Japanese footwear brand Onitsuka Tiger and fashion label Anrealage have teamed to produce the world’s first augmented reality sneakers. The shoes — called the Anrealage Monte Z — look like a regular pair of sneakers until you view them through Anrealage’s new AR app. Once viewed through the app, they become unlike any pair of...
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ARKit Roundup: More Fun Uses for Augmented Reality & Your iPhone Keep Popping Up
Developers are really having a field day with Apple’s ARKit, announced last month. Since it’s release to developers, videos have been appearing all over the Internet of the different ways that developers are getting creative with the ARKit using iPhones and iPads. Here are a few videos of the cool things that are happening using...
Layar AR Creators Want Their Company Back, Believing Blippar Is Ruining It
With augmented reality making its way into the mainstream, consumers have been expecting a company bloodbath for a while now, one that will have a ton of casualties. Blippar has been expected to be one of those casualties due to the reported loss of millions of dollars earlier this year. Now, their situation might be...
Nokia & Xiaomi Agree to Explore AR Collaborations in New Partnership
A new cross-licensing patent deal signed by Nokia and Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi will bring increased collaboration between the two companies. One area of focus in which both Nokia and Xiaomi have already agreed to work together is augmented reality. Don’t Miss: Augmented Reality Companies Earn Accolades for Innovation Rajeev Suri — President and CEO...
Ubisoft Proves They’re Serious About AR Gaming at United Europe 2017
Though the Microsoft HoloLens’ release to the consumer market is still a distant thought at the moment, Ubisoft is preparing for the future with the unveiling of AR video game prototypes. The French video game publisher revealed the AR prototypes at a talk called ‘AR Prototyping for the HoloLens’ at United Europe 2017. Here, David...
Apple: dead in the water, or on top of its game? | John Naughton
One commentator recently described the iPad as ‘done’, but he didn’t mean that it was finished My eye was caught by a headline in the Register, an invaluable online source of tech news and opinion. “Clearance sale shows Apple’s iPad is over. It’s done,” it read. This was a quotation from a piece by Volker...
Facebook’s key to building communities in divided times: augmented reality
Mark Zuckerberg at the F8 conference hinted that AR encourages people to interact with others – although that experience is still mediated by a screen We live in a time when society is divided and work is needed to bring people together, but Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg thinks it has the solution: augmented reality. Speaking...
Wearable Technology Continues Advancement in Construction
The construction industry has many companies turning to wearable technology to help manage risks and incidents at work according to an article on Insurance Business Mag. They believe occupational injuries and illnesses are estimated to cost the US £250 billion a year but companies using wearables are gaining huge insurance benefits. The article discusses how...
Enterprises Must Establish Clear Security Protocols for Wearables
A recent article this week by MobileMarketingWatch.com discusses the research by ABI Research which forecasted that Enterprise Wearable camera shipments will reach nearly 24 million by 2022. It points out that security protocols will need establishing, since as growth increases, so will privacy and data protection concerns. The research indicates that the enterprise wearable camera...
Startup AR and IoT Enterprise Event Canada
Startup Focus, a company in Canada are looking for innovative AR & IoT startups to pitch at their event ‘AR & IoT in the Enterprise.’ The event is to take place Tuesday 1st August at SAP’s campus in Montreal, QC, Canada. This event allows startup companies in the AR/VR and IoT industry to pitch at...
