New AR Project from VFX Studio Known for Avatar is Made WIth Unity
New AR Project from VFX Studio Known for Avatar is Made WIth Unity Case Study for AR Horse By Weta Digital The studio Weta Digital, a studio founded in 1993 by Peter Jackson, Richard Taylor and Jamie Selkirk to create effects for their film Heavenly Creatures has gone on to create some of the most stunning effects in films including the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Avatar, and The Jungle Book. While the majority of the Weta team remains...
Lumus Announces Collaboration with Deep Optics, Combining Its Leading Transparent AR Displays with Dynamic Focal Technology
Lumus Announces Collaboration with Deep Optics, Combining Its Leading Transparent AR Displays with Dynamic Focal Technology “Joint solution creates even more lifelike user experience for AR enthusiasts” Lumus, a leading developer and producer of transparent AR displays, and Deep Optics, a pioneer in novel electronic lenses, today announced a new collaboration that will demonstrate dynamic focus technology in Lumus AR...
Seek Unveils “Augmented Reality Anywhere,” Launches World’s Leading Mobile AR Community
Seek Unveils “Augmented Reality Anywhere,” Launches World’s Leading Mobile AR Community Until now, Augmented Reality (AR) has mainly been for gaming and adventurer enthusiasts, with Pokémon Go giving us just a hint of what mobile AR can deliver. But with mobile AR becoming the primary driver of a $108 billion virtual reality (VR)/AR market*, it’s obviously a much larger market, poised to hit $96 billion by...
Vuzix Blade™ Smart Glasses Developer Kit Pre-Order Program Officially Launches
Vuzix Blade™ Smart Glasses Developer Kit Pre-Order Program Officially Launches Vuzix® Corporation (NASDAQ: VUZI), (“Vuzix” or, the “Company”), a leading supplier of Smart Glasses and Augmented Reality (AR) technologies and products for the consumer and enterprise markets, is pleased to announce that it has launched the developer kit pre-order program for its award winning Vuzix Blade™ augmented reality Smart...
Paramount Launches AR Experience Featuring Content from Transformers: The Last Knight
Paramount Launches AR Experience Featuring Content from Transformers: The Last Knight Paramount Home Media Distribution today unveiled a free augmented reality experience for iOS app users, coinciding with the release of Transformers: The Last Knight on 4K Ultra HD. Created by Viacom’s VR team Viacom NEXT using Apple ARKit technology, the app incorporates content from the latest film in the blockbuster series, Transformers: The Last...
Object Theory Releases Prism – a Collaboration Experience for Microsoft HoloLens
Object Theory Releases Prism – a Collaboration Experience for Microsoft HoloLens Experience the future of collaborative computing with avatar-based holographic telepresence, created by Object Theory for Microsoft HoloLens and Windows Mixed Reality. Object Theory, a member of the Microsoft Mixed Reality Partner Program and the leader in creating shared experiences for Microsoft HoloLens, announced today the launch of Prism, a free...
Sketchfab Now Supports Both iOS ARKit and Android ARCore
Sketchfab Now Supports Both iOS ARKit and Android ARCore Hot on the heels of the platform’s recent update to its mobile app, bringing Augmented Reality (AR) to iOS devices, Sketchfab announced today that they’re extending AR support to Android users. The 3D sharing platform has updated its mobile app to support Google’s “ARCore” functionality. The move gives Android users access to over two million models on Sketchfab:...
Lightform Raises $5 Million to Make Projected AR Mainstream
Lightform Raises $5 Million to Make Projected AR Mainstream Lightform Inc., an augmented reality hardware company, is announcing a $5 million round of funding led by Lux Capital. Other participants in the round include Dolby Family Ventures, CrunchFund, Comet Labs, Presence Capital, and Anorak Ventures. Lightform is using the capital to fund the manufacturing of their projected AR device, which lets artists and designers easily map...
With support of QQ-AR Technology Justice League’s Box Office Take in China Exceeds RMB 400 Million
With support of QQ-AR Technology Justice League’s Box Office Take in China Exceeds RMB 400 Million “QQ-AR becomes the new trump card for Chinese social network giant Tencent” Tencent Holdings Limited (“Tencent”, SEHK: 00700), Chinese internet conglomerate Tencent has recently made strides in the domain of augmented reality (AR) by launching a new QQ-AR scanning feature for Justice League, the latest...
ThirdEye’s X1 Augmented Reality Smart Glasses ™ to Debut at CES 2018
ThirdEye’s X1 Augmented Reality Smart Glasses ™ to Debut at CES 2018 “Backed by Military Expertise in Augmented Reality, ThirdEye Gen Now Offers its X1 Smart Glasses to Enterprises and Consumers” ThirdEye Gen, Inc. today announced they will exhibit their X1 Smart Glasses, a powerful workplace Augmented Reality (AR) mobile computing device, at CES Las Vegas, January 9-12, 2018. With more than 20 years of Augmented...
