Apple showed off some upcoming augmented reality apps at last week’s keynote event. With the iOS 11 launch today, people will be able to download and give AR a try for themselves. Earlier this year, Apple tried to hype up developers by unveiling its ARKit software development kit at its Worldwide Developers Conference and showing its commitment...
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‘Driver4VR’ Emulates Vive Trackers With Kinect for Cheap VR Body Tracking
A new SteamVR mod from the developer behind WalkinVR now allows body tracking by emulating Vive Trackers via Kinect’s motion sensing data, enabling an inexpensive solution for full body motion tracking in VR. The driver, available at the official Driver4VR site, works for both Rift and Vive when running SteamVR; this could be particularly interesting for...
Apple AR: Human Anatomy Atlas Journeys to the Center of the Body with ARKit
An update to the Human Anatomy Atlas 2018 enhances the study of the human body with augmented reality courtesy of iOS 11 and ARKit. The app provides a detailed 3D model of the human anatomy, allowing students to see tissues and organs and virtually dissect without all the mess that comes with slicing up cadavers....
Apple AR: Houzz ARKit App Beats IKEA to the App Store
With the official release of iOS 11, the availability of an app that uses the much-hyped ARKit platform to place virtual furniture in one’s home was expected. The fact that the app comes from Houzz, and not IKEA, may come as a surprise, considering that the latter was featured during the ARKit presentation at WWDC....
Apple AR: Kaon Interactive Ports Their Marketing Apps from Tango to ARKit
Apple has billed ARKit as a means to turn millions of iPhones and iPads into augmented reality devices. The refrain is similar for Kaon Interactive, a developer of product catalog apps for businesses. Kaon’s High Velocity Marketing Platform powers product catalog apps for companies like IBM, Oracle, GE, and Dell, among others. The platform serves...
Using Paint Space To Create An AR Painting Experience
Paint Space is a mobile AR creativity application that lets you paint in midair, hang photos and videos, and share your creations with friends. If you’d like to try it out — it is available for free in the app store. Here’s how Paint Space makes painting the world fun and easy. Paint Space Makes Painting FEEL...
Human Anatomy Atlas Journeys to the Center of the Body with ARKit
An update to the Human Anatomy Atlas 2018 enhances the study of the human body with augmented reality courtesy of iOS 11 and ARKit. The app provides a detailed 3D model of the human anatomy, allowing students to see tissues and organs and virtually dissect without all the mess that comes with slicing up cadavers....
My Country Is An ARKit-Powered City Building Game
The city builder genre of games have been popular for decades, starting out on PC primarily with the likes of Sim City and other similar games. Recently they’ve found a bit of a resurgence on mobile devices and titles from Game Insight like Paradise Island are great examples of that fact. Today, the mobile game...
Apple AR: Edmunds Previews Parking Fit for Car Customers with ARKit App
IKEA can help customers determine if a couch fits in their living room, but who is going to help them figure out if their new SUV will fit in the garage? Edmunds offers the solution with their iOS app, updated to version 12.0 for iOS 11 and ARKit. The AR feature is found under the...
Zone of the Enders 2 Getting PSVR Support, Releases 2018
Image Credit: Konami/Sony , used under Fair Use Doctrine. In exciting news for Mech combat fans, Zone of the Enders 2, Hideo Kojima’s 2003 game about insurgency on a future Martian colony, is coming to the Playstation 4 and PC, with complete support for virtual reality via Playstation VR for its particularly balletic form of...