An Australian company's vivid new motion-capture technique not only enlivens cut scenes, but opens up a whole new range of challenges in the gameplay itself.

A standard thumb drive with a Rubik's Cube theme suggests a puzzling approach to hardware interfaces.

By slowing down your music, this app helps you keep below the speed limit. Whether it makes driving safer or not, it's a reminder that augmented reality is about more than images.

We've met the shadow biosphere, and it is us.

A new-media production of Kafka's The Trial makes projected 3-D imagery look like a natural component of live theatrical performance.

Perhaps the secret to extraterrestrial life resides here on Earth.

A Microsoft patent filed in May (and published yesterday) describes a �topography-changing� display in which shape-memory polymers would react to light signals to change the texture of a display surface, a technology that may be used to develop tactile touchscreens or other controls.