When we think of augmented reality, we usually think of it as adding things to our reality. A new demo has shown that using Apple’s ARKit, we can not only add to reality but subtract from reality as well. The demo was posted by Laan Labs who just yesterday created a demo that had an...
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Apple AR: Directive Games Teases AR Battle Arena Game for ARKit
It’s safe to say that mobile developers are excited about the prospects of Apple’s ARKit, with demos popping up seemingly on the hour on YouTube, Twitter, etc. Now, developers are starting to preview actual products. One of them, Directive Games based in Shanghai, China, has come forward with a preview of an augmented reality game...
Whitepaper Augmented Reality Technologies Construction & Engineering
Readers may be interested in a whitepaper named ‘Augmented Reality Technologies Offer Industry Changing Applications’. The key topic area is advancing workforces with Smart Glasses. The author is Zachary Wassenberg of Burns McDonnell, a specialist construction engineering company. The document discusses a range of topics including: Smart Glass Technology Terms Safety: Improving construction environments Disaster...
The AREA Issues Call for Proposals for AR ROI Research Project
The AREA has issued a request for proposals for a funded research project that will develop a full set of best practices for performing analyses of the return on investment (ROI) of enterprise AR projects. Organizations with relevant expertise in ROI analysis are invited to respond to the invitation by August 14th. The goals of...
AREA Member-Exclusive Webinar: Security in Wearables
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HoloLens Challenge #16 Winner Brings the Cowbell
Atlanta based Microsoft MVP and author of Beginning Kinect Programming with Microsoft Kinect, James Ashley has been running monthly challenges since around the release of the HoloLens Developers Kits. Each month, those of us who follow what happens in the community, can look forward to seeing what creative ideas come out of these challenges. It...
uSens Introduces Markerless Tracking for Mobile Apps
With mobile developers near and far primed to implement augmented reality into their iOS apps with Apple’s ARKit, uSens offers them a new tool for markerless location tracking. The tracking solutions provider announced today that they have developed an inside-out positional tracking solution for mobile devices with capability for six degrees of freedom (6DOF) based...
Apple AR: Watch This Phone Levitate Before Your Eyes
Sometimes the demos for Apple’s ARKit are so good that it almost looks like magic. A recent demo, in particular, shows exactly what kind of magic tricks you can perform using the ARKit. The demo was posted by @LaanLabs on Twitter. Laan Labs creates apps and are known for their other ARKit demonstration, ARuler. This...
Your Favorite Paintings Are Getting a 2017 AR Update at Ontario Gallery
If you’ve ever wanted to see a selfie stick in centuries old works of art, now’s your chance. The Art Gallery of Ontario is launching an exhibit called “ReBlink.” The exhibit uses augmented reality to give modern updates to their paintings which visitors can see through their smartphones or tablets. When users walk into the...
AR Adds a New Dimension to Financial Trading and Analysis
By Dmitry Parilov and Simon Raven AR/MR-assisted trading and data analysis platforms empower traders and investors with advanced fintech, which is capable of monitoring and visualizing financial markets with new depth. Holographic visualization presents a new enhanced view of dynamic data, with flat images evolving into 3D shapes and innovative heatmaps to reveal revolutionary new...
