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Why is Augmented Reality Taking Such a Long Time to Gain Popularity?

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Here’s a thought-provoking statistic: 70% of Snapchat users (almost 130 million) spend three or more minutes a day using augmented reality. All those dancing hot dogs, rainbows coming out of users’ mouths, and even face masks (later removed from the apps) are only possible thanks to augmented reality. Probably not.

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Post-Pandemic, Augmented Reality Serves Entertainment With Its Re-Emergence

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Most people don’t know augmented reality was first created and tested in the late 1960s: by a Harvard professor, with a wired head-mounted display. In 2014, Google Glass launched–to much fanfare, and nascent jokes online–quickly followed by the original Microsoft HoloLens. Safety Gets an Augmented Reality Assist.

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Magic Leap Shows Prototype Headset Progress Since 2014

Road to VR

At a sponsored GDC 2018 session, the still mysterious augmented reality company Magic Leap has revealed how their prototype hardware has evolved from 2014 to present day. ” Magic Leap “The Bench” Prototype from 2014 – Photo: Road to VR. Microphone input. 6DOF hand controller (Totem) tracking.

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Norm Glasses Enter Expanding Market for Augmented Reality Eyewear

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It seems like just a short while ago augmented reality eyewear seemed like a thing of the distant future. The augmented reality eyewear was first developed into a prototype two years ago and has been in development ever since. This was around 2014,” said Charles Sun, founder of Human Capable. I tried Nreal.

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Discover How Melting Ice Is Changing Mt Kilimanjaro in an Augmented Reality Film The Last Ascent

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You’ll be able to witness this for yourself through an augmented reality video experience with Canadian ice climber Will Gadd. Augmented Reality for Climate Change Education. The Last Ascent is an augmented reality experience for on-demand video streaming. Augmented Reality in Video Streaming.

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Google ARCore Brings Augmented Reality to Android

VRScout

Apple’s massive leap into augmented reality with no additional sensors or hardware, only the phone in your pocket, seemingly opened up the largest AR platform in the world overnight. ARCore: Augmented reality at Android scale. The post Google ARCore Brings Augmented Reality to Android appeared first on VRScout.

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Five Tech Titans Bullish on Augmented Reality

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Augmented reality (AR) became more widely known after the success of Pokémon Go in 2016. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has shaken the company up since arriving in 2014. According to coverage of a recent speech Iger gave at USC Marshall, Iger said that reality-destroying headsets would be “ersatz” at his stable of parks.