After two years of development, Medivis, a New York-based company developing augmented reality data integration and visualization tools for surgeons, is bringing its first product to market. The company was founded by Osamah Choudhry and Christopher Morley who met as senior residents at NYU Medical Center. Initially a side-project, the two residents roped in some...
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Asteroid is building a human-machine interaction engine for AR developers
When we interact with computers today we move the mouse, we scroll the trackpad, we tap the screen, but there is so much that the machines don’t pick up on — what about where we’re looking, the subtle gestures we make and what we’re thinking? Asteroid is looking to get developers comfortable with the idea...
New Pokémon GO Augmented Reality Photo Feature Lets You Strike a Pose with Pikachu
The actual augmented reality portion of Pokémon GO is about to get even more fun for players. On Tuesday, the company revealed GO Snapshot, an extension of AR+ Mode facilitated by ARKit and ARCore that will enable players to pose Pokémon characters in augmented reality for photo capture. “We’ve been inspired by the incredible photos...
Valentine’s Day Lenses for Snapchat & Snap Camera Let You Flirt with Your Crush in Augmented Reality
Mobile augmented reality company Snapchat now has a special option for romantic message exchanging this Valentine’s Day, a day which, incidentally, happens to be the first one in 116 years where Sweethearts, the original heart-shaped candy, will be unavailable for purchase. The virtual consolation prize from Snap comes in the form of an interactive AR...
Budget Airline easyJet Packs Augmented Reality Luggage Checking Feature into Its Mobile App
Mobile app publishers are using augmented reality to solve everyday measurement problems from measuring the length or height of items to previewing furniture in the home. Now, it looks like checking luggage dimensions for carry-on eligibility is another volumetric problem increasingly being solved by augmented reality, as UK airline easyJet has added just such a...
Google Preparing AR Walking Navigation via Testing Through Local Guides
The augmented reality walking navigation mode for Google Maps appears to be closer to an upcoming release for the general public. Google recently granted the Wall Street Journal (paywall) a sneak peek at the navigation mode via a preview build, and the newspaper published its first impressions on Sunday. According to the paper, Google will...
Microsoft video teases HoloLens 2 ahead of MWC launch
One of Mobile World Congress’s most anticipated reveals isn’t a phone at all. Microsoft is expected to announce the next generation HoloLens headset at an already announced event on February 24, and the company’s doing a bit more to stoke the flames. Granted, there’s really not much to see in this new teaser. Vague forms...
New Video from Microsoft’s Alex Kipman Delivers Teaser for HoloLens 2 at Mobile World Congress
If there was a version of the Doomsday Clock for counting down the release of Microsoft’s HoloLens 2, then the caretakers of that imaginary clock would move the minute hand to “one minute to midnight.” On Monday, Alex Kipman, Microsoft’s technical fellow in charge of the HoloLens (and NR30 member), published a teaser video for...
Magic Leap Experience Lets Golf Fans Meet Jordan Spieth & PGA App Update Brings Pebble Beach to AR
Unless you’re one of the world’s top golfers, there’s a good chance you are not stepping onto the fairways of Pebble Beach Golf Links this weekend. Nevertheless, the PGA is making it possible for golf fans to get closer to the action at the famous Florida course than those who paid to attend the AT&T...
Facebook picks up retail computer vision outfit GrokStyle
If you’ve ever seen a lamp or chair that you liked and wished you could just take a picture and find it online, well, GrokStyle let you do that — and now the company has been snatched up by Facebook to augment its own growing computer vision department. GrokStyle started as a paper — as...
