Doug Thompson, Author at Shodu

Doug Thompson

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Doug Thompson is the Founder of Shodu Ltd. Doug was previously the publisher of BEEKn, the world's leading resource for news on proximity technology and Bluetooth LE beacons. He also published Dusan Writer's Metaverse, a highly influential blog on virtual worlds and related technologies. He can be found on Twitter at @dusanwriter and on other feeds or you can reach him by e-mail at doug@shodu.net

Spatial Audio: The First Lightweight Augmented Reality Many Users Will Never See

Spatial audio may be the first lightweight augmented reality that many users never see. An introduction to the illusion of the world being augmented with sound.…

Scan, Delete and Replace: Building the Infrastructure for Augmented Reality

Everything is being scanned. But this doesn’t just let us CAPTURE reality, it also lets us alter it: by deleting or replacing things that exist.…

Scan Everything: Building the Infrastructure for Augmented Reality

Everything is being scanned. It’s the revolution BEHIND augmented reality – and will power the paradigm shift to spatial computing.…

Augmented Reality: Access, Epic and Apple

The battle between Epic and Apple is just the first shot in a much longer war. As computing moves to eyewear, the fight will be for access to attention and the mirror world.…

Jio Glass And The Android of Augmented Reality

Jio’s Reliance Industries has announced new augmented reality glasses. The move is accompanied by a major investment by Google/Alphabet.…

How To Get Started in Augmented Reality: Learn SwiftUI

There are two paths to the future of augmented reality: one takes us through the living room and the other takes us out into the world. It’s the latter one which will have the most power in our …

When Will Apple Launch AR Glasses? (And why it matters)

Apple will announce AR glasses in Fall 2021. It’s only a hypothesis, but the logic helps us figure out how quickly we need to plan for a paradigm change in computing.…

Is Apple Ready to Launch VR?

Apple is supposed to launch VR goggles with pass-through AR capabilities first. And yet if WWDC was any indication, those plans have been shelved.…

Apple Launches An AR Cloud (Selectively)

Apple has launched an AR Cloud, allowing developers to create rich place-based experiences in AR. But there’s an important caveat: it’s only available in a few select cities.…

Apple Has a Diabolical Plan for Augmented Reality: WWDC Update

Apple has clearly laid out a road map to augmented reality glasses. And their plan is ingenious: it will seed “markers” and widgets long before glasses arrive.…