Our universe has never been closer thanks to Apple’s ARKit. YouTube user Jenil Kansara has been playing around with ARKit features and created a solar system in his room. The cool part about this is that the planets orbit the sun, it’s not just a stagnant rendering. He seems to have included all of our...
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Novarad OpenSight Augmented Reality System First Surgical Use
According to an article on Business wire the first Augmented Reality surgical procedure took place using a technology known as Novarad’s OpenSight. This technology uses the Microsoft HoloLens, and can help with 3D imaging, advanced segmentation and rendering. Novarad Corporation, a leader in the development of medical imaging software, created OpenSight to render patient studies into...
Apple AR: Become Pac-Man with Immersive Augmented Reality Game
There have been many classic games that have been rebooted thanks to Apple’s ARKit, including Tetris, but none have been quite so immersive as this one. YouTube user KobiSnir has created an augmented reality Pac-Man game where you are Pac-Man, dubbed “ARMan.” The game looks as weird and fascinating as it sounds. Essentially, it projects...
Apple AR: Learn to Dance at Home Using AR App ‘Dance Reality’
Two salsa dancers who also happen to be programmers are soon releasing an app called “Dance Reality,” made with Apple’s ARKit. Through this app, you will be able to practice your dancing with augmented reality as your teacher right from your iPhone. According to their website, some of the features on the Dance Reality app...
Tech-Savvy Walsh Community Previewed Through Augmented Reality with Pre-ARKit iOS
Walsh, a new community under construction on 7,200 acres of former ranch land near Fort Worth, Texas, will one day contain 15,000 homes. To sell prospective home buyers on the development before it is fully built, Republic Property Group is leaning on technology. A high-speed fiber network will be installed alongside the traditional utilities, giving...
This Guy Playing IRL Super Mario in Central Park Is One of the Coolest & Most Fun Demos of What MR Can Do
There’s a general belief that augmented and mixed reality is going tied to enterprise solutions for the foreseeable future, and most developers in the field are focused on business use-cases. Without a dramatic breakthrough in the next couple of years that will likely be the case, making that decision the sensible one. But, since when...
Hang Out with Some of Your Favorite Characters Using the 8i Holo App
Can’t wait till Apple’s ARKit is released? Me neither. Luckily, a fun new app launched today that is close to what the ARKit promises to deliver in a few months. The app was launched by holographic tech startup 8i and it’s called ‘Holo’. It was launched on iOS and Google Play at this year’s VidCon....
Want to Try on Lipstick Without Leaving Your Home? Meitu Has a Way
Finding the perfect lip color can be a difficult task, to say the least. Thankfully, we’re living in a world with augmented reality, where it’s possible to try on lipstick from different brands at home. How? It’s possible now thanks to Meitu, a company that originally launched a selfie editing app famous for taking pictures...
Pinterest Is Comparing Their Lens Update to Cher’s ‘Clueless’ Closet
We are totally buggin’ about Pinterest’s update to their Lens. I know, I had to. It’s only because this update is promising to bring us one step closer to that coveted closet that Cher had in ‘Clueless’. The feature was originally launched in March as a search tool. It recognizes real-world objects in a room...
Ready or Not, Augmented Reality Is Coming to Fantasy Sports and Dating Apps
It seems that mobile app developers are constantly coming up with new ideas to apply augmented reality, with Apple’s ARKit promising to increase adoption in apps exponentially. Recently, two developers came up with some rather unique ways to apply AR to familiar mobile applications. Depending on how you look at it, these are either really...
