Detroit — Students at Osborn High School spent recess as mock-carpenters and framers Tuesday, taking advantage of a skilled-trades promotional truck and trailer that stopped at the east-side school.

A system developed at Switzerland’s École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) uses augmented reality (AR) to help make extremely precise timber cuts without having to measure or mark up beams.

Why Snap, Unity, Xreal, and Texas A&M University are among Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies in augmented and virtual reality for 2025. Innovative organizations are finding ways to make ...