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Thursday, January 29, 2026
TopicAugmented reality

Topic: Augmented reality

Google lays off hundreds of employees across its voice assistant, augmented reality teams

Fitbit co-founders James Park & Eric Friedman also leaving, as tech giant continues to cut costs. As of September 2023, Alphabet had 182,381 employees globally.

Interactive experiments, 3D dissections — how NCERT virtual lab aims to bring school learning to life

CIET has designed learning content — both virtual & augmented — for math, science, hindi, & environmental sciences for various grades. However, challenges in implementation remain.

Apple may launch RealityOS at 2023 developers conference. It will cement Tim Cook’s legacy

The mixed-reality headset could be ski-mask-like called either the Reality Pro or Reality One.

Even China, India face labour shortages. Can automation rescue the world?

Adopting automation speeds up the manufacturing process and stretches scarce talent. It can even make the workforce more inclusive.

How you can meet RLD chief Jayant Chaudhary & take selfie without actually meeting him

Ahead of 2022 assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, the RLD has launched an augmented reality app, through which it plans to reach 5 lakh voters.  

Facebook to launch ‘smart glasses’ in 2021 but without augmented reality

The glasses, which are being built in partnership with Ray-Ban & Luxottica, will connect to a device — though users won’t be able to overlay objects onto their real-world view.

From ‘big fat’ to ‘small virtual’ — Covid is the time to change Indian weddings

In Covid times, couples from Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh or UP’s Muzaffarnagar could get married in a virtual Venice’s piazza or in a villa near Lake Como.

Apple plans to launch standalone AR and VR gaming headset by 2022

Augmented and virtual-reality technology is Apple’s next big hardware push beyond the iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. A new 3-D sensor system is the centerpiece of this.

These 10 tech breakthroughs from India Mobile Congress can change our world

The India Mobile Congress 2018, which concluded over the weekend, is South Asia's biggest mobile, internet and tech event.

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India is resigned to a new status quo with China

India may be willing, for now, to be China’s market again, but will never be easy in that role unless Beijing becomes its market in turn.

Congress calls India’s GDP numbers ‘suspect’, alleges manipulation by Modi govt

In AICC report ‘Real State of the Economy 2026’, Congress flags ‘central contradiction’ in economy, calls for data review pointing to jobs, FDI, manufacturing slump & inequality.

Indian Army ties up with US drone company that made its name in the Ukraine conflict

Shield AI will provide V-BAT vertical takeoff & landing drones along with licences for software, which will be integrated into aircraft and made available to select Indian partners.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.