The Ghost Howls

JULY 25, 2022

The heat hasn’t killed me yet, so this week I can still write a new roundup of interesting news about AR and VR. Google starts testing its AR glasses in the wild. Google has announced that it is going to start to test the prototypes of its AR glasses in the wild. More info (Google testing AR glasses?—?Official Upload VR).

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VRScout

MAY 20, 2019

Earlier today, Google announced the latest addition to its Google Glass hardware line-up with Google Glass Enterprise Edition 2. The company promises the new AR headset will help businesses increase the efficiency of its employees by offering them hands-free access to a world of information in real-time. Weight — 46g (pod).

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AR Insider

AUGUST 19, 2020

“Vantage” is AR Insider’s editorial contributor program. Authors’ opinions are their own. . Technology and Consumer Behavior are Trending Immersive. There are nearly two billion augmented reality-capable mobile devices on the market today, with a projected 598 million active AR users by the end of 2020.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The firm’s latest chipsets aim to set a new precedent in AR/VR/MR headset performance and usability. To help Stwart highlight the benefits of Meta’s integration of Qualcomm’s XR/AR chipsets was the Head of Hardware Partnerships at Meta, Jenniffer Hom – a figure who helped bring Meta/Qualcomm devices to market.

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ARPost

JULY 30, 2020

But AR/VR solutions are not limited to Google Glass, mobile apps for trying on shoes or accessories, and AR-based games. Hearables with augmented reality features are becoming ubiquitous thanks to the overall spread of wearables, the contribution of tech giants, and the growing demand for emerging technologies.

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AR Insider

JUNE 11, 2021

As far as AR is concerned, this event in the past has hosted announcements ranging from Quick Look to GeoAnchors to ARkit. Though this year won’t see the revolutionary smartglasses unveiling that the AR world is waiting for, Apple continues to make evolutionary moves. Is AR Evolving from Novelty to Utility? AR Guidance.

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ARPost

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Lens Fest is an opportunity for Snapchat’s growing community of lens creators to interact, hear from other artists, and learn about new and upcoming updates to Snap’s software and hardware. We are here together to celebrate you, our global community of lens creators,” said Snap’s Eitan Pilipski. “We

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ARPost

APRIL 29, 2021

AR remote collaboration solutions are those that superimpose virtual elements over a user’s view of the world around them, while allowing them to communicate with coworkers, experts, or even devices. These solutions employ either a dedicated AR headset or a compatible mobile device like a smartphone or tablet.

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Gravity Jack

APRIL 21, 2023

In recent years, augmented reality (AR) has gained significant momentum as a technology with the potential to transform industries and change the way we interact with digital content. In particular, AR glasses from Apple could have significant implications for AR developers like us at Gravity Jack!

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ARPost

JULY 16, 2019

Are you attending XRDC’s AR and VR conference in San Francisco on October 14-15? The XRDC AR/VR Healthcare Report is out now and is a must-read. The report covers the latest advancements in AR and VR with interviews from 5 leaders using this tech in healthcare. The Healthcare Industry, VR, and AR.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 17, 2020

Fast forward more than 10 years, Andrea and I are still in touch, and sometimes we collaborate on AR/VR projects (once I also did a lesson to his students!), The other main activities of our group are related to machine learning and computer vision. Holo-BLSD is a self-learning tool in AR.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

AR and VR are gearing up for a giant leap forward thanks to advancements in eye-tracking technology. Despite all the activity, AR/VR hardware remains relatively crude. Growing enthusiasm for consumer VR/AR is having a profound impact on the market. for AR/VR headsets. How Eye Tracking Supports Immersion.

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ARPost

DECEMBER 9, 2022

See Also: Augmented Reality in Robotics: How AR Enhances Robots. Augmented by other technologies such as AR , VR , and AI , robots show improved efficiency and safety in accomplishing more complex processes. Reachy is also fully customizable, with many different configurations, modules, and hardware options available.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The later departure of Alex Kipman seemed to be the final nail in the coffin for the AR glasses, but a new rumor brought a bit of hope: Microsoft seemed to work together with Samsung to design consumer-oriented AR glasses. Apple AR glasses may have been pushed back to 2025–26. Anyway, things have not gone as we all hoped.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

As VR and AR continue to become more mainstream, the expectations of users are also on the rise. Curious to learn more, I reached out to Joe Pavitt, Master Inventor and Emerging Technology Specialist at IBM Research Europe. IBM places its bets on AI-powered audio interactivity as the future of XR. NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING.

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ARPost

DECEMBER 14, 2020

The Finnish National Opera and Ballet launched Opera Beyond to explore the use of emerging technologies including projection mapping, spatial audio, motion tracking, and machine learning in virtual theater productions. They also use hardware from fellow Finland-based immersive tech company Varjo.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Google is reportedly working on an AR operating system. Google owns the best search engine (Google), all the data of the outdoor part of the world (Google Maps), the most used mobile operating system (Android), an AR framework (ARCore), and is strategically acquiring some startups that may be useful for building future AR glasses (North).

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 12, 2020

If you want to experiment with XR cloud rendering , you won’t need to buy a powerful workstation and experiment with the settings anymore: you just buy a dedicated EC2 machine on AWS supplied by NVIDIA and everything is ready out of the box. You activate the machine, pay for its usage and you can have cloud rendering. Image by Google).

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Road to VR

JANUARY 16, 2020

International Business Machines Corp. Of the many granted, here’s a few of the most interesting AR/VR patents we’ve found: Beamsplitter assembly for eye tracking in head-mounted displays. SEE ALSO Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg Thinks AR/VR is a Solution to the Housing Crisis. 2019 Grants. 2018 Grants. Rank Change.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Kura promises to deliver lightweight AR glasses with astonishing features like 150° FOV, 8K resolution per eye, and outdoor use thanks to some breakthrough innovations they are working on. They could make AR enter a new immersive phase that leads towards mainstream adoption. It’s like 2 years (!!) What is Kura’s story?

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ARPost

JUNE 20, 2023

AR is a perfect fit for the retail sector, giving businesses new opportunities to communicate with customers, promote their goods, and increase sales. Since the COVID-19 outbreak, more customers are looking for ways to try on things without having to physically engage with them, making this issue more crucial than ever.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

HTC today announced its third batch of AR/VR startups backed by the company’s Vive X accelerator program. A total of 26 new companies from across the world have been selected to participate in the program with the goal of “building and advancing the global VR/AR ecosystem.” Think, “mind-controlled” experiences.

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Road to VR

MAY 29, 2018

When it comes to mobile VR and AR headsets, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chips are dominating the space, with every major mobile headset launched so far this year built on the company’s Snapdragon 821 or 835 chips. The post Snapdragon XR1 is Qualcomm’s First Dedicated Chip for AR/VR Headsets appeared first on Road to VR.

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VRScout

JUNE 20, 2023

Hanqing Jiang, who was a part of the research team, learned about a form of origami called curved origami (or curved crease origami) while at Arizona State University in 2020 and used it to create stiffness with paper-made sculptures.

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ARPost

JANUARY 13, 2020

Here, we’ll be taking a look at the AR and MR headsets and glasses that caught our attention in 2019 and that we’ll be keeping an eye on going into 2020. Because MR is more complex than AR, it requires a lot of computing power. Tethered MR headsets require a hardware connection to a computer. AR and MR Glasses.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 4, 2022

It has been a watershed moment, because before this week many people were skeptical about Mojo Vision since they thought the hardware was cool but there was no way it could work safely inside a human eye. It’s incredible how we will have the first smart contact lens product before 2030… it seems like hardware coming from a sci-fi movie!

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 12, 2021

But now, thanks to VR Expert , a company specialized in selling and lending AR and VR headsets, I have been able to test this device for a few days and report to you my impressions about it. Besides that, I also noticed the “screen door effect” for the first time on an AR headset.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 14, 2020

As it is a tradition of this blog , I have read everything I could about the AR and VR technologies showcased there, and I’ve condensed all the news in a single article , that you can skim fast until you find a topic you are interested in. If instead, you need a consultancy about AR/VR for your business, feel free to contact me.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 3, 2023

Top news of the week (Image by Google) Google killed its AR glasses Project Iris Do you remember the name Project Iris? It was our hope for Google entering the AR race together with Meta and Apple. It seems that more than 300 people worked on the project, which was headed by Clay Bavor, the head of AR/VR efforts at Google.

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ARPost

MAY 3, 2021

Today, we can safely claim that its implications are more serious and mainstream, spanning industries such as healthcare , manufacturing, and education. In the post-pandemic world, advances in AR become more significant and practical. AR works by superimposing images and data on the physical scene in front of the user via a screen.

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Road to VR

MAY 7, 2018

The shift, the company says, better addresses the increasingly important role of research and development in AR/VR while emphasizing collaboration with Facebook’s other skunkworks, something Oculus Chief Scientist Michael Abrash says is allowing for “further and faster” development of leading-edge AR/VR tech.

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ARVR

JUNE 16, 2020

Source This winter, I designed my first app in augmented reality ( AR ) to help my company, Lextech, understand Apple’s ARKit’s capabilities. In my experience as a UX designer at Northwestern’s Knight Lab , I was aware of emerging best practices in AR, but had never designed in it myself. Trending AR VR Articles: 1.

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ARPost

OCTOBER 20, 2021

In the last couple of years, AR has experienced tremendous growth and popularity as big technology giants like Google, Amazon, Apple have adopted the technology. In 2020, the AR marketplace was valued at US$14.7 billion mobile AR active users. Top 8 AR Trends. Below are the top 8 AR trends: 1. 5G Network.

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ARPost

DECEMBER 31, 2020

The story doesn’t only introduce AR and Niantic, it introduces what may be one of the most significant recurring themes of Pesce’s book: “ Pokémon Go changed players’ relationship to space, and changed their behavior within it.”. See Also: Must Read AR/VR Books in 2020. AR Hardware as Surveillance. But at what cost?”.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Reactive Reality is an augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) eCommerce firm reimagining the buyer’s journey. The firm is leveraging AR with its PICTOFIT end-to-end solution, which digitises commerce operations by providing clothing brands and high-street merchants with an online and in-store virtual try-on platform.

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Road to VR

JUNE 9, 2017

Microsoft is the only company to start with head-mounted AR with the HoloLens while the other three companies are starting with phone-based AR. I had a chance to talk with Tango Engineering Director Johnny Lee at Google I/O about the unique capabilities of the Tango phones including tracking, depth-sensing, and area learning.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 25, 2022

The companies are designing solutions that enable developers to create accurate digital twins for augmented, virtual, and mixed reality (AR/VR/MR) immersive experiences as well as other industries. Learn more and register now for the limited beta: [link] #realityscan #photogrammetry #quixel #sketchfab pic.twitter.com/BTwMUESYpa.

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