a $31 million Series B investment, led by Atomico and Seimens-backed Next47, that will help it launch...
Shopping for apparel online is tricky in any case, and shopping for accessories can be particularly taxing because, while one can get...
Is virtual reality retail about to have a moment? Consumers seem ready, and one of the largest merchants in the world has...
Fizzle of the Week: Timing Spring has finally arrived across the United States, and love is in the air. Even on Facebook....
It’s not easy to stay on the cutting edge of technology when the cutting edge is always changing — and can always...
When it comes to planning for its future, furniture giant IKEA is trying to figure out how to use artificial intelligence (AI)...
While not much of an event, yet, on North American shores, elsewhere in the world the countdown to Singles Day is underway....
Following similar events held by Apple and Amazon, Google is hosting its own major product event Wednesday in California, where the company...
When Facebook bought Oculus Rift for $2 billion in 2014, the acquisition wasn’t exactly regarded as a stroke of business genius. Wired...
In recent virtual reality (VR) news, Mastercard, Swarovski and VR have come together to make living rooms more tasteful places, according to...
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Going to the salon to for a new hair color or cut can be quite the luxurious experience. From getting your scalp...
In the eCommerce landscape, conventional wisdom tends to the idea that Amazon’s gravity in digital commerce is so overpowering that it is...
Google’s iconic homepage has been around longer than Harry Potter. It’s old enough to drive, drink or fight in the Army. Today’s...
Speech recognition, image search, translation — those are just the beginning for artificial intelligence, if Google is reading its pulse right. While machines...
Google rolled out a new virtual reality app, dubbed Google Blocks, on Thursday (July 6) in which users can build 3D models....
Samsung Electronics has made more inroads into the virtual reality (VR) market by making an acquisition of VRB, a New York–based startup that develops...
They say robots could replace as many as 38 percent of retail workers in the next 10 years, starting with cashiers. Not...
The movies were wrong about holograms replacing teachers in the future, but they weren’t that far off. Walmart is introducing virtual reality...
Worldpay, the payment processing company, is testing the use of virtual reality to enable card transactions for customers who are in a...
Instead of adding text comments in YouTube VR, Google announced that it will be creating shared rooms where users can voice chat...
Facebook’s F8 conference is one of the largest conferences for developers and entrepreneurs. Starting in 2007, the event has had a different...
The next frontier of virtual reality (VR) is here. After three years of development following its Oculus acquisition, Facebook has announced its...
If retailers were worried about the impact Amazon would have on the world of eCommerce, they should be even more concerned about...
While many in the Greater Boston area stayed indoors to keep clear of the arctic chill that had descended upon the region,...
The payments industry is on the verge of a new (virtual) frontier. Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) aren’t just the...
Over the last few years, the fusion of tech and fashion has had many attempts, including Apple’s private 2015 event unveiling its...
Dreamscape Immersive, a new virtual reality technology startup, is looking to find growth and opportunity in the film and entertainment industry. The...
California-based immersive media platform and technology company Matterport recently announced that WebVR is now supported on Google Daydream-ready phones — including Google’s...
Facebook is set to close some 40 percent of its Oculus pop-up stores due to low consumer interest. At least 200 of...
More big news from the ongoing Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2017 — this time for the augmented reality space. Google’s 3-D-scanning, depth-sensing...
MetLife announced Monday (Dec. 19) that PNB MetLife, its joint venture partnership in India, launched conVRse, an on-demand virtual reality (VR) customer...
Gadgets and gizmos, oh my. ‘Tis the season for buying and gifting electronics, with most people placing them at the top of...
Whether it’s while watching actress Taylor Schilling play Piper Chapman as she navigates Litchfield Penitentiary in Orange is the New Black or Kyle...
Wayfair’s newest upgrade to its mobile app will let users get a feel for what their items might potentially look like in...
Now for some virtual reality news that every carnivore can get excited for. Late last month, consumer packaged goods company Hormel launched a...
Wayfair is rearranging the furniture and moving into the virtual reality (VR) space. The Boston-based, eCommerce-focused home furnishing site announced the launch...
The retail industry is facing a virtual change: virtual reality. InContext Solutions announced it’s collaborating with Intel to develop new virtual reality...