Under the Hood with Zynga’s CSR Racing 2 AR Mode
Under the Hood with Zynga’s CSR Racing 2 AR Mode “Integration with Apple’s ARKit Puts Players in the Driver’s Seat of the World’s Most Desirable Supercars” Zynga (Nasdaq:ZNGA), a leading social game developer, today announced the launch of AR Mode, an augmented reality integration, for CSR Racing 2 (CSR2), the most popular Racing game on mobile. Designed with Apple’s ARKit and exclusively available for iPhone and iPad with...
Cappasity Starts ARToken Crowdsale
Cappasity Starts ARToken Crowdsale & Adds Cryptocurrency Expert David Drake to Advisory Board Cappasity, a company that develops a platform and an AR/VR blockchain ecosystem for 3D content production and mass distribution, is announcing the start of a crowdsale of ARToken(AR) on October 25, at 1 PM UTC. David Drake, Chairman at LDJ Capital, joins Cappasity’s advisory board to provide counsel on critical issues relating to the...
DroneBase Launches AirCraft, the First Augmented Reality Platform for Both Commercial and Recreational Drone Activities
DroneBase Launches AirCraft, the First Augmented Reality Platform for Both Commercial and Recreational Drone Activities DroneBase, the world’s largest drone platform, today launched AirCraft, the first Augmented Reality platform for both commercial and recreational drone use. The new AR technology allows pilots of any skillset to use their drones to create, edit, and share objects in the sky. AirCraft will first launch in beta and...
ThirdEye Gen Releases X1 Augmented Reality Smart Glasses™ with Enterprise AR Software
ThirdEye Gen Releases X1 Augmented Reality Smart Glasses™ with Enterprise AR Software ThirdEye Gen, Inc is pleased to announce the release of ThirdEye’s X1 Smart Glasses with Enterprise Solutions Platform and the creation of the ThirdEye App Store. ThirdEye’s X1 Smart Glasses™ have received interest & pre-orders from Enterprises, Educational Institutions, Sports Media & Law Enforcement. The X1 pushes the boundaries...
REALITY GAMING GROUP EMBARKS ON AGGRESSIVE EXPANSION
REALITY GAMING GROUP EMBARKS ON AGGRESSIVE EXPANSION BAFTA’s Breakthrough Brit awardee Henry Hoffman on board as publisher readies mobile AR combat game Reality Clash. Reality Gaming Group is aggressively expanding its development team ahead of its release of mobile combat game Reality Clash next year. Fiddlesticks Co-Founder & BAFTA Breakthrough Brit awardee Henry Hoffman joins to work on the underlying technology framework,...
EarSkinz Teams with Augmently, Inc. to Create Exciting New Shareable AR Packaging
EarSkinz Teams with Augmently, Inc. to Create Exciting New Shareable AR Packaging EarSkinz, an innovative company that revolutionized comfort, fit, and sound for Apple EarPods and AirPods with their patented silicone earbud covers, is developing new augmented reality packaging that allows users to download an app offering shareable AR. EarSkinz worked with Los Angeles-based Augmently, Inc., The Augmented Realism Agency™, on the...
Acer’s Windows Mixed Reality Headset and Motion Controllers Available for Pre-Order by Consumers in the United States
Acer’s Windows Mixed Reality Headset and Motion Controllers Available for Pre-Order by Consumers in the United States “Lightweight head mounted displays (HMD) come bundled with two wireless motion controllers for $399.99 (MSRP)” On the forefront of the one of the most significant technology trends to come, Acer America announced its new Acer Windows Mixed Reality HMDs are now available for pre-order by consumers in the...
Level Ex Announces $11 Million in Series A Financing to Scale Video Games for Doctors
Level Ex Announces $11 Million in Series A Financing to Scale Video Games for Doctors Today Level Ex, creator of the first professional video game for physicians, announced $11 million in a Series A round of financing led by 4490 Ventures. JAZZ Venture Partners, Pritzker Group Venture Capital and additional investors also participated in the round. Level Ex has experienced tremendous growth since the launch of its first mobile app,...
Meet the App That Just Made Augmented Reality Accessible to Everyone
Meet the App That Just Made Augmented Reality Accessible to Everyone Social media is being taken to the skies – quite literally – with an augmented reality app called Skrite. Skrite asserts that it is now possible to unleash the imagination on the celestial canvas through the phone’s lens by leaving virtual messages, pictures, selfies and doodles in the sky for friends and fellow Skyers to see in real-time. The app is the first...
ThingWorx® Studio Brings Highly Immersive Augmented Reality Interactions to the Industrial Enterprise
ThingWorx® Studio Brings Highly Immersive Augmented Reality Interactions to the Industrial Enterprise “ThingWorx Studio, powered by Vuforia, introduces advancements for attaching digital content to everyday objects and surfaces as well as support for Apple’s ARKit and Google’s ARCore” PTC (NASDAQ: PTC) today announced its ThingWorx® Studio Augmented Reality (AR) technology will be updated with Vuforia® 7 software, bringing...
Vuzix to Showcase NTT DOCOMO’s Artificial Intelligence Agent “SEBASTIEN” on the M300 Smart Glasses at CEATEC Japan
Vuzix to Showcase NTT DOCOMO’s Artificial Intelligence Agent “SEBASTIEN” on the M300 Smart Glasses at CEATEC Japan Vuzix® Corporation (NASDAQ: VUZI), (“Vuzix” or, the “Company”), a leading supplier of Smart Glasses and Augmented Reality (AR) technologies and products for the consumer and enterprise markets, announced today that the company will be showcasing the Vuzix M300 Smart Glasses...
Top 5 iOS AR Apps You Should Try
Top Augmented Reality Apps Vuforia Chalk (free) A breakthrough remote presence capability that helps people help each other. Prior to big companies like Google and Apple ventured into the augmented reality industry, Vuforia was one of the first companies that was creating AR software. Formerly owned by Qualcomm, Vuforia is now a subsidiary of PTC, a provider of technology for other to make apps that...
Box AR: Augmented Reality App Delivers Free Daily Content
Box AR: Augmented Reality App Delivers Free Daily Content Box AR is a new and free daily Augmented Reality app, THE BOX AR, is now available for download on the Apple App Store. With the rollout of iOS 11, Augmented Reality is now accessible to millions of iPhone users and we are delighted to be among the first wave of apps that will introduce the world to mobile AR. If you missed our initial outreach and want more information about...
YinzCam, Kansas City Chiefs Launch Refreshing Augmented Reality Promotion
YinzCam, Kansas City Chiefs Launch Refreshing Augmented Reality Promotion Kansas City Chiefs fans have an entertaining new way to celebrate their team’s history this season thanks to an augmented reality promotion created in collaboration with YinzCam, the mobile app and AR developer based in Pittsburgh. The “Coca-Cola Refreshing Moments in Chiefs History” campaign invites fans to purchase a special edition,...
FIRST-EVER RESPONSIVE AI HOLOGRAM LAUNCHED BY VNTANA AND SATISFI LABS PARTNERSHIP
FIRST-EVER RESPONSIVE AI HOLOGRAM LAUNCHED BY VNTANA AND SATISFI LABS PARTNERSHIP “The Industry-First Experience Allows Consumers to Interact with a Hologram Concierge in Real-Time without the Need for Wearables or a Touchscreen Device” Leading Augmented Reality hologram company VNTANA, and Satisfi Labs, an intelligent engagement platform, today announced the launch of the first-ever artificial intelligence hologram...
xR in EDU: Forum Focused on Accelerating VR/AR/MR in Learning Environments
xR in EDU: Forum Focused on Accelerating VR/AR/MR in Learning Environments Edtech Times and SRI International will host xR in EDU, a 1-day forum focused on extended reality in education, The event is taking place at SRI Headquarters on October 26, 2017, in Menlo Park, CA. The hosts will bring together key leaders in the virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), mixed reality (MR), and education ecosystems. The goal is to...
Top AR Apps You Can Try Right Now
Best Augmented Reality Apps To Try Right Now AR has long been imagined as a wild and futuristic concept, and the technology has been depicted in Hollywood movies such as Minority Report. The relevant technology has been around military and aerospace industry for years, and it is becoming more and more mainstream over time. While virtual reality provides user a total immersive teleportation experience, augmented reality apps is far...
REALITY GAMING GROUP RAISES $3.5M VIA ICO TOKEN SALE TO FUND DEVELOPMENT OF AR MOBILE FPS
REALITY GAMING GROUP RAISES $3.5M VIA ICO TOKEN SALE TO FUND DEVELOPMENT OF AR MOBILE FPS “Reality Clash publisher launches competition to offer investors one-of-a-kind personalised weapon for use in the game” Reality Gaming Group has so far raised $3.5 million via an innovative ICO (Initial Coin Offering) to fund the development of its highly-anticipated Augmented Reality (AR) mobile combat game. The free-to-play game for...
Climax Studios Announces ARise for iPhone and iPad
Climax Studios Announces ARise for iPhone and iPad Portsmouth based developer Climax Studios is pleased to announce its latest title is coming to the App Store for iPhone and iPad. ARise is the result of a game jam the company ran to inspire creative and innovative concepts for augmented reality games. Players will lead a pint-sized adventurer up the stony flanks of a vast petrified monster, using perspective to cross chasms and scale...
Patrón Tequila Unveils ‘The Patrón Experience,’ One of the First Brands to Create a Hand-Held Augmented Reality Innovation
Patrón Tequila Unveils ‘The Patrón Experience,’ One of the First Brands to Create a Hand-Held Augmented Reality Innovation “Powered by Apple’s New ARKit on iOS 11, Platform Introduces Patrón Extra Añejo and Gives Consumers a New Way to Enjoy Tequila, Virtually” On the heels of Apple’s announcement of the next generation iPhone, powered by iOS 11 with ARKit, Patrón Tequila is taking iPhone users on an interactive journey to...