Disclaimer: While the author of this article doesn’t like cats at all he doesn’t actually advocate violence against them. This is purely meant to be taken in jest as a silly response to a silly internet holiday. Today is apparently known as ‘Respect Your Cat Day’ because people on the internet need another reason to...
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Facebook Copies Snapchat Again by Putting Augmented Reality Camera Filters in the Main Facebook App
Facebook is aware that Snapchat is killing the social media game amongst the youths, which makes sense, because in 2017, video is king in social media currency. Facebook has continually shown that Mark Zuckerberg and crew seem to think the best strategy to keep up is to simply copy them. The newest development in this...
Through the Virtual Keyhole: Wales Estate Agent Pioneering Virtual House Viewings
A Welsh estate agent is using virtual reality to bring the viewing to prospective buyers with the pioneering use of a new VR app. Jeffrey Ross has begun rolling out what it calls JRVR, a virtual reality app powered by Matterport 3D imaging. This allows for entire floor plans, rooms and whole houses to be captured in...
Justice League, Aquaman To Get Interactive VR Experiences
The first full Justice League trailer hit this weekend, sending the internet into a frenzy for both better and worse. These days no Hollywood blockbuster is complete without a promotional VR experience, though, and Zack Synder’s latest move is no exception. Warners. Bros announced today that it has partnered with IMAX to create three new...
Report: Amazon Looking Into VR/AR Furniture Stores
We’ve already heard that Amazon is looking into how VR can enhance its video offerings, but the company might be using the tech for other means too. New York Times cites sources “with knowledge of discussions” in saying that the online retailing giant is looking to creating physical stores to sell furniture and home appliances....
Facebook Hires Apple Hardware Expert To Head Oculus Advancements
We recently covered rumors of Apple planning to lean on AR for the company’s future and there were some personnel movements to corroborate the rumors as well. Now we’ve got some movement in the VR and AR industries again, this time with a senior ex-Apple employee becoming head of Oculus VR hardware. Michael Hillman, who spent 15...
Industry Leaders Join Augmented Reality for Enterprise Alliance (AREA)
PTC and Flatirons Solutions to Help Drive Global Enterprise Augmented Reality Ecosystem and Best Practices PRESS RELEASE ANNOUNCES AREA NEW MEMBERS WAKEFIELD, Mass., USA – March 28, 2017 — The Augmented Reality for Enterprise Alliance (AREA) announced today that two new members joined the only global membership funded alliance helping to accelerate the adoption of...
You’ll Soon Be Able To Import PSVR’s Summer Lesson
One of PlayStation VR’s (PSVR’s) more curious games never came west. Summer Lesson from Bandai Namco was one of the first games Sony’s Japanese division debuted for the headset, but it never released in Europe or the USA despite getting demonstrations at industry events. If you’re desperate to play it, though, you’ll soon have a...
Check Out Dicke Wilde’s Crazy Brand Of Weapons In New Gameplay
Launching this Thursday, Bolverk Games’ Dick Wilde is first and foremost a wave-based VR shooter. Yes, I know we’ve seen plenty of those, but what separates this one from the rest is the imaginative assortment of weapons players will wield. Today, we’re going to show you them. Dick Wild is a pest control veteran, that...
5 Reasons Why the DMDII/AREA Requirements Workshop Was a Milestone Event
The future of Augmented Reality (AR) in the Enterprise is a bit clearer today as the result of the recent DMDII/AREA Requirements Workshop in Chicago. At first glance, the two-day event promised to be a worthwhile exchange among parties with shared interests. On one side was the Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute (DMDII), which...
