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18 August 2016updated 30 Jun 2021 8:10am

What is merged reality and how will it affect your future?

Two new examples of “merged reality” technology have been making waves, but what does it actually mean?

By Amelia Tait

(Photo By Intel Corporation)

This is your future:

Windows

At least according to Intel and Microsoft, who, at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco on Tuesday, discussed two new developments. The first is Project Alloy, a wireless headset that allows you to bring real objects into the virtual world using 3D cameras. The second is Windows Holographic Shell, and it does the reverse – allowing virtual computer screens, objects, and people into the real world.

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