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...
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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...
Apple AR: 5th Wall Agency Creates Portal to Step into Sports Games
Things are getting more and more interdimensional thanks to Apple’s ARKit. We’ve previously seen some portals work at play with Rainforest Garage and the Interdimensional Portal by Nedd. These demos have only made developers more curious as to what they can do with ARKit portals. 5th Wall Agency, a VR/AR studio based in Montreal, released...
Blippar Brings Facial Recognition AR Profiles to Mobile App
Mobile augmented reality developer Blippar has updated its mobile app for iOS and Android with an augmented reality face profiles feature based on the company’s real-time facial recognition engine. Dubbed Halos, Blippar users can open their own AR face profile and connect with others by scanning (or, in Blippar parlance, “blipping”) their faces. Blippar will...
Game Dev Superstar Leaves Windows Mixed Reality Team to Return as GM of Bioware
Casey Hudson, the one-time project director for games like Star Wars: The Knights of the Old Republic and The original Mass Effect trilogy, has announced his return to his former home, Bioware as the General Manager. Of course, that also means he is leaving his role at Microsoft Studios as Creative Director, where he was...
HoloLens Assists in Live Surgery
Numerous examples exist of doctors and surgeons using HoloLens to plan surgeries. The device has even been used to view reference images during a procedure and stream it to a remote audience. Until recently, it has not been used to augment the surgeon’s view of the patient during a live surgery. On July 9, neuroradiologist...
A Really Cheap Augmented Reality Headset Is Coming Soon
Mira Reality unveiled the Mira Prism yesterday and people immediately got excited about it. The Mira Prism uses no electronics besides your iPhone and it works pretty simply. You have a semi-transparent screen in front of your face. Once you open the Mira app on your phone, you just slide it into the Prism and...
The Cheapest Augmented Reality Headset Is Coming Soon
Mira Reality unveiled the Mira Prism yesterday and people immediately got excited about it. The Mira Prism uses no electronics besides your iPhone and it works pretty simply. You have a semi-transparent screen in front of your face. Once you open the Mira app on your phone, you just slide it into the Prism and...
Apple AR: Play Beer Pong Anytime with Augmented Reality Game
Beer pong is a classic game created by college kids to drink and have a good time. However, the process of setting it up is messy and takes a while. Luckily, a demo has introduced an app coming soon where you can play an augmented reality version of beer pong using Apple’s ARKit. Some might...