While ARKit and ARCore are poised to bring AR experiences to millions of mobile devices, one company is poised to anchor those experiences anywhere in the world with just a set of geographic coordinates. The geospatial augmented reality platform Aireal enables developers to place digital content indoors or outdoors based on latitude, longitude, and altitude...
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Why the Potential of Augmented Reality Is Greater Than You Think
An opinion piece on Singularity Hub by Jiten Dajee provides insights on how other emerging tech trends are converging with Augmented Reality. It is when AR technology is viewed through the lens of combination with other technologies that we can truly begin to see its future potential. The author takes the slant that by digging...
Apple AR: Occipital’s ARKit App Offers Room Scanning on Par with Tango for iPhones
In off-record discussions with AR experts, the consensus on ARKit is that it takes a software approach to the depth-sensors available on Tango devices. As a result, the toolkit has shortcomings, such as detecting walls and vertical surfaces. TapMeasure, a new app from spatial computing company Occipital, fills the gap by leveraging ARKit for surface...
Apple AR: Cambria & Markilux Match IKEA with ARKit Apps for Home Makeovers
IKEA won’t be alone among ARKit apps for visualizing home décor and improvements when iOS 11 arrives next week. Unlike IKEA or Lowe’s Home Improvement, Cambria and Markilux are hardly household names (no pun intended). Yet, with tools like ARKit and Google’s ARCore, AR apps are readily accessible to smaller companies with more modest marketing...
Apple AR: ARKit Bestows iOS Apps Thyng & Holo with Ability to Stick Digital Things Anywhere
One of the byproducts of the success of Pokémon Go was the viral images that made the rounds on social media of people putting Pikachus, Charmanders, and their brethren in compromising positions. Snapchat has a similar claim to fame, most recently with the inexplicable popularity of the dancing hotdog. Two existing AR apps, Thyng and...
Apple AR: IKEA Takes the Wraps Off of Its ARKit App
When Apple introduced ARKit earlier this year, they trotted out IKEA as one of the companies it was working with to build an augmented reality app that lets customers see furniture as it would appear in their home. While the Swedish furniture monger did not make an appearance during Apple’s annual autumn product ritual, it...
Apple AR: ARKit Gives iOS Apps Thyng & Holo Ability to Stick Digital Things Anywhere
One of the byproducts of the success of Pokémon Go was the viral images that made the rounds on social media of people putting Pikachus, Charmanders, and their brethren in compromising positions. Snapchat has a similar claim to fame, most recently with the inexplicable popularity of the dancing hotdog. Two existing AR apps, Thyng and...
Apple AR: Apple’s ARKit Launch Partners Include MLB, Directive Games & More
CEO (and NR50 member) Tim Cook and Apple unveiled the long-awaited lineup of next-generation iPhones today on stage of the Steve Jobs Theater, packed with hardware improvements to facilitate AR experiences from ARKit, which will arrive with the iOS 11 on Sept. 19. The new iPhone 8 and 8 Plus, as well as the super-premium...
Halliburton-Microsoft Strategic Alliance Hopes To Speed Industry Transformation
A recently formed strategic alliance between Halliburton and Microsoft hopes to speed the digital transformation of the oil and gas industry. Jointly announced by the companies last month, the partnership aims to leverage artificial intelligence (AI), augmented reality (AR), internet cloud applications, and other breakthrough technologies to drive efficiency improvements and enhance value across exploration...
Apple AR: Pixie Enlists ARKit to Help You Find Your Keys
When it comes to finding lost things, the joke goes that it’s always in the last place you look. With an assist from ARKit, Pixie can make your iPhone the first and last place you look for that missing item. When iOS 11 drops, the updated Pixie app will guides users with compatible iPhones to...
