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Spatial Beats: Apple, Magic Leap & Oculus

AR Insider

This week, we look at Apple’s moves across the spatial spectrum, Magic Leap 2, And Oculus Quest game sales among other items. Let’s dive in… Apple VR rumors mounting up. Macrumors called our attention to articles in the Verge and Bloomberg that quote an unnamed source who’s supposedly seen Apple’s debut consumer HMD.

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5 Pro Tips for Producing VR Events

AR Insider

TL:DR – On April 1, 2020, VR/AR Chicago hosted our monthly event in VR. VR/AR Chicago hosts a monthly event that normally takes place at 1871, Chicago’s tech incubator. The stage portion of the event is live-streamed to the VR/AR Chicago Facebook page, where it is also archived. First a Little Background.

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Google Makes Case for ARCore Apps to Educators & Marketers

Next Reality AR

On Tuesday, at the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Conference in Chicago, Google countered Apple's recent positioning of a cheaper iPad and AR apps for schools with its own ecosystem for educational augmented reality.

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Vision Buddy: An Innovative Television Watching System for People With Low Vision

ARPost

It can be used in the following modes: As a TV watching system that can connect to any cable or satellite provider, and even streaming services like Amazon Fire TV Stick, Apple TV, and Roku player; As a magnifier, which has zoom in or zoom out capabilities up to 10x; Advanced OCR. Using the Vision Buddy Headset.

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Foursquare Enters the Audio AR Game

AR Insider

And tech giants like Apple are highly motivated to push the hardware. — It’ll work anywhere in the world, but you’ll probably find the most pre-loaded content in big cities like NYC, San Francisco, Chicago, Seattle or Los Angeles (aka: places Foursquare has offices — ps: we’re hiring!). We’d love to hear your feedback on this.

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American Express Launches AR Shopping for Small Business Saturday

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

The novel experience will activate from physical blue door frame installations placed at Chicago’s Magnificent Mile (Pioneer Court), Los Angeles’ Westfield Century City, and New York City’s Gansevoort Plaza, located at NYC’s Meatpacking District.

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Bundling the Best of AR with Ease of Use, with BundlAR’s John Martin

XR for Business Podcast

The world received a gift three years ago, in the form of AR technology from the likes of Google and Apple - ARKit and ARCore. John and I met at the VR/AR Association Chicago meetup, and would become amazing friends as we built the future of communications together. I stayed at your house in Chicago. Oh, do I miss that!

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