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

ARPost

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. Finally, after an initial boom of popularity inspired by the animated confections of Pokémon GO, augmented reality reached the lexicon of the layman in 2016.

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Which Startups Are Hiring for Augmented Reality Jobs?

ARPost

In 2019, the demand growth for augmented reality and virtual reality engineers skyrocketed 1400% from the previous year, surpassing the demand for blockchain engineers (the most in-demand skill in 2018). Venture capital investment in augmented reality and virtual reality hit $4.1

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Book Review: Mark Pesce’s “Augmented Reality: Unboxing Tech’s Next Big Thing”

ARPost

Mark Pesce’s book Augmented Reality: Unboxing Tech’s Next Big Thing comes to shelves in January, but Polity Books put an advance copy in our hands at ARPost. The book takes a long look at augmented reality’s past in an attempt to warn us about its potential future. Augmented Reality Changes Our Relationship to Space.

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4 Applications of Augmented Reality in Physical Security

ARPost

Augmented reality took the world by storm when Niantic introduced Pokémon Go in 2016. Unlike virtual reality, AR doesn’t pull people into a digital world. Physical security experts are anticipating how the industry can benefit from augmented reality. Virtual Diagrams and Illustrations.

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Snapchat’s Augmented Reality Vending Machines are Marketing Gold

VRScout

Hundreds of people lined up anxiously waiting to snag a few – bringing them unknowingly face to face with Snapchat’s augmented reality platform. Arnold (@arnold) November 10, 2016. . At a fundamental level, augmented reality is based on pattern detection. Saba Hamedy (@saba_h) November 10, 2016.

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My predictions for augmented reality in 2019

The Ghost Howls

Augmented Reality in 2018. You may hate or love Magic Leap, but the fact that it has released a product is for sure a great news for all the ecosystem : if after all those investments, that startup failed, it would have had a ripple effect on all the ecosystem, making investors lose trust in augmented reality. Magic Leap.

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AR 101?—?Augmented Reality Trends (Part 2)

ARVR

Augmented Reality Trends (Part 2) The development of Augmented Reality systems can be divided into two trends: Trend horizontal or AR applications, and trend vertical or AR techniques. Augmented Reality?—?Trends Augmented reality (AR) is the future of Restaurant Menu? Source AR 101?—?Augmented