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MARCH 4, 2021

© Poly by Google Augmented reality (AR ) technology is a unique tool empowering restaurants, delivery services, and other vendors in the food service industry. A 2017 research identified an AR tool to guide the process of serving of food in a way that helps estimate accurate and consistent serving sizes. © Ronen Horovitz.

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Road to VR

APRIL 24, 2017

This year’s 2017 Google Play Awards include new categories for top VR and AR apps, to which Google has nominated five apps each. The award ceremony will take place on Thursday, May 18th at 6:30PM PT during Google I/O, the company’s annual developer festival. Gunjack 2: End of Shift – CCP Games.

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ARPost

OCTOBER 28, 2019

In their sixth year of sponsoring, Tata Consultancy Services is debuting its TCS NYC Marathon app, available both in the App Store and on Google Play. It’s an augmented reality app for runners and spectators to get the most out of the marathon on November 3, 2019. Augmented Reality for Runners Leading Up to Race Day.

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MAY 13, 2017

Augmented reality may be the future of games, but there are some huge problems that stand in its way. So we decided to gather three of the biggest AR visionaries and product makers to show us the path to the future at our GamesBeat Summit 2017 event last week. Osterhout is a developer, designer and entrepreneur.

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VRScout

APRIL 1, 2017

Some of the better VR and AR jokes in 2017. Google is probably the most prominent April Fools’ Day pranksters out there. Thanks to some helpful Google workers, you’ll now get an experience that includes smell, taste, and even touch. It’s virtual reality, enhanced. It’s that time of the year again. Haptic Helpers.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

A proof-of-concept shows how hand tracking technology is bringing new possibilities to VR gaming. Daniel Beauchamp is Head of Virtual and Augmented Reality at Shopify. The post Oculus Quest Hand Tracking Game Has You Solving Puzzles By Throwing Your Dismembered Hand appeared first on VRScout.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 8, 2019

Snap Inc, the company behind the ever popular Snapchat, plans to raise $1 billion in short-term debt to further develop the content, gaming, and AR features of its platform. SEE ALSO The 3 Biggest Challenges Facing Augmented Reality Today.

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VRScout

AUGUST 13, 2017

Colaianni told me, “the outstanding nomination process for the VR Awards 2017 is anything to go by, future years will continue to build upon the astounding work our nominees have been producing.” Along with categories that you would expect, such as gaming and entertainment, I was excited to see a category for VR education and training.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

If you’ve been one of the creators working with Tilt Brush and Blocks, you’re probably aware of the two different galleries Google created for you to showcase your work: Sketches and Objects. — Clay Bavor (@claybavor) November 2, 2017. link] pic.twitter.com/99AEKXcqb6.

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Road to VR

MAY 1, 2017

Google has announced that its augmented reality platform Tango will be getting native integrated support for Unity later this year. Google’s Nathan Martz, Photo Courtesy Unity. SEE ALSO Asus 'ZenFone AR' Google Tango, Daydream VR Phone Launched, Specs Revealed. of Unity. .”

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Cats and VR

JUNE 5, 2017

At AWE 2017 Meta announced its Meta Workspace, a spatial AR operating environment designed for creativity and collaboration. The Meta team also tapped into the Google Project Tango framework to acquire the expertise of Alan Betran in developing a sensor array capable of dexterous hand interaction. That was three years ago.

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VRScout

MAY 20, 2019

Reach Robotics, the creators of the world’s first AR gaming robot, MekaMon launched the next generation of EdTech with a new coding platform – Reach EDU. Led by Ivy, the Head Engineer at the Mekacademy, students learn to code their MekaMon in a series of game-like challenges in preparation for a mission to Mars.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Over the years we have seen significant changes in augmented reality (AR) technology. In 2011, LEGO unveiled their first fully integrated digital-to-physical gaming experience, Life of George. In 2014, LEGO announced LEGO Fusion , a play experience that combines traditional LEGO brick play with familiar app-based game themes.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 7, 2023

Standalone virtual reality, especially thanks to the price subsidization operated by Facebook, proved that with an easy-to-use device, good games, and an affordable price, VR could reach millions of people. Google joined forces with Samsung (and Qualcomm) to release a new headset soon. Whoever needed it, already bought it.

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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. 2000s : First outdoor mobile AR game ARQuake.

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Road to VR

JUNE 6, 2017

Funomena’s Woorld won the ‘Best AR Experience’ category at the recent 2017 Google Play awards. In the game you scan your room with a Google Tango-enabled phone, and then you’re encouraged to decorate your space with extremely cute art and characters designed by Katamari’s Keita Takahashi.

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JANUARY 14, 2017

CES 2017, the big tech trade show in Las Vegas last week, was loaded with augmented reality smartglasses, which layer digital animations and information on top of the real world. Mainstream venture capitalists pumped up startups in virtual and augmented reality in the third quarter, with a record $2.3

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Road to VR

JUNE 28, 2023

Google has reportedly shelved a multi-year project that sought to commercialize an AR headset, known as Project Iris. Provided the report is true, it appears Google will now need to rely on Samsung to compete with Meta and Apple in XR. And Google’s ambitions were, let’s say, very big.

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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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AR Insider

OCTOBER 16, 2020

This traces back to the principle’s origin in a 2017 landmark editorial by AR veteran and thought leader Ori Inbar. For those unfamiliar, it’s a foundational principle that helps contextualize the future of augmented reality. Mapping the physical world requires scale and deep pockets, akin to Google or Snap.

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AUGUST 9, 2017

The organizers of VR’s biggest awards ceremony, The Proto Awards, say they won’t be hosting an event in 2017. The event is organized by The Virtual Reality Foundation, which is composed of many of the same people behind the Virtual Reality Los Angeles conference and startup Mindshow.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2017

In December of last year, Khronos group made headlines for adding Epic Games to the list of companies in support of their pursuit of an API standard for virtual and augmented reality. A couple months later, that standard now has a name as Khronos unveils the OpenXR working group at GDC 2017.

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VRScout

MAY 1, 2017

WebVR — which Google has also officially embraced — can offer immersive room-scale VR software through a web browser without downloads or installs. For instance, competitors at the 2017 Virtuleap Hackathon used Mozilla’s A-Frame platform to develop CityViewR — an app that lets you study regional data of a city in VR at room-scale.

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VRScout

MARCH 12, 2019

Thanks to the massive popularity of Pokemon GO , augmented reality-based scavenger hunt experiences have become all the rage among mobile developers. In 2017 it was revealed that Warner Bros had launched a partnership with Niantic to develop their own Pokemon Go-style AR game set within the Wizarding World of Harry Potter.

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Hypergrid Business

JANUARY 3, 2017

More than 70 virtual and argumented reality companies will showcase their products, innovations and demos at CES 2017, starting this Thursday in Las Vegas. Six degrees of freedom adds straight-line motion in all directions, making for a more immersive experience.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 9, 2018

Lenovo today unveiled the first standalone VR headset in Google’s Daydream mobile VR ecosystem, the Mirage Solo. Revealed today at CES, the headset integrates Google’s WorldSense six degrees of freedom (6DoF) positional tracking alongside the headset’s 3DoF controller. ” image courtesy Lenovo.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 28, 2021

Before starting, my friends at FXG and at Leenzee Games are promoting the Chinese mystery VR game A.D. Subscribe to my newsletter , then write me an e-mail to tonyvt AT skarredghost DOT com and I will give you one so that you can play this game for free! Resolution Games steps back from implementing ads inside Blaston.

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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. Now, it’s worth pointing out that the game is no longer breaking new boundaries. billion to $50.65

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Upload VR

JUNE 6, 2023

Believers in virtual and augmented reality found themselves sleepless and stirring on the eve of Apple's keynote address at WWDC23. Augmented Reality. In 2014, Facebook acquired Oculus and planted a flag in virtual reality. What does it mean, then, that Apple planted its flag in augmented reality?

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OCTOBER 20, 2016

Heydari, Lead Recruiter for Technical Operations at Google; and Arnie Sen Senior Director of Hardware at Activision, have all joined the augmented reality company. The company is now promising a launch in 2017. That’s as narrow a window as we’re getting at the moment, though.

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ARVR

OCTOBER 7, 2020

As AR ( Augmented Reality ) is becoming more and more popular, it’s turning into a buzzword. However, AR is so much more than the gaming and entertainment industry. Big names such as Apple, Microsoft, Facebook and Google are rapidly developing the technology, making it accessible to many industries.

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VRScout

AUGUST 24, 2016

The virtual and augmented reality industry is just starting to take off. According to research from the International Data Corporation (IDC), worldwide revenues for the augmented reality and virtual reality (AR/VR) market is forecast to grow from $5.2 billion in 2016 to more than $162 billion in 2020.

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JULY 19, 2017

Membrane AR: Varifocal, Wide-Field-of-View Augmented Reality Display From Deformable Membranes. This augmented reality display employs novel, see-through, deformable membrane mirrors to create virtual imagery at a desired depth level within a wide field of view with the promise of a more comfortable user experience.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 3, 2017

Regardless, the glasses do represent a firm step toward augmented reality and the consumer market, as both models are said to be equipped with optical-based inside-out positional tracking and are siginificantly cheaper than the R7 predecessor, which was priced at $2,750. Development kits of the R8 are planned to ship in Q3 2017.

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DECEMBER 9, 2016

With new hardware releases from Google, HTC, and PlayStation, the runaway success of augmented reality megahit Pokémon GO , and the early buzz of Snap’s Spectacles all filling our newsfeeds in 2016, you’d think mainstream adoption of virtual and augmented reality was right around the corner. First comes gaming.

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Cats and VR

JUNE 6, 2017

After #AWE2017 we are back to work to solve the last bugs and yes, we will use #ARkit for the iOS version of DIAMONST AR RPG #wwdc2017 pic.twitter.com/RkkvF3bOAX — ZenkoGames (@_ZenkoGames_) June 6, 2017. Could DIAMONST by Zenko Games be the killer app to showcase Apple's AR Kit?

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ARVR

JANUARY 29, 2021

Apple has been discreetly working on a number of AR/VR products for several years now, and has acquired a number of companies in this space in the past, including Metaio in 2015, Flyby Media in 2016, Vrvana in 2017, Akonia Holographics in 2018 and NextVR and Spaces in 2020. How Augmented Reality Will Improve Your Next Travel Experience 4.

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