Augmented Reality Roundup: June 2019
June 2019 is almost over, which means it’s time to look back and see what’s changed in the Augmented Reality industry. YouTube Lets You Try on Makeup Using Augmented Reality Google-owned YouTube announced that it will begin using augmented reality to allow viewers to try on makeup as they’re watching videos. With AR Beauty […]
How Businesses Today Are Implementing Augmented Reality
Augmented reality is one of the most exciting technologies that made its way into the mass market in recent years. What can it do for your business? Unlike virtual reality that creates a fully virtual environment around a user, augmented reality integrates virtual objects into existing surroundings. This makes it more interactive and real. […]
How Augmented Reality Is Changing The World Of Gaming
Hardly anyone could have missed the hugely successful launch of Pokémon Go in 2016. Even though this was not the first video game to include a central Augmented Reality component, it was the first to really bring AR to the masses. Pokémon Go started an avalanche of change. Thanks to its fresh new take on gaming, and […]
How 5G Will Impact Augmented Reality
5G could be the key to unlocking Augmented Reality’s potential. We all know by now that 5G is going to be a big deal. The next generation mobile network will provide ubiquitous gigabit connection speeds, extremely low latency and unrestricted capacity. In fact, it’s rather difficult to imagine a modern industry that won’t be positively affected by […]
Augmented Reality Roundup: May 2019
May 2019 is almost over, which means it’s time to look back and see what’s changed in the Augmented Reality industry. Google Unveils New $999 Smart Glasses For Businesses Google has announced a new version of its business-focused Glass augmented reality headset, which it’s now designating an official Google product instead of an […]
Augmented Reality Affect Our Behaviour in the Real World
As major technology firms race to roll out augmented reality products, Stanford researchers are learning how it affects people’s behaviour – in both the physical world and a digitally enhanced one. A new study from Stanford’s School of Humanities and Sciences has found that augmented reality (AR) experiences significantly affect people’s behaviour in the real world, […]
Nike Unveils New Customer-Driven Augmented Reality App
Years of experimenting with augmented reality has paid off for footwear maker Nike Inc. with the company’s release of Nike Fit, an AR app that helps customers make sure they get properly sized shoes. Many shoppers have gone online and ordered multiple pairs of the same style shoe, in different sizes, planning to send […]
How Augmented Reality Can Teach Us About Climate Change
While Pokémon Go has helped to bring augmented reality to everyday life, many researchers are using similar technology to teach us about climate change. In 2015, Justin Brice Guariglia, a New York-based visual artist, began collaborating with NASA scientists on the polar survey flights they were conducting as part of Operation IceBridge, an endeavor that sought […]
Augmented Reality Roundup: April 2019
April 2019 is almost over, which means it’s time to look back and see what’s changed in the Augmented Reality industry. Google and Childish Gambino Release a Multiplayer AR App Google and Childish Gambino are teaming up again for another augmented reality experience. Following the arrival of the Coachella headliner as a Playmoji on Pixel cameras earlier this year, […]
Making Advertising Fun Again With Augmented Reality
No wonder that augmented reality advertising is quickly becoming of the hottest trends for brands that want to increase their customer engagement. Consumers today are bombarded with thousands of ad messages daily. And with all of this noise, it is virtually impossible for us to pay any attention to these messages. Especially when that […]