Virtual reality experiences depend on goggles and headphones, transporting wearers to new places using sight and sound. Be it a peaceful meadow where the only sounds are birds chirping and the breeze ...

Although consumers have become very familiar with speech recognition, current discussions around the metaverse and extended reality (XR) omit, for the most part, the relevance speech and sound can ...

Valve Corp. officially announced the release of SteamVR 2.0, the next major update of its virtual reality interface for PC, on Wednesday, which contains a large number of improvements exactly a month ...

Demonstrating lollipop user interface to simulate taste in virtual and augmented reality environments. Credit: Lu et al, 2024/PNAS Virtual reality (VR) technology has long sought to incorporate the ...

Once seen as a novelty, virtual reality (VR) technology has dramatically improved over the years and now is used widely in fields including health care, manufacturing and training. To improve VR ...

“In its Notice, the Office recognizes the critical importance of digital designs to the modern economy and has updated its guidance to reflect reality.” For years, design patent practitioners dealing ...

Researchers at the University of Texas at Dallas have built a new augmented reality interface that lets users type on everyday objects. The technology, called PropType, overlays a virtual keyboard ...

Human-machine interface technology is used by almost all industrial organizations—including energy, transportation, manufacturing and more. At Case Western Reserve University’s Case School of ...

Key Takeaway: The USPTO has revised its design patent guidance to better reflect evolving digital interface technologies, including projections and augmented or virtual reality environments. The ...