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Augmented Reality May Be The Future, But It Still Has Major Limitations

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Our panelists included John Hanke, CEO of Niantic Labs and co-creator of Pokémon Go; Ralph Osterhout, CEO of Osterhout Design Group, maker of augmented reality glasses; and John Underkoffler, CEO of Oblong Industries, maker of the Mezzanine collaboration software and science advisor for the film Minority Report.

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Dean Takahashi's GamesBeat events are the type of events you want to skip work for. You may get to talk Rick And Morty with John Underkoffler.

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Before founding Oblong, Underkoffler spent 15 years at MIT's Media Laboratory, working in holography, animation and visualization techniques, and building the I/O Bulb and Luminous Room Systems. "We all of us every day feel that. We build starting there. We want to change it all." www.catsandvr.com/blog/.

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Researchers Are Using Laser Beams To Create 3D Holograms

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BYU’s Holography Group uses a laser beam to trap a small particle in the air. You can learn more about the project via the BYU Electro-Holography Lab website. Here’s how it works. Said laser beam is then used to drag the particle in multiple directions.