Varjo Launches Metaverse Teleportation - In Reality
Varjo is launching Reality Cloud, and with it a new type of interaction for the Metaverse: the ability to teleport to another physical world location, which is scanned and distributed in real-time.
Topic
AR
A collection of 11 issues
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. We’ve been
working in our bubbles for too long. It’s 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
Unreal 5 & The Augmented Reality Roadmap
The Internet was left gasping for breath after a preview of Unreal 5.
As a peek at what will be possible with the next generation of consoles, it was
stunning.
But it isn’t just consoles that matter. Epic has other ambitions. And Unreal 5
also provides some intriguing insights
Apple vs Oakley: Winning the Battle vs Winning the War
Apple has a tough hill to climb if it wants to win the war for the most valuable
real estate there may ever be: your nose. Your glasses won’t just help you to
see, they’ll be your gateway into the largest paradigm shift in computing since
the mobile
Magic Leap Can Succeed Where Hololens Does Not
Magic Leap has secured
[https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/21/magic-leap-has-apparently-raised-another-350-million-in-spite-of-itself/]
a lifeline. With $350M in new funding secured through ‘existing and new
investors’ the company has been able to withdraw its notices of potential
termination to employees not laid off during the last wave.
The announcement has been met
Apple Glass Leak: Yes They're Glasses
Apple Glass is coming, with famed leaker Jon Prosser saying that, pending how
Covid plays out, they may launch as soon as the last quarter of this year
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfjSy6T4iE4]. The wearable devices won’t,
however, be available for purchase until the last part of
Sketchfab Boosts Augmented Reality with Teams Launch
Sketchfab makes it easy to publish 3D content on the web. Now, the company has
launched Sketchfab Teams to help groups work together to create and distribute
that content. The result is an accessible platform that boosts the ability to
create augmented reality (AR) experiences.
The company recently announced support
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 [https://shodu.net/apple-doesnt-care-about-augmented-reality-heres-why/]
, but to a) disrupt EYE GLASSES (a $138B market) and b) simply create a pair of
glasses that are