The long and slow road toward the actual release of the Magic Leap One continues, this time with a couple of new demonstrations of how the system works, revealed in updates along with the company’s developer notes. Following the much talked about demo called “Dodge,” the new demos (actually, tutorials), shot directly through the device,...
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Magic Leap Mobile Companion App Revealed, iOS & Android Supported
Among a treasure trove of new developer information on the Lumin OS that Magic Leap recently published on its Creator Portal appears to be the official confirmation of the Magic Leap Mobile Companion App. The app was alluded to in job postings previously reported by Next Reality. Coming soon to the App Store and Google...
Magic Leap Gives the World a Peek at Lumin OS
A fresh batch of developer info has been revealed on Magic Leap’s Creator Portal. On Thursday evening, the normally secretive company gave the general public perhaps the closest look yet at Magic Leap One’s Lumin operating system. The screenshots follow on the heels of the preview release of the Lumin Runtime, which enables multiple apps...
Enterprise barcode scanner startup Scandit raises a $30 million Series B
“Augmented reality for enterprise” is the sort of phrase that surely hits all of the right neurological pleasure centers for VCs. No surprise, then, that Scandit just raised a $30 million Series B, in a round led by GV (née Google Ventures) and NGP Capital. That joins a previous $13 million raise for the Zurich-based...
Augmented Reality Puts the Magic in ‘Magic: The Gathering’ Cards
While augmented reality experiences can already appear to be magical, particularly to the uninitiated, one developer is doubling down on its mystical potential for the ever-popular Magic: The Gathering card game. Available now in the App Store and Play Store, MTG Manager helps players manage their card inventory through scanning cards and returning information such...
Magic Leap Releases Preview of Lumin Runtime in Latest Version of SDK
With the launch of the Magic Leap One looming over summer’s horizon, on Wednesday, Magic Leap released an essential component that will differentiate it from current augmented reality platforms. Available in Lumin SDK 0.16.0, the Lumin Runtime is the environment within the Lumin OS that enables multiple applications to run simultaneously. This is the scene...
ARKit 101: How to Place a Group of Balloons Around You & Have Them Float Randomly Up into the Sky
Have you ever seen pictures or videos of balloons being let go into the sky and randomly floating away in all directions? It’s something you often see in classic posters or movies. Well, guess what? Now you’ll be able to do that without having to buy hundreds of balloons, all you’ll need is ARKit! In...
Samsung Updates AR Emoji with Better Tracking & Facial Features
With Apple preparing to bring a slew of new features to its Animoji app this fall, Samsung has updated its AR Emoji imitator with the ability to create more realistic digital doppelgängers. The update gives users more control over customization of their personal AR Emojis with My Emoji Editor. The tool enables users to adjust...
New York Times Leads Readers on an AR Journey Through the Cave That Trapped the Thai Soccer Team
One of the more compelling human interest stories of the summer has been the plight of the Thai Wild Boars soccer team, who were trapped in a cave for weeks. To show just how perilous the largely unchartered cave was, The New York Times has transported its readers into an augmented reality recreation of several...
Comics Writer Grant Morrison signs a content deal with Magic Leap
Grant Morrison’s Square Slice Studios just signed a content deal with Magic Leap. If you’re read a comic book at some point in the past two decades, odds are you’re very excited at this news. Morrison is, after all, one of the most exciting writers working in the comics media today. The Scottish writer came...
