Students at Brisbane based Griffith University’s School of Pharmacy and Toxicology are using Wearable Augmented Reality Software and Smart Glasses to gain ‘life-like’ instruction and modern-day workplace scenarios according to a recent article by CIO.com Dr Gary Grant, deputy head for the School of Pharmacy said the Smart Glass technology exposes students to countless workplaces...
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Why Smart Data Holds the Key to the Future Office
A recent article, by The Telegraph, discusses why Smart Data holds the key to the future office. The article gives views on the Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence and robotics and they also believe that by 2020, about 1.7MB new information will be created every second for every human on the planet. According to...
Shanghai International AR Conference & Expo 2017 | Shanghai, China | Sept 25 – 27, 2017
The Shanghai International AR Conference & Expo is a three-day conference and exhibition promoting technology applications and industrial development of VR/AR, as well as market and ecosystem development of vertical domains such as VR, AR, wearables and AI. Activities including technological seminars, summits, dialogues and design games will be held concurrently with the exhibition. Meanwhile,...
Zappar Pitches Baseball AR Mini-Game for Wise Snacks
Wise Snacks wants baseball fans to reach for potato chips instead of peanuts and Cracker Jacks, and it’s calling augmented reality out of the bullpen to close the deal. The snack maker has partnered with two Major League Baseball teams, the Atlanta Braves and the New York Mets, to bring a lineup of baseball-themed chips...
Apple AR: Luden.io Unveils ‘AR Tribe’ Mobile Game That Uses ARKit
Luden.io just revealed more details about their mobile game “AR Tribe,” made using Apple’s ARKit. The company has previously focused on VR games such as InMind 2 and VRobot. This is the company’s first attempt at AR, and it looks like it’s going to be pretty cool. AR Tribe allows you to act like a...
Apple AR: Creepy Effects Make Surfaces Bubble & Boil
This man’s effect using Apple ARKit is both really cool and really freaky. In his tweet, John van der Zwaag said that this “alters reality” rather than just adding to it. The effect allows the user, on their iPhone, to tap or drag along the surface that it’s projected onto. When you tap or drag,...
Apple AR: Use Augmented Reality to Measure Rooms Without a Tape Measure
Measuring a room has never been so easy thanks to Apple’s ARKit. SmartPicture 3D is known for its quick measurements based on pictures from your smartphone. Recently, they released a video of the company measuring a room using the ARKit. The video shows SmartPicture 3D using the ARKit on their iPhone to measure every nook...
Apple AR: JigSpace Shows You How Things Are Made Using AR
JigSpace, a company that uses 3D renderings to give instructions, showed off a fun new way to learn how things work using Apple’s ARKit. The video released shows the anatomy of a range of things, including an espresso machine, an Archer Hb Plus chair, and the manual transmission of a car. Not to mention, they...
DreamWorld Seeks to Dismiss Meta Lawsuit
Facing claims of misappropriation of trade secrets and confidential information by Meta Company, DreamWorld, led by Meta’s former employee, Zhangyi “Kevin” Zhong, has fired back with a motion to dismiss the lawsuit. In case you missed our previous report, Meta’s lawsuit centers on DreamGlass, an augmented reality headset with comparable field-of-view at a much lower...
World of Tanks Is Bringing Us This Mind-Blowing AR Museum Attraction
Wargaming’s World of Tanks — the popular multiplayer online war game — teamed up with The Tank Museum to create an augmented reality experience like no other. Alongside several German tanks that are part of the exhibit, visitors can use Microsoft HoloLens and Google Tango technology to explore a rare Stürmtiger tank inside and out....