Category: Ar

If Facebook owns reality, it’ll be impossible to opt out

Post author By Randall
Post date September 25, 2019
Categories In Ar, Augmented Reality, av, Entertainment, Facebook, gadgetry, Gadgets, gear, livemaps, oculusconnect6, opinion, personal computing, personalcomputing, Tech, tomorrow, Wearables

[ad_1] Facebook is a company that has faced numerous lawsuits and Congressional inquiries over its handling of sensitive user information. It stands accused of having undue, unchecked influence over politics, social issues and facts. It has routinely failed to stop bad actors from using its systems to lie, cheat and steal. And yet, more than […]

IKEA’s AR furniture app now lets you preview an entire room

Post author By Randall
Post date September 23, 2019
Categories In Android, app, Ar, Augmented Reality, furniture, gear, Home, ikea, ikea place, ios, Mobile, place, Tech

[ad_1] The revamp also allows you to create a profile with a wish list of products you’ve tried in AR. A “For You” feed, meanwhile, offers a steady stream of collections, new products and suggestions if you’re not sure where to start. And if you’re the sort who likes to hunt for Easter eggs, you’re […]

Five Nights At Freddy’s will soon terrify you in augmented reality

Post author By Randall
Post date September 13, 2019
Categories In Android, Ar, Augmented Reality, augmentedreality, av, five nights at freddys, five nights at freddys ar special delivery, fivenightsatfreddys, Gaming, ios, Mobile, mobile gaming, mobilegaming, Tech

[ad_1] Five Nights at Freddy’s AR: Special Delivery, the first FNAF AR game, is in development by Illumix. You can try to survive when it arrives on iOS and Android this fall. Meanwhile, creator Scott Cawthon offered some updates on a number of other FNAF projects. The movie adaptation is on track for a 2021 […]

Another AR headset startup closes its doors

Post author By Randall
Post date September 13, 2019
Categories In Apple, Ar, assets, Augmented Reality, business, closing, daqri, gadgetry, Gadgets, gear, hardware, headset, Microsoft, selling, startup, Tech

[ad_1] At one point, the Wall Street Journal reported that Daqri had raised as much as $275 million in funding. But according to TechCrunch, investors have caught on to the technical difficulties of creating AR headsets and are less interested in funding AR startups. Earlier this year, the AR headset startup Meta, which had raised […]

iOS 13 file confirms Apple is testing an augmented reality headset

Post author By Randall
Post date September 10, 2019
Categories In Apple, Ar, Augmented Reality, gear, ios 13, ios 13.1, iphone2019, Mobile, steve troughton-smith, Tech

[ad_1] Hints pulled from iOS 13 code have already shown signs of the rumored AR headset that Apple is supposedly working on, but now there’s clearer proof than ever. Developer Steve Troughton-Smith points out a readme in a new release that explains to employees how they can run the augmented reality apps on an iPhone […]

Form’s Swim Goggles display heart rate data in the pool

Post author By Randall
Post date September 3, 2019
Categories In app, Ar, Augmented Reality, data, display, fitness, form, gadgetry, Gadgets, gear, heart rate, heart rate monitor, lenses, medicine, oh1, oh1+, polar, sensor, software update, swim, swim goggles, swimming, Tech, tracking, Wearables

[ad_1] Swimmers will be able to view their heart rate in their line of sight, thanks to the Swim Goggles’ augmented reality capabilities and the tiny, see-through display inside one of the lenses. The Polar sensors will attach to the goggles via a strap and sit against the swimmer’s temple. Data will be transmitted wirelessly, […]

iOS 13 code hints Apple may be testing an AR headset

Post author By Randall
Post date September 2, 2019
Categories In Apple, Ar, Augmented Reality, garta, gear, headset, ios, ios 13, Mobile, starboard, t288, Tech, wearable, Wearables

[ad_1] Earlier stories have painted varying pictures of what Apple is working on. Rumors from 2018 suggested it could be a powerful AR/VR device with 8K displays for each eye, but more recent reports have hinted the headset could be dependent on an iPhone. Whatever the plans may be, more than one source has claimed […]

Prepare yourselves for a deluge of new AR filters on Instagram

Post author By Randall
Post date August 13, 2019
Categories In Ar, Art, av, beta, Cameras, creators, Design, effects, Entertainment, Facebook, filters, Instagram, Internet, Mobile, public beta, spark ar, stories, studio, Tech, tomorrow

[ad_1] Facebook first announced that it would allow Instagram users to create their own AR effects at its F8 developers conference this spring. But the news was overshadowed a bit by all of the other big announcements. Since then, Spark AR has been shared with select Instagram users in a closed beta. Today, it’s released […]

Wonderscope uses AR to teach literacy and tackle bullying

Post author By Randall
Post date August 13, 2019
Categories In Apple, Ar, Art, Augmented Reality, augmentedreality, av, chris milk, gadgetry, Gadgets, gear, Tech, Virtual Reality, vr, within, wonderscope

[ad_1] But those are conveniences, and not really essential services. Others like studio Within are trying to make AR more universally useful, by exploring ways of using it in education. It launched the Wonderscope app on iOS last November, as a way to get kids aged 6 to 8 to enjoy reading out loud. The […]

Google Maps’ AR walking directions comes to many more phones

Post author By Randall
Post date August 8, 2019
Categories In Ar, gear, Google, googlemaps, liveview, localfood, Mobile, reservations, Tech, walkingdirections

[ad_1] Engadget had a chance to test the app in an early preview in February 2019, and we found it to be pretty cool but still a bit rough around the edges. At its I/O developer conference, Google unveiled a limited release of the app for Pixel devices owners and Local Guides. One of the […]