Mixed reality and augmented reality are the same thing to some people, and some sections of the media have also made this semantic decision. However, to companies like Microsoft and various others, there is a very precise definition of mixed reality and it has some important features that separate it from augmented reality. To properly understand what mixed reality is, we need to break down the...

Augmented reality could be the feature needed to reawaken the knowledge that learning can be fun. Imagine learning about biology, for example, and having a virtual skeleton disassemble itself in the middle of the classroom, while you all watch and take notes, before it puts itself back together and wanders off? Or finding out the difference between the various finches – a la Charles Darwin in t...

Having sex is a basic human need. For both men and women, although society – for reasons best known to its patriarchal self – has done its very best for decades (centuries, even) to persuade women that their sexual desires and needs are signs of perversion or simply don’t exist. Fortunately, this belief is slowly falling away, and it is now generally well understood that men and women both have...

Face Swap is fun and quirky feature of photo sharing apps and programs, such as Snapchat. While the effects are obviously unreal and are meant just for fun, this technology is being used for a somewhat darker purpose too. Unscrupulous people are using celebrities’ faces and superimposing them onto other women’s (it is female stars who are predominantly targeted in these matters) bodies in porn ...