Standing with my eyes closed in the bathroom, I aim my phone in the air. It vibrates, more and more, until it’s buzzing with excitement. “Toilet,” it announces in a female robot voice. “Shower,” it ...

As I walked around my office on a recent morning, a female voice on my iPhone narrated the objects I passed. “Brick,” “wall,” “telephone,” she said matter-of-factly. The voice paused when I came upon ...

For someone who is blind or partially sighted, everyday tasks can be a pain — choosing the right can from the pantry, for instance, or picking up the right book from the table. A smartphone could help ...

You can measure objects on an iPhone using Apple's Measure app. The app is free and works with specific versions of the iPhone, iPad, and iPod. You may be able to ...

LAS VEGAS — The first time you point your smartphone at an Iron Man comic book and watch Tony Stark step off the cover and begin to fly, you’ll be sorely tempted to look past the phone’s screen to see ...

The RealityScan app launched in limited beta earlier this year, but now it’s available for everyone on iOS for free. The RealityScan app launched in limited beta earlier this year, but now it’s ...

In the latest move to make history more accessible, the British Broadcasting Corp. Thursday launched its first augmented reality app, Civilisation AR. The app, developed by BBC Research and ...

Epic Games has debuted a new tool for developers that will allow them to turn any real-world object into a usable asset in their creation. Epic Games has released its RealityScam app for iOS, enabling ...