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AR Technology Meets Music At SXSW 2022

VRScout

Individuals lucky enough to get a slot into the show were shuffled into a small theater where everyone was given an older model head-mounted display powered by Samsung mobile devices. What the audience got was an immersive experience unlike anything available at the event. Credit: Ristband.

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VR: Fad or Fiction?

Tech Trends VR

Back in 2012, a starry-eyed young entrepreneur called Palmer Luckey announced a new and improved head-mounted display that would be better than pretty much everything on the market at the time, and affordable for gamers to boot. Gaming continues to be the main driver in VR software sales with sales of around $1.2

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Will Apple, Facebook or Microsoft be the future of augmented reality?

TechCrunch VR

Despite short-term questions, games software/hardware to top $200 billion by 2023. Apple is seen by some as critical to the future of augmented reality, despite limited traction for ARKit so far and its absence from smartglasses (again, so far). More posts by this contributor.

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Augmented Reality and Hearables: Where the Two Technologies Meet

ARPost

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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New startup mixes reality with computer vision and sets the stage for an entire industry

Robert Scoble

It got me interested in augmented reality and its uses to make people’s lives more fun and more interesting. Snapchat has, in the past few years, finally brought that tech to consumers with its augmented reality lenses. I created the first augmented reality app on Apple’s store on this blog.

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Apple Mum on AR/VR for iPhone 7, but Here’s How We Know They’re Still Working on It

Road to VR

It’s too early for Apple to jump into the AR/VR game. Apple has a number of head mounted display patents, including one which shows a headset that would dock with a mobile device, and another for an augmented reality display. Acquisitions. Well, you better get there too.

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Did Seebright Just Launch Google Cardboard for AR?

VRWorld

Augmented Reality, also called Mixed Reality (MR, MxR) is set to represent a very large part of our lives. Even today, if you own a car with a heads-up display (HUD), you are a user of Augmented Reality. “We recognized the problem of very high barrier of entry for Augmented Reality.

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