LAGUNA BEACH, California — Facebook just gave an early look into an experimental camera app that uses artificial intelligence to make live video look like art. Speaking Tuesday at the Wall Street Journal’s WSJD Live conference, Facebook Chief Product Officer Chris Cox demoed the app, which he said offered a look at how the social...
Think of it as Pokémon Go, but for rips, submerged rocks and shallow sandbars. Samsung Australia is currently trialling a free augmented reality app called Pocket Patrol in partnership with Surf Life Saving Australia (SLSA). The Android app is being piloted for four weeks at Queensland’s Coolum Beach and Alexandra Headland. SEE ALSO: Google puts...
We’re entering a new dimension of GIFs. A relaunched Giphy Cam app on iOS — dubbed Giphy Cam 2.5 — will allow users to place animations next to real-life footage. The “stickers” will follow you or your friends around in three dimensions, pivoting Giphy from simple 2D animations and into a sort of augmented reality....
As an acid attack survivor, Monica Singh once found it incredibly difficult to look in the mirror. Her scarred skin brought her back to the day men poured a bucket of acid on her in Lucknow, India — a violent retaliation for her rejection of a marriage proposal. More than half of Singh’s body was...
Warning: There is some NSFW nudity in the images below. LONDON — When you think of Augmented Reality (AR), the first things that spring to mind might well be apps or gaming. But probably not fashion. To kick off London Fashion Week, though, online retailer Lyst has brought AR into the fashion world in a...
From Oculus Rift to Google Daydream, VR is getting plenty of hype. Which system should you go for, what do you need to buy, and what should you play? Until recently, virtual reality had been something of a fantasy for storytellers and technologists. As long ago as 1935, American science fiction writer Stanley G Weinbaum...
These are far from disastrous times for Pokémon Go, which still boasts 30m players. But can a Halloween tie-in win back the tens of millions who have put down the game? It was the blockbuster hit of the summer, but as temperatures drop and the nights begin to draw in, wandering around with your phone...
As the use of AR grows, the building industry will benefit from the ability to visualise virtual objects in the real world Construction projects can often be besieged by problems. Planners typically work off paper blueprints and drawings, which makes it harder to capture and analyse data and share information with contractors to ensure quality...
We can conjure objects into our real world as if by magic with AR, and with Pikachu and friends earning up to $10m per day, R&D departments are searching for the next phase While Dorothy, blue-skirted and pigtailed, clutching a wicker basket and a bewildered dog under her arm, surveys the weird flowers and pygmy...
Be still, my beating algorithm. We speak to FutureFest 2016’s Ghislaine Boddington, Rob Morgan and Marie Horner about what the future of love might look like Subscribe and review on iTunes, Audioboom, Mixcloud, Acast, or on your favourite podcasting app. In this episode, we explore the what the future holds for love and relationships, and...
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