[ad_1] Using 218 participants and a pair of AR goggles, researchers led by Professor Jeremy Bailenson conducted three experiments. The first showed a realistic 3D person called Chris sitting on a real chair in the room (AR layers digital images over the physical world, rather than creating a whole new world like VR). Participants had […]
Category: Augmented Reality
Microsoft teases ‘Minecraft’ AR for your phone
[ad_1] Microsoft has something big in store for Minecraft fans. The company used the start of Build 2019 to offer a teaser for an augmented reality Minecraft experience for phones. The clip doesn’t say much about what the experience entails, although it’s safe to say you won’t be building entire virtual worlds in your neighborhood […]
LA museum’s sci-fi car exhibit includes HoloLens tours
[ad_1] Just how you experience the exhibit may be as important as what’s there. Microsoft is playing a big role in the exhibit, and you’ll have the chance to don a HoloLens headset for mixed reality tours of the DeLorean and Warthog. It’s a shameless plug for Microsoft’s technology, of course, but it promises a […]
An AR film explores the worst tech companies could do with your face
[ad_1] In the festival’s Arcade section, which is full of eye-catching installations and people wearing headsets, Stealing ur feelings is easy to miss. It consists simply of a 46-inch display mounted onto a pillar in the middle of the aisle separating the exhibits in the long rectangular room. There’s a camera above the screen and […]
Wizards Unite’ is now beta testing in Australia and NZ
[ad_1] In Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, players become new recruits to the Statute of Secrecy Task Force, which has to capture and subdue rogue magical creatures and objects that escaped the wizarding world after an event known as the “Calamity.” Like Pokémon Go, it’s a location-based AR game, so they have to walk around to […]
Apple could make the iPhone’s NFC more useful at WWDC
[ad_1] This may also lay the groundwork for Apple’s rumored Tile-like tracking tag, although there’s nothing strictly linked to trackers in the leak. This wouldn’t be the only developer-focused addition, of course. Siri would support a host of new intents for third-party apps, such as media controls (for third-party services on the HomePod, perhaps?), search, […]
Google Lens may add translation and restaurant ‘filters’
[ad_1] There are also references to a “dining” filter that would search nearby restaurants, including popular dishes. A “shopping” filter appears to focus on more generic goods. Combined with the translation feature, it appears as if Google wants to offer a range of specialized searches instead of a one-size-fits-all function. It’s not certain when the […]
Coachella built an AR experience for festival-goers
[ad_1] While attending shows in the Sahara Tent, show-goers see a countdown clock on a major screen that will alert them when the AR experience is available. At that point, they will able to pull up Coachella Cameras from within the Coachella app, point their phones at the screen and see the AR action. Attendees […]
'Pokémon Go' challenges you to photograph its AR creatures
[ad_1] Now that Pokémon Go has a photo mode, Niantic is encouraging you to use it the best way it knows how: the promise of goodies. It's launching a Go Snapshot Challenge that rewards you for taking photos that include the game's augmented reality… [ad_2] Source link
Apple hires the founder of VR content startup Jaunt
[ad_1] The hire comes just two months after HoloLens co-creator Avi Bar-Zeev left Apple following three years of work believed to be linked to the company’s planned AR headset. There are a number of potential applications for van Hoff’s experience. He could help with the development of the rumored headset, including the creation of content. […]