Created by Helios Interactive, Echelon is a multiplayer board game played on Microsoft’s HoloLens that, as an proof of concept, gives us a look into what sort of games we might be playing in the future when we’re not engaged in the many augmented reality productivity-based activities like navigating with turn-by-turn directions or skyping with a work colleague....
In April we reported that Bandai Namco was bringing the largest VR arcade of its kind in Japan’s Kabukicho district in Tokyo. Called VR Zone: Project I Can, we didn’t have a lot of details on coming attractions at the time but content inspired by anime like a Gundam-esque fighting game looked to be a part...
I sweat a lot. If I’m standing outside with the sun up and a little breeze, it’s only a matter of time before I start sweating. Going for a jog? I’ll be pouring with sweat before most people are even breathing heavily. In fact, I often sweat without even the need for my breathing or...
Google Glass, the iconic heads-up display (HUD) introduced back in 2012—known for spawning the portmanteau “glasshole”—is finally back, this time albeit it as a special business model dubbed Glass Enterprise Edition. Before today, fans of the original ‘Explorer Edition’ could only hope that after the Project Glass had “Graduated” from within Alphabet’s “moonshot factory” [X] in 2015 (also the origin of...
With the release of Apple’s ARKit comes endless possibilities for education and learning. One of those possibilities is an AR rotating model of our solar system in your room, another is using AR to instantly know the nutritional value of food items. YouTube user napkinmoments posted an ARKit demo that used augmented reality and object...
Though the Golden State Warriors won the crown as the NBA’s best team again this season, the Sacramento Kings continue their rule as the sport’s technology leader, debuting their new uniforms from Nike through augmented reality today. With an assist from Zappar’s augmented reality platform, the Kings + Golden 1 Center app for iOS or...
A new demo has given a hint about what’s going to be possible in the world of mixed reality, thanks to Apple’s ARKit. The demo comes from Normal VR, a virtual reality developer that is currently working with leading VR platforms such as Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and PlayStation VR. Using an iOS device, a...
Google Glass might be considered a sort of precursor to everything we write about on UploadVR today. Long before Cardboard, Daydream, and Tango, Google aimed to give the world a normal pair of glasses that presented simple AR overlays; far more primitive than what we see now with Microsoft’s HoloLens, but still very promising. The...
Augmented reality doesn’t always need a headset to wow us; this new AR projector only needs to be plugged into an overhead light. Desktopography might need a slightly better name, but it looks like an incredibly intuitive way to use certain apps like calculators. The projector, hanging from the ceiling, responds to taps from the...
Another day, another stunningly intuitive use for Apple’s ARKit. While yesterday brought us an intriguing AR manual app, today we’ve got what could be a revolution for the construction industry. Solidhaus is already using VR to deliver realistic architecture visualization. You’ve heard the use case a thousand times by now; home owners might want to...
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