The AWEXR conference comes at a good time: providing some beacons of light in a dark time. With a future road map, current tools, and amazing case studies it will energize the industry for the year ah…
Augmented Reality
Unreal 5 & The Augmented Reality Roadmap
Unreal 5 will super-charge game design and development. But it also provides hints at how Epic could create a long-terms approach to ‘rich’ augmented reality.…
Magic Leap Can Succeed Where Hololens Does Not
Magic Leap may have made a ‘retreat’ into enterprise, but they’ve seeded a way of tackling the market that Hololens has not. The battle between the two will be defining in the same w…
Augmented Reality and the Killer App: ‘Replayability’ and Platforms
There may never be a ‘killer app’ for AR. Talking about replayability is a hold-over from how we view AR. Instead, “AR” will slowly seep into more and more things.…
Apple Glass Leak: Yes They’re Glasses
Apple Glass may be coming sooner than we expect. The lightweight devices should be launched in the next 6 months and available for purchase in the last half of 2021…
Apple Virtual Reality Acquisition Isn’t About VR
Apple may be acquiring a VR company, but it isn’t for VR. Instead, the focus will be on services and the forthcoming Apple Glasses.…
Apple Magic Keyboard: Towards Social Augmented Reality
The Magic Keyboard suggests that Apple wants you to use the iPad as a stationary device. Combined with the LiDAR scanner and the coming Apple Glasses, they’ve set the groundwork for social augme…
Standards for Augmented Reality and the Spatial Cloud: A Long Wait?
Matt Miesnieks, former co-founder and CEO of 6D.ai, thinks it will take time for the spatial computing industry to adopt the standards being pursued by the Open AR Cloud Association and the more open …
Sketchfab Boosts Augmented Reality with Teams Launch
Sketchfab has launched Teams to help groups collaborate on WebXR-ready content. Backed by the largest platform for 3D content creation, it will boost augmented reality.…
Apple Glasses Could Take Photos Without a Camera
Apple Glasses could take photos. But they might not have a camera. The ‘design brief’ for the new wearable device ISN’T to create augmented reality glasses, but to a) disrupt EYE GLA…