Search Results for: "virtual reality"

Biometrics in the big house: Surveillance and new revenue

Sep 14, 2021, 1:20 pm EDT

A pair of recent patents and a patent application paint a grim(mer) future for prison inmates and guards. The innovations…

Sep 2, 2021, 8:02 am EDT

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has published an Apple patent describing technology for monitoring biometrics of users in…

Aug 16, 2021, 8:02 am EDT

Soft, wearable and wireless electronics have been used to control a simple virtual reality game with thoughts. It could become…

Aug 4, 2021, 1:53 pm EDT

In a naming development that calls to mind unfortunate tattoos, a Cornell University researcher says his big idea, NeckFace, can…

Jul 28, 2021, 7:00 pm EDT

If or when the internet transitions into the Metaverse — something Facebook is already working towards — the amount of…

Jun 3, 2021, 8:16 am EDT

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has published a new head-mountable device patent application by Apple, which describes face…

May 8, 2021, 2:15 pm EDT

The market’s readiness for biometric payment cards, the contrasting degrees of success between public and private sector digital ID efforts,…

Apr 30, 2021, 12:23 pm EDT

The United States Army is using a new suite of biometric software tools as it works towards using the data…

Apr 26, 2021, 3:18 pm EDT

PayByFace has been working to expand the reach and effectiveness of its biometric payment solutions, with a busy start to 2021….

Apr 23, 2021, 10:53 am EDT

Market research finds that gesture recognition is finding fertile ground in four industries: entertainment, health care, auto and retail. A…