In June at the eMerge Americas investors conference, Magic Leap founder (and NR50 member) Rony Abovitz proclaimed that the launch of their flagship product was “not far away.” Nearly three months later, an eternity in the tech world, and we have not heard an official launch date from the company. However, reviewing some recent paperwork...
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Research Papers and Patents Point to Magic Leap’s AR Ambitions
In June at the eMerge Americas investors conference, Magic Leap founder (and NR50 member) Rony Abovitz proclaimed that the launch of their flagship product was “not far away.” Nearly three months later, an eternity in the tech world, and we have not heard an official launch date from the company. However, reviewing some recent paperwork...
The Walking Dead Doubles Down on AR with Another Mobile App
It seems like it was just last week that AMC and Next Games unveiled their location-based zombie game based on hit TV series The Walking Dead. (Wait, actually it was just last week.) But, just like a walker seeking fresh flesh, AMC is back this week with another AR mobile app to promote the upcoming...
HoloLens Dev 101: Building a Dynamic User Interface for the HoloLens, Part 2 (The System Manager)
Now that we have installed the toolkit, setup our prefabs, and prepared Unity for export to HoloLens, we can proceed with the fun stuff. In this section, we will build the system manager. On the most basic level, the system manager is a simple system that is designed to work the same with any 3D...
Top Trends in the Gartner Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 2017
A feature on the Gartner Hype Cycle, by Kasey Panetta, suggests enterprises need to explain the business potential of blockchain, artificial intelligence and augmented reality. The technology would offer higher levels of performance from employees and offer businesses an edge. Whilst the technology is upwards of 10 years from mainstream adoption, it has the potential...
Share the HoloLens Experience Through MR Studio ViewPoint from Arvizio
HoloLens developer Arvizio has expanded its collaboration suite of tools for enterprises with a device that can stream and record mixed reality experiences in high-definition for local and remote audiences. Launched earlier this year, MR Studio enables enterprises to created mixed reality experiences and present content between multiple HoloLens users in the same location. Remote...
Google Developer Days Sheds Some Light on ARCore
During Google Developer Days, taking place now at the ICE Congress Center in Krakow, Poland, an introductory session on ARCore provides some insights on how the platform operates. The presentation by Googler Tom Slater, available on YouTube, includes an overview on the three pillars by which ARCore enables augmented reality for Android phones. Motion Tracking:...
Huawei Flexes Their AR Muscles with AI-Infused Kirin 970
Over the weekend at IFA 2017 in Berlin, Huawei introduced the Kirin 970 processor, the first of its kind to include artificial intelligence baked into the chip. Instead of hosting AI in the cloud, the Kirin 970 has an integrated neural network processing unit (NPU) for processing intensive tasks like image recognition on the device....
Apple and Accenture Join to Target Enterprise Segment
Apple and Accenture have joined forces to help businesses build better applications for iOS, the operating system that powers Apple’s iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, according to an article on 1reddrop.com. Apple is pushing hard towards making its software even better for the enterprise sector, and already has an ongoing partnership with IBM. Now, Apple is teaming...
Vertebrae Standing Up AR Ad Platform for ARKit Arrival
When iOS releases in the next few weeks, consumers on both iOS and Android operating systems can expect to see more AR ads in the mobile web browsers thanks to Vertebrae, an advertising platform for immersive media. Next month, Vertebrae will be able to distribute web-based AR ads to mobile browsers, just in time for...
