Head Mounted Displays: What's the Difference between Augmented and Virtual Reality?

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[Motherboard] Head Mounted Displays: What’s the Difference between Augmented and Virtual Reality? As digital technology continues to seep into every aspect of our analog lives, it seems it was only a matter of time before it started to replace our plain old visual experiences with something a little more tantalizing. Read This Article → What Are Autonomous Cars, and When Will I Have One in My Driveway? Over the past few years, automakers and tech giants have been dumping billions of dollars into making the first true accident-free self-driving car. It’s been a dream for nearly as long as cars have existed: getting in your car, cranking up the tunes, and kicking up your feet as a self-correcting, self-driving computer swivels and swerves effortlessly through traffic better than any human ever could. but how close is that dream to a reality? Read This Article → Check Out the How-To Geek CES 2016 Photo Blog Most of the How-To Geek team is at CES 2016, and we’re doing a group photo “live blog” like we did last year, which just means that we’ll be posting pictures of everything we’re looking at in Vegas, as we’re looking at it (assuming we have a decent internet connection). Read This Article → How to Enable, Disable, and Customize AutoPlay in Windows 10 When you insert a removable device such as a CD, DVD, or memory card into your computer, you’ll often see Windows’ “AutoPlay” popup. AutoPlay detects the kind of disc or media you have inserted and automatically takes whatever action you request. But if you find the feature annoying, you can disable AutoPlay very simply in Windows 10. Read This Article → VR Is Almost Here: What Will I Need to Be Ready? After years of waiting, dozens of different developer kits, and more beta tests than we can shake a stick at, the era of truly immersive virtual reality headsets is finally upon us. Both HTC’s Vive and Facebook’s Oculus Rift are primed and prepped to hit shelves for everyone to buy for themselves…but with HD screens and gigabytes of extra data for things like movement and spacial positioning, what do these systems really need to get up and running completely? Read This Article → Should You Get an “Ultra HD” 4K TV? Manufacturers have been pushing “Ultra HD” 4k TVs for a couple years now. There are plenty of models available now, and they’re cheaper than ever, too. But should you buy one? Read This Article → Advertisement Download Ransomware Hostage Rescue Manual I'm sure you know someone who's been hit with ransomware or you have been though it yourself. Wouldn't it be great to have a manual of what to do when you get hit and how to prevent it in the future? Now you do! 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