MetaHuman Creator Will Transform Industries
MetaHumans are Epic's version of virtual humans. Now available in early access, their Creator tool will transform industries.
Doug Thompson
Tim Cook, Apple and Curated (XR) Reality
Apple won't follow the VR paradigm when it launches optical devices. Instead, the Apple 'reality' will be subtle and will focus on enhancing rather than replacing reality.
Apple Is In No Rush To Change The World
Apple will reinvent itself. But will it happen in a single "big bang" moment at WWDC, with new devices and a new vision for how computing works? Not so fast.
Scan Everything: Building the Infrastructure for Augmented Reality
Everything is being scanned. From avocados to Amsterdam, from your living room to the local park, it has become easier than ever to take 3D snapshots of physical things.
Apple Launches An AR Cloud (Selectively)
Apple has launched an AR Cloud to allow precise location-based augmented reality
experiences.
But thereâs a caveat: itâs only available in 5 US cities (Miami, LA, San
Francisco, Chicago and New York).
But at least Apple has put a stake in the ground: they are now officially an
Snapchat Is The World's Leading Augmented Reality Company
For this week at least, Snapchat is the worldâs leading augmented reality (AR)
company. Theyâve taken top position because theyâve tackled the four pillars of
AR.
The Snapchat Partner Summit was a rocket ship. It catapulted them from being an
âapp companyâ to a full-blown AR platform.
Augmented Reality Turning Point
The summer of 2020 will be remembered for a lot of things. Augmented reality
probably wonât be one of them.
And yet if this was any other time, the hype machine would be clicking into high
gear and weâd be hearing about waves of VC investments and reading
Unplug: Getting Away from Augmented Reality
The engine sputtered to a stop in the middle of the St. Lawrence River. The
current here was fast and the river was wide and there were no obvious places to
shelter while we fixed it.
My heart sank. It happened after a nearly catastrophic two weeks involving an
underwater
XR and the Metaverse: Privacy By Design
Innovative XR designs for privacy can be embedded in the glasses themselves. How these issues play out will give the Multiverse/Metaverse different "flavours" depending whose device you own.
Points of Light: AWE and Augmented Reality
THE AWE conference [https://www.awexr.com] comes at a good time. Weâve been
working in our bubbles for too long. Itâs hard to get a sense of where things
are headed, a thousand Zoom calls notwithstanding.
And while it has had its fair of panels and talks