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Facebook Gives Jurassic Park Dinosaurs an Augmented Reality Treatment
Facebook is partnering with Universal Pictures to bring the dinosaurs back to life through augmented reality stickers in Jurassic franchises. The experience will give users a close encounter with Baby…
KLM Introduces Augmented Reality Carry-On Baggage Size Check App
Passenger luggage problems are some of the most intractable when it comes to air travel. KLM hopes to simplify that through an augmented reality app that helps travelers check the…
Experience the Horrors of WWII Lancaster Bombing in Virtual Reality
A great quality of virtual reality technology is its versatility and the fact that you can put into various creative use-cases. Oftentimes, virtual reality is used to create new realities…
Virgin Atlantic Introduces Augmented Reality into Virtual Reality Training
Airlines have been increasingly embracing immersive technologies such as virtual reality and augmented reality to enhance the digital experience for their customers. In one of the rare cases so far,…
Apple Buys AR Display Startup Akonia Holographics
Tech giant Apple has acquired the 6-year old manufacturer of augmented reality glass displays Akonia Holographics LLC. This is coming at a time when the iPhone-manufacturer is ramping up its…
Epson’s Moverio Augmented Reality Glasses Let you Pilot Drone
Epson, the manufacturer of the Moverio AR smart glasses has announced the launch of the Epson Drone Soar AR app that will allow users to pilot drones using the platform’s…
Japanese Students Have Recreated Hiroshima Bombing in Virtual Reality
Want to experience what life in Hiroshima was like before, during and after the atomic bombing of 1945? A group of Japanese students from Fukuyama Technical High School have walked…
Lockheed Martin Using Augmented Reality in Spacecraft Manufacturing
It is almost like something straight out a Sci-Fi movie but Lockheed Martin is deploying augmented reality in building NASA’s Orion spacecraft which will be used on its mission to…
Smithsonian Renders Art Exhibition in Virtual Reality
The iconic Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) has partnered with Intel and Second Life creator Linden Lab to render its current art exhibition No Spectators, The Art of Burning Man…
The Best Real-World Use Augmented Reality Apps for 2018
Augmented reality (AR) is a computer-enhanced perception of reality. It has great potential to radically distort reality and create new real-world and virtual experiences. The best example is the widely…