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Snapchat Introduces Sponsored AR Filters for Advertisers

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

The US-based messaging application says this will make it easier for brands to get more involved in shareable moments, as well as gaining end to end control of the Snapchat Camera experience.

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Drifting champion tackles Goodwood with VR, 5G and one tiny startup’s tech

TechCrunch VR

Donning a Samsung VR headset, Gittin was controlling the vehicle miles away from the Goodwood arena using a teleoperation system developed by Portland, Ore., That’s where Gittin sits and controls the vehicle. Remote-controlling a vehicle requires instantaneous and constant flow of video and inputs from the vehicle.

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Using AR to Recontextualize Our Relationship to Reality with Cabbibo’s ‘ARQUA!’

Road to VR

ARQUA’s gameplay involves you creating a rainbow aquarium by playing with kelp plants, schools of fish, and 3D rods that you place around your space by turning your body into the controller. LISTEN TO THE VOICES OF VR PODCAST.

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‘The Wild’ Is A Platform For Collaborative 3D Design In VR & AR

VRScout

On the opposite side of the room, Mischa, The Wild’s product manager, stood wearing an HTC Vive headset and a pair of Wand controllers. She pointed the camera directly at Paez, who was then standing off to the side in front of a pitch-black section of wall.

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The NBA and TNT Partner With Intel For Biggest VR Push Yet

VRScout

Each camera will have at least four angles of the game that you can control. Thursday, March 20 – Houston @ Portland. Through the app, you will have the ability to be courtside during the games, or up in the stands. Thursday, March 1 – Philadelphia @ Cleveland. Thursday, March 8 – Boston @ Minnesota.

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Experiential Design Insights from Chinese Philosophy & Natural Philosophy

Road to VR

I had the opportunity to give the open keynote at Design Reality’s Immersed Conference in Portland, OR on April 23, 2018, where I gathered more visual metaphors for thinking about experiential design.

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Developing the Future of Mixed Reality

Tech Trends VR

And while Portland is by no means a backwater, it’s still not a major tech or immersive content hub like LA or San Francisco either. It was really interesting to see Microsoft pivot towards enterprise with the HoloLens and I think it was absolutely the right move for them to make Click To Tweet.