Japanese corporation NEC announced that it has developed an augmented-reality device that can display a virtual keyboard on forearms using smart eyeglasses and a smartwatch. The ARmKeypad allows users ...

Ever wanted to send text messages from your forearm like Tony Stark? That could soon be possible as Japanese company NEC has created a virtual keyboard that would look at home on any Iron Man suit.

Japan's NEC has unveiled an augmented reality (AR) concept that allows users to type on a virtual keyboard from their forearm through the use of a pair of glasses and smartwatch. Dubbed the ARmKeypad, ...

Japan's NEC Corp. has created a user interface which can display an augmented-reality keyboard on a person's forearm, using eyeglasses and a smartwatch. Photo: NEC Corp.

Remember a couple of years back when virtual keyboards in the physical space were all the rage? Sure, they still haven’t really taken off as the must-own accessory, but the idea was sort of neat, ...

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NEC Corp. said Thursday that it has created a user interface which can display an augmented-reality keyboard on a person's forearm, using eyeglasses and a smart watch. The ARmKeypad uses glasses to ...

TOKYO --NEC has developed virtual keyboard software for use with an eyeglass computer and smartwatch, foreseeing use of the augmented reality technology in factories and hospitals.

NEC Corporation, a global service provider of IT and network technologies, on Wednesday announced the development of the new tap-free version ARmKeypad Air, where ‘smart glasses’ are used to turn the ...

Japanese company NEC has revealed an early look at a gadget that comes straight out of a science fiction film. It's a smartwatch that works with a pair of augmented reality (AR) glasses to project a ...