Archives for Augmented Reality
Facebook’s First Smart Glasses to Arrive in 2021
At the Facebook Connect XR developer conference last week, Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg gave an update on the company’s augmented reality strategy: Facebook’s smart glasses are set to appear in…
Leak: iPhone 12 Pro LiDAR Placement for AR Capability Confirmed
A peak at the back of the case now confirms previous rumors that the iPhone 12 Pro will have a LiDAR camera for better augmented reality. The well-known leaker and…
Nreal Showcases Location-Based Mixed Reality Demo
Nreal is showcasing an Augmented Reality experience at the upscale Galeries Lafayette department store in Shanghai. The demo is of an AR experience that combines fashion and art and which…
Nintendo’s Newest Mario Kart Comes in Augmented Reality
Mario Kart was first launched in 1992 for the Super Nintendo. Since then, Nintendo has built 13 versions of the game. A new sequel christened Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit…
Augmented Reality Startup Mira Raises $10 Million
Mira has ambitions to win over industrial customers with its AR glasses. AR hardware companies have had a rough run over the past few years. There have been enterprise-focused efforts…
Ostendo Unveils New AR Display With 150 Degrees Field of View
Even the most advanced Augmented Reality glasses still provide a too narrow field of view to appeal to end users. One company has developed a display technology that significantly increases…
2021 Mercedes S-Class to Feature a New Augmented Reality Windshield
Mercedes has teased a new Augmented Reality display for its new 2021 S-Class. Mercedes has had Augmented Reality navigation in the MBUX multimedia system for quite some time. However, users…
Apple’s AR Lenses Have Reportedly Gone into ‘Trial Production’
According to a new The Information report, Foxconn Technology has taken Apple’s “semitransparent” AR lenses into “trial production”. Foxconn Technology is Apple’s partner in iPhone production and Apple’s augmented reality…
Mixed Reality App Recreates the Historic Battle of Gettysburg
This represents one of the potentially high-impact use-cases for immersive technologies. VR and AR could be used to bring the past to life in a free-viewpoint and interactive experience that…
Gucci and Snap Partner on an AR ‘Try On’ to Sell Shoes
The earliest smartphone AR use-cases were of the gimmicky kind but the technology quickly made its way into more useful applications in retail. It has come in handy in the…