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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

VRScout

Hardware infrastructure and software developer tools from big players like Apple (ARKit) and Facebook (Camera Effects platform) directly contributed to a huge surge in interest in augmented reality. San Francisco-based Leap Motion has raised a $50M Series C for their hand- and finger-tracking technology.

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On the XR Beat, with VentureBeat’s Dean Takahashi

XR for Business Podcast

It sounds really awesome, and it is — it’s really fun and exciting — but what it really gets down to it is they’ve shown the increased sales by 25-150 percent using just web-based interactive tools. They’ve doubled and tripled sales conversions. So, mobile phone-based AR is not to be forgotten about either.

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On the XR Beat, with VentureBeat’s Dean Takahashi

XR for Business Podcast

It sounds really awesome, and it is — it’s really fun and exciting — but what it really gets down to it is they’ve shown the increased sales by 25-150 percent using just web-based interactive tools. They’ve doubled and tripled sales conversions. So, mobile phone-based AR is not to be forgotten about either.

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On the XR Beat, with VentureBeat's Dean Takahashi

XR for Business Podcast

It sounds really awesome, and it is -- it's really fun and exciting -- but what it really gets down to it is they've shown the increased sales by 25-150 percent using just web-based interactive tools. And then Ultrahaptics and Leap Motion coming together, creating that virtual hand tracking meets virtual manipulation of the air: ultrasonics.

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On the XR Beat, with VentureBeat’s Dean Takahashi

XR for Business Podcast

It sounds really awesome, and it is — it’s really fun and exciting — but what it really gets down to it is they’ve shown the increased sales by 25-150 percent using just web-based interactive tools. They’ve doubled and tripled sales conversions. So, mobile phone-based AR is not to be forgotten about either.

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Top 50 Asian Virtual Reality-Augmented Reality Leaders,Evangelists, Investors & Influencers

XROM

He has demonstrated even more original (and less scary) ideas for AR interaction while directing UX design at Leap Motion. Is the Founder-Ceo of #HoloSuit a full body motion tracking suit with haptic feedback. Designer, Director and Researcher, #Keiichi is best known for his dystopian video “ Hyper-reality.” 25- Pankaj Raut.