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AR Time Capsule Explores The Hidden History Of The September 11th Attacks

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On the morning of September 11th, 2001, a series of terrorist attacks were conducted against the United States, resulting in nearly 3,000 deaths, 25,000 injuries, and numerous long-term health consequences. To this day 9/11 is considered one of the deadliest terrorist attacks in history.

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Augmented Reality May Be The Future, But It Still Has Major Limitations

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Augmented reality may be the future of games, but there are some huge problems that stand in its way. They are all unabashed fans of science fiction, and yet they have to deal with the realities of where technology is. Osterhout is a developer, designer and entrepreneur. Tagged with: gamesbeat Facebook Twitter Reddit More.

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Snap & Vogue Launch AR Fashion Exhibit

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Stella McCartney : The 2001-founded British house’s exhibition room is transformed into a grotto of giant colorful mushrooms, where mannequins display cascading ruffled dresses from the brand’s spring/summer 2010 collection. It has always been important to me to make fashion accessible for all.

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Nintendo Partners With Niantic for Multiple New AR Games, Starting This Year with ‘Pikmin’

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Now the studio says it has entered into a partnership with Nintendo to develop multiple new AR titles , starting with the Pikmin franchise, which got its start in 2001 on GameCube as an RTS puzzle game where players command hordes of little plant characters.

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Oculus’ Jason Rubin Now Overseeing AR/VR Content & Partnerships at Facebook

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The most recent— the departure of Oculus co-founder and former CEO Brendan Iribe —came amidst reports of a major restructuring of the Oculus unit, purportedly more deeply integrating it into Facebook in an attempt to create a more cohesive immersive technology strategy currently divided among mobile VR, PC VR, and augmented reality.

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Classic Game Moon Patrol Reimagined As An AR Experience

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This includes a unique feature that allows you to play a brief demo of Moon Patrol 2019 , a modern reimagining of the 1982 Atari classic in augmented reality. To play, simply launch the Amico Club app, point your camera at any Intellivision Amico logo, and watch as the app automatically generates the AR experience.

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Xbox Cofounder Seamus Blackley Takes R&D Post at AR Firm Daqri

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Seamus Blackley, the cofounder of the Xbox, has teamed up with augmented reality startup Daqri to run a new research and development effort for them. Blackley and the team will work to incorporate SDL throughout Daqri’s various offerings, including augmented reality headsets, automobile heads-up displays, and more.