Archive for the ‘augmented reality’ category: Page 37
Aug 9, 2018
Magic Leap One AR headset is out now for $2,295, but only in six specific cities
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: augmented reality
Jul 26, 2018
Univ. of Washington opens virtual and augmented reality research lab funded by tech giants
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: augmented reality, virtual reality
Seattle’s virtual and augmented reality scene just got a boost, courtesy of the University of Washington and three tech giants.
The UW announced today a new VR and AR research hub called UW Reality Lab, funded by Facebook, Google, and Huawei, which each contributed $2 million for the initiative.
Jul 25, 2018
The Holographic Display Of The Future Is Here
Posted by John Gallagher in categories: augmented reality, holograms, virtual reality
The holographic display of the future is here and you can have one on your desk for under $600.
Ever since I saw Princess Leia appealing to Obi Wan that he was her only hope when I was 11, I’ve wanted a holographic display. Movies like Minority Report and Back to the Future II (do you remember the shark hologram that ate Marty?) have consumed thousands of people’s lives over the past few decades. But until now, no one has been able to make a scalable device that would let groups of people, unaided by a VR or AR headset, see and touch a living and moving 3D world.
That’s changing today with the launch of the Looking Glass, a new type of interface that achieves that dream of the hologram we’ve been promised for so long. The Looking Glass is technically a lightfield and volumetric display hybrid, but that’s pretty nerdy-sounding. I like to just call it a holographic display.
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Jul 23, 2018
Virtual Surgery Intelligence is the future of medical care
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: augmented reality, biotech/medical
Jun 28, 2018
Why Quantum Computers Will Be Super Awesome, Someday
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: augmented reality, quantum physics, robotics/AI
Satya Nadella, the chief executive officer of Microsoft Corp., calls quantum computing one of three emerging technologies that will radically reshape the world, along with artificial intelligence and augmented reality. But it’s easier to describe quantum computing’s importance — that is, its potential importance, because it barely exists now — than to say what it is. Understanding quantum mechanics, whose principles underpin quantum computing, involves a lot of mental mountain climbing. Someth.
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Jun 28, 2018
Niantic will offer AR platform to third-parties, including AI object recognition
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: augmented reality, robotics/AI
Apple’s ARKit and Google’s ARCore may have multi-million-user installed bases, but so does Niantic’s Pokémon Go, the first hit augmented reality game. Now Niantic plans to offer its custom AR software to other developers as the Real World Platform, and is teasing advanced features that go beyond the capabilities of Apple’s and Google’s development kits.
Already used in Pokémon GO, Ingress, and Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, the Real World Platform is an evolving software engine that adds digital characters and shared social experiences to real-world map data. Niantic has recently bolstered the AR platform’s development team by acquiring computer vision specialist companies Escher Reality and Matrix Mill, the latter with machine learning expertise.
Jun 27, 2018
Explore the Solar System in Augmented Reality with Mini Planet Models
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: 3D printing, augmented reality, robotics/AI, space
Ever wish you could visit other planets in our solar system without launching on a deep-space mission? Now you can embark on an interplanetary adventure right from the palm of your hand, thanks to gorgeous, 3D-printed planet models and an augmented-reality (AR) app.
Brought to you by AstroReality, the same company that created the “Lunar” AR moon model and its new Earth counterpart, this set includes miniature models of all eight planets and one model of the dwarf planet Pluto. Each model is 1.2 inches (3 centimeters) in diameter and color-printed with a resolution of 0.1 millimeter per pixel.
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Jun 24, 2018
How Virtual Reality Will Help Shape Our Psychedelic Future
Posted by B.J. Murphy in categories: 3D printing, augmented reality, economics, education, media & arts, robotics/AI, virtual reality
The famous psychologist Timothy Leary once referred to himself as a “surfer,” envisioning a future where, “[t]o study biology, you can press a button and make yourself part of the human body. You can become a white blood cell and learn about the circulatory system by traveling through an artery. You can call up the Prado Museum in Madrid and study Goya’s paintings.”
When I think about the future, I envision mass technological disruptions across the entire landscape. Artificial intelligence (AI) being embedded into the very fabric of our architecture and institutions, 3D printing transforming our socio-economic system from scarcity to abundance, and virtual reality/augmented reality (VR/AR) unleashing infinite potential in shaping our perceptions of reality.
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