Vancouver / AFP Clad in virtual reality headgear and computerised vests, intrepid explorers at the annual TED event into a temple adventure reminiscent of a scene from ‘Indiana Jones’ — and billed as a major entertainment breakthrough. Attendees at the conference in Vancouver were among the first to sample a pulse-raising new breed of immersive virtual reality, pioneered by a …

Relaxnews Google has added 13 new languages to their translation service including Samoan, Hawaiian and Scots Gaelic. Ten years after first launching the online translation service between English and Arabic, Chinese and Russian, Google now counts 103 languages which they say covers 99 percent of the online population.The newest additions to the translation service are:

San Francisco / AFP Microsoft inventor Alex Kipman was joined by holograms at a renowned TED gathering as he gave a glimpse into a future where computer screens are relics. Kipman slipped on HoloLens augmented-reality (AR) headgear that his team is readying for market and became a wizard of sorts, calling forth magical landscapes, cold-hard data, and even summoning the …