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Universe Sandbox, the physics-based space simulator from Giant Army , made a splash on PC back in 2015, later getting VR support so you could physically smash the Moon into the Earth with your own two hands. You can find it on MagicLeap World for free starting today.
But recently, the MagicLeap One has gained momentum in the space as well when it comes to medical use cases. In the last few years, the HoloLens has become a popular tool for use in medical procedures and training.
Now, MagicLeap says the porg-tastic AR experience Star Wars: Project Porg is coming “soon” to MagicLeap One. In a series of tweets today, both MagicLeap and ILMxLAB announced that the immersive AR experience is “hatching soon.” pic.twitter.com/64Ow2fITgg.
Today MagicLeap has launched the Lumin SDK, the toolkit which allows developers to build AR experiences for Lumin OS, the operating system that powers the MagicLeap One headset. SEE ALSO MagicLeap Finally Unveils its First AR Product 'MagicLeap One', Shipping Starts in 2018.
Image by MagicLeap). MagicLeap is on sale. A report on Bloomberg informed us all that MagicLeap is exploring a sale of the company. The AR startup is in big troubles : after having overhyped its device for years and having collected billions of investments, it just delivered a HoloLens clone.
Since then we’ve seen a variety of interactive AR games make their way to the standalone headset, from martial arts simulator Crazy Kung Fu to VR puzzler Gravity Labs. I ported my AR Piano Learning App to the Quest using the new Passthrough API from OculusQuest. Feature Image Credit: Dominik Hackl.
Image by MagicLeap). MagicLeap 2 is coming in Q1 2022. Even if most of this roundup will be about Oculus, I have decided to put another brand on top of it and it is MagicLeap. MagicLeap won’t pursue anything that isn’t aimed at getting more enterprise deals. Top news of the week.
Meta has a huge AI expertise, and it uses it for many tasks, including the tracking of XR headsets, objects recognition, video analysis, and AR tracking. Image by MagicLeap). MagicLeap 2 to feature dynamic dimming. To be exact, the eye box is twice as large as the one in MagicLeap One. Upload VR).
Image by MagicLeap). Is MagicLeap in trouble? The MagicLeap could become a tragic leap , using some words from Palmer Luckey. Sales are not going good, and apart from many app releases (like the latest Spotify AR app), the ecosystem seems always the same in the last year and a half.
At GDC 2018 MagicLeap has announced the release of the Lumin SDK , that is the tools that we should use to develop for this AR glass. and I discovered that the SDK contains a fancy emulator so that you can start exploring MagicLeap development even if you don’t have a device.
MagicLeap is in the midst of a notable turnaround. This includes new leadership in