Imagine being able to order online products without lifting a finger…
An intern at eBay has created an app that does just that! The advanced head-tracking system that Apple incorporates in the iPhone X for AR security purposes, also can be used for helping people with disabilities. HeadGaze uses Apple ARKit to provide motor-impaired users to navigate their site through tracking their head movements. The proof […]
Google’s Motion Stills app on Android gets an AR face-lift
Get ready to experience AR! The big Tech Giant Google is upgrading its Motions Stills video/gif editing app with Augmented Reality. You heard it right, it will bring cool AR stickers to a long list of Android phones. Main features will be to record gifs and videos inside the app, as well as AR surface […]
Full-body tracking at Facebook hints at broader AR/VR ambitions
Facebook is planning on applying AR/VR into full-body tracking Facebook is well known for their AR and VR ambitions. They very successfully are applying these technologies for both entertainment and communication purposes. Now they are taking it a step further, with the ambitious idea to make AR modify not just your face, rather your entire […]
Virtual car showrooms and online sales with Apple’s ARKit
Visiting car dealerships could become a thing of the past. ARKit is a new developer tools add on to Apple’s iOS 11, making it relatively easy to build high quality augmented reality. This can mean big business in the automotive world, because it will be a lot easier to create virtual showroom experiences to possible […]
Mapping spaces in real time is a thing!
Meet the Kaarta Contour handheld scanner. It uses LIDAR to achieve accurate 3D mapping. The Contour resembles an over-sized portable gaming console. It sports a seven-inch touchscreen display positioned in the center, accompanied by two large handles on either side. In front the circular LIDAR pops out, making it possible to scan the space on […]
Virtual car showrooms and online sales with Apple’s ARKit
Visiting car dealerships could become a thing of the past. ARKit is a new developer tools add on to Apple’s iOS 11, making it relatively easy to build high quality augmented reality. This can mean big business in the automotive world, because it will be a lot easier to create virtual showroom experiences to possible […]
A $1,600 titanium ‘holographic’ smartphone, anyone interested?
RED launches a hydrogen, modular smartphone fitted with a “holographic” 3D display for VR and AR. Smartphone cameras are getting better by the year, forcing camera companies to stay up to date with their products. Mobile engineers work hard to make these hardware and software improvements a reality. This race for higher specs has lead […]
Augmented eternity: Could dead be brought ‘back to life’ ?!?
Would you like a version of yourself to live on after death? A radical new concept called “augmented eternity” could make that fantasy a reality “Dr. Hossein Rahnama, of MIT Media Lab, is on a crusade to make this vision of the future a reality. Teaming up with researchers at Ryerson University, Rahnama describes his goal […]
Bring Alice In Wonderland Alive
You can bring your favorite book character alive using Sony’s Future Labe Program Interactive tabletop Sony’s Future Lab Program created an awesome projector that turns any tabletop into a touch-sensitive display. The book comes to life with animations that can be dragged off the page.and allows you to draw digitally on table.
