XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Many newcomers to the extended reality (XR) landscape are asking the question, “What is Augmented Reality?” Truthfully, it’s the most widely-used form of XR, with virtual and mixed reality coming in second and third, respectively. What is Augmented Reality, Really? How Does AR Work?

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VRScout

MAY 11, 2023

Sort of… Pokémon GO creator Niantic has released a number of location-based augmented reality (AR) games since the launch of its first title, Google Ingress , back in 2013. Peridots is available to download for free on iOS and Android devices via the App Store and Google Play Store respectively.

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ARVR

JULY 9, 2020

A brief summary (Part 1) What is Augmented Reality? What are some of Augmented Reality problems and challenges? Augmented Reality?—?Definition, Augmented Reality = real object marker + virtual object by fernanda rodríguez. Evolution of Augmented Reality (Craig, 2013) by fernanda rodríguez.

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Road to VR

APRIL 4, 2023

” “If you think about the technology itself with augmented reality, just to take one side of the AR/VR piece, the idea that you could overlay the physical world with things from the digital world could greatly enhance people’s communication, people’s connection,” Cook told GQ. My thinking always evolves.

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Road to VR

MARCH 12, 2024

billion in 2013, or just around three years after Magic Leap was founded by Abovitz in stealth mode. At risk of comparing mixed reality Apples too closely to augmented reality oranges, one of the key differentiators was the lack of broad app integration that would make it more usable for prosumers looking for “the next big thing.”

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ARPost

JANUARY 21, 2022

We’re talking, of course, about Google Glass. Google Glasses were the first arguably-AR glasses on the consumer market, coming out in 2013. After all, it was a Google product and a lot of people expected the world. Google Glass retired to the enterprise sector and much of the public gave up on AR glasses.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The tech industry’s next bet is a series of technologies usually called augmented reality (AR) or mixed reality. All the big tech players — Microsoft, Google, Facebook, and Amazon — are in the game as well. Here’s what the biggest companies in tech are doing to try and make augmented reality the next big thing.

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ARVR

AUGUST 8, 2022

The company, which was founded by three friends, Stephen Lake, Matthew Bailey and Aaron Grant, had formed the company, then called Thalmic Labs, to develop an EMG based gesture controller, the Mio Armband , (which is still the most capable EMG controller ever offered to consumers), before pivoting into the perilous waters of augmented reality.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Join pick a side and join the battle for control of previous Exotic Matter in this modern revival of the 2013 location-based AR game. Ingress Prime is available now on the Apple App Store and on Google Play. The Netflix show will also feature music from artists such as Alt-J. Image Credit: Niantic .

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Road to VR

JUNE 27, 2017

According to a report from Polygon , augmented reality company CastAR is heading for a shutdown, laying off staff from the Palo Alto headquarters and its internal AR software development studio in Salt Lake City. The recent screen-based AR solutions (such as Google Tango and Apple’s phone and tablet AR ) and a number of AR headsets.

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VRScout

MARCH 29, 2018

XR, which encompasses virtual and augmented reality, is frequently deemed as more innovative and groundbreaking than traditional Hollywood. The share of deals of women-led VR and AR companies has consistently increased since 2013, but the low rate is striking. Image Credit: Kaleidoscope / Greenlight Insights.

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VRWorld

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

With Pokémon Go recently breaking a financial milestone – reaching one billion USD in revenue , it may finally be time to say that Augmented Reality (AR) is now reaching mainstream acceptance and acknowledgement. UCI Google Glass. The post Pokémon Go Is a Game-Changer, What Can Augmented Reality Do Next?

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

You can enjoy the full audio recording below: In this weekly VRScout Report, Google Earth in VR is a rush, Facebook analyzes your face w/ augmented reality, GE uses AR to talk to machines, the funding wrap-up, cure lazy eye with VR, and more…. GOOGLE EARTH IN VR IS A RUSH. TREAT LAZY EYE WITH VIRTUAL REALITY.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 29, 2019

You probably have heard about Leap Motion’s Project North Star , that should be able to offer people affordable augmented reality. Project North Star is an opensource augmented reality headset that Leap Motion has designed and gifted to the community. There is not even an assembly kit like with Google Cardboards.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 14, 2016

As the virtual reality industry makes its way through this highly important first year of commercial availability for its flagship headsets, it is being bolstered by most of the major tech companies. Google , Intel, Facebook and Microsoft have all either already begun or announced significant VR initiatives in the past 12-24 months.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 1, 2019

At an event in San Jose, California, Facebook introduced its plan for augmented reality glasses, where users will be able to pull up a visual display on top of what’s actually in front of them. Microsoft won the PC era and now has a tablet business, while Apple and Google have the dominant mobile operating systems.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Comprised of grants and tax credit incentives, lawmakers have awarded Snap funding to help the company expand its offices globally and boost its augmented reality (AR) smart glasses manufacturing capacity. ” For many within the industry, recipients are forecast to attract $1.3

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 11, 2020

Investments in AR/VR companies are at 2013 level. Bad news for the VR ecosystem come from DigiCapital: the investments in AR/VR companies for the first quarter of 2020 are the lowest in these years and are back to the level of 2013. More info (Google Lens) More info (AR copy to Photoshop) More info (VROOM).

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VRScout

JULY 17, 2016

for mixed reality lightfield technology that no one has actually seen (outside of a small number of people with ironclad NDAs), and is funded by giants like Google and Alibaba. News broke that users who logged in via Google account were allowing full access to their Google accounts – meaning photos, browsing history, emails, etc.

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VRScout

JULY 6, 2016

Although these glasses are still considered early prototypes, Laforge has been working on them since 2013 – slowly evolving their designs over time. With that in mind, both companies have striking similarities related to how they are approaching the augmented reality space. million views in a short period of time.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 27, 2017

Last we heard, augmented reality startup CastAR was due to finally launch its pair of AR glasses later this year. The company itself started when former Valve employees Jeri Ellsworth and Rick Johnson left in 2013 with their AR research. Now it looks like they might not be released at all.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 25, 2017

Hugo shares my belief that virtual and augmented reality will be the next major computing platform. In a tweet of his own, Barra clarified his title by writing that he is, “Joining Facebook as VP of virtual reality (VPVR!) ” Previously, Barra worked at Google as part of the Android team. to lead Team @oculus.

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Cats and VR

DECEMBER 18, 2017

To experience high-resolution, immersive content on your mobile device, download the Jaunt VR App for iOS, Android, Gear VR, Windows Mixed Reality and Google Daydream. About Jaunt Jaunt is the global partner of choice for producing and distributing immersive virtual reality, augmented reality and mixed reality content.

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Tech Trends VR

MARCH 7, 2018

Given the considerable hype that has been building up around Virtual and Augmented Reality, you might expect more publishers to have dedicated resources to these technologies, whereas the reality is that much of what we’ve seen so far has been limited to variations of Augmented Reality books.

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TechCrunch VR

MAY 31, 2023

In a 2013 Time interview , he briefly — and modestly — spoke of The Sword of Damocles, noting, “The name virtual reality might be applied, but it didn’t come along until ten years later.” The term “augmented reality” wasn’t officially coined until 1990, but the 80s also saw important breakthroughs in the space.

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VRWorld

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Guitarist Brian May is celebrating this years Halloween with launching the Diableries and The Diabl-O-Scope augmented reality apps , enabling users to explore the underworld whilst listening to Queen. Diableries: Stereoscopic Adventures in Hell is a book published in 2013 with historians Paula Fleming and Denis Pellerin.

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VRScout

AUGUST 8, 2017

Founded all the way back in 2013 by Eric Romo, Altspace VR was a social world that broke new ground– allowing new and old friends to virtually congregate. CREATORS OF AMERICAN IDOL LAUNCH MIXED REALITY TV SHOW IN NORWAY. WILL GOOGLE LET YOU ANIMATE YOUR SCENES MADE WITH BLOCKS SOON?

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EnterpriseWear

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

A true enterprise wearable tech pioneer, Peggy Gulick, Director of Digital Transformation, Global Manufacturing at AGCO Corporation, spearheaded one of the most successful use cases of Google Glass in enterprise to date. The post Manufacturing 4.0: Checking In with Expert Peggy Gulick of AGCO appeared first on BrainXchange.

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ARVR

MARCH 5, 2021

There is a spectrum of relationships between the consensus reality we commonly share and various synthetic ‘realities.’ What is often called ‘Augmented Reality,’ or AR, is just a bit of synthetic stuff laid on top of the world we’re used to, like, Pokemon Go. until Google Cardboard showed it didn’t have to be.

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Cats and VR

APRIL 28, 2016

First of all lets look at the word Image, it breaks down to I MAGE, as in I the magician create a reality for you to perceive. The words magic and magician seem the most fitting to describe my Meta 2 augmented reality demo but I may be a bit neuromantic. In 2013 I was blown away with my first experience in Oculus Rift.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 4, 2017

Google and Sony both have intellectual property around waveguide designs similar in nature. Patents filed in 2013-2014 explore a variety of exotic optical designs, functional on paper, but with specifications outside the tolerances of existing manufacturing methods. Near-eye Optics Basics. While DigiLens’ work for the U.S.

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VRScout

MAY 25, 2016

Within the program, the profile is mimicked on the user’s avatar but is instead used as an augmented reality device with a heads up display. Head mounted display: Used during the Gibson hack attempt, Dade wears a Google Glass like headset with a drop down heads up display. The Congress (2013). The Zero Theorem (2013).

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EnterpriseWear

AUGUST 1, 2018

Ideas on the ground and on board: The airport industry first began toying with wearable technology with the release of the original Google Glass in 2013. Let’s look back: Early trials: Virgin Atlantic ’s 2014 trial at London Heathrow Airport – in collaboration with SITA – included both Google Glass and the Sony SmartWatch 2.

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EnterpriseWear

JANUARY 10, 2019

The release of Magic Leap One was supposed to be the “magic moment” for consumer AR, the development that finally got consumers excited about augmented reality glasses. But are consumers aware that this is augmented reality? Needless to say, it wasn’t. Positive signs for consumer smart glasses in 2019.

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Haptical

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

AR in medical imaging: What about augmented reality? In some ways, its functionality might be similar to virtual reality (surgeries, training of students and doctors). AccuVein Brain Power is a Massachusetts-based company founded in 2013. Let’s have a look at three companies that have achieved impressive results in AR: 1.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 9, 2020

I was like “Yeah, sure sure, and I invented the fridge”, but then he showed me the proof that his company, vrAse , had already showcased a plastic holder for smartphones able to provide VR in 2013 (one year before the release of Google Cardboard).

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 19, 2017

In a country where education is characterized by a predominance of test-taking and rote memorization, my goals were to unleash their creativity and critical thinking, while exploring the frontiers of learning through new pedagogy and the revolutionary potential of technologies such as virtual and augmented reality.

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