Augmented reality (AR) glasses promise a science fiction future, in which the visual reality around you is "augmented" with digital objects. But what if AR glasses could also give you hearing superpowers?

Facebook is working on something like that, and by the sound of it (sorry), the company isn't exaggerating when it says this technology will be akin to magic. 

In a blog post Thursday, the audio team at Facebook Reality Labs Research shared some insights on what it's been up to lately. They're working with two primary goals in mind; one is to create virtual sounds that cannot be distinguished from reality, and the other, slightly more ambitious, is to "redefine human hearing."  Read more...