With augmented reality technology becoming more readily available, young designers are creating face filters for social media platforms. Design reporter Gunseli Yalcinkaya picks five of the most interesting examples. More
Nike has launched an app setting that provides "hyper-accurate" sizing recommendations for each of its shoes by scanning your feet with a smartphone camera. More
The Royal Academy of Arts has unveiled a series of installations that show how virtual and augmented reality technologies can change the experience of buildings and spaces. More
Visitors to the Mauritshuis museum can use their smartphone to experience Rembrandt van Rijn's The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp in augmented reality, thanks to Dutch design agency CapitolaVR. More
A 3D digital rendering of performance artist Marina Abramović wandered around London's Serpentine Gallery in this mixed-reality art installation. More
London-based designer Keiichi Matsuda suggests how augmented reality will define the workstation of the future, in a short film that explores the growing obsession with productivity in the workplace. More
American audio brand Bose's latest product is a pair of sunglasses that let the wearer listen to music, make calls and access augmented-reality experiences. More
The internet is affecting the way we interact with the world around us, from the news we read to how we perceive fashion and beauty, as these six Design Academy Eindhoven graduates demonstrate. More
Opendesk customers can now use augmented reality to see how the furniture brand's pieces look in their homes before ordering them from local makers. More
Luxury clothes brand Tommy Hilfiger has released a range of "smart clothing", containing inbuilt Bluetooth chips that allow the item's movements to be tracked and users to be rewarded for wearing them. More
The virtual world is indistinguishable from reality in the devices of Finnish company Varjo, which has demonstrated a mixed-reality headset with human-eye resolution. More
U2's creative director Willie Williams created a giant avatar version of Bono using augmented reality, which appeared on a stage designed by Es Devlin for the band's latest tour. More
Toronto designer Adam Pickard has turned paper IKEA manuals into an augmented reality app that shows users life-size instructions on how to build their furniture. More
Google has launched a digital library of user-created 3D objects that can be used to populate virtual- and augmented-reality worlds. More
Snapchat paired up with the artist Jeff Koons to place an augmented reality version of his famous Balloon Dog sculpture in New York's Central Park – but in a "stance against an imminent AR corporate invasion", the work has been graffitied by artist Sebastian Errazuriz. More
Apple has unveiled the iPhone 8, designed to be compatible with augmented reality technology and can be charged wirelessly. More
This captioned movie shows the possibilities of Mirage, an augmented-reality app by two former Apple developers that lets users add emojis, drawings, gifs and images to their real-life surroundings. More one-minute movies ›
One ring rules an entire augmented-reality interface in this project by Royal College of Art graduate Nat Martin. More
Following a two-year hiatus, the Google Glass augmented-reality headset has made a comeback, and is being targeted exclusively at businesses. More
The growth of augmented reality will make most of the hardware we use today obsolete, according to Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg. More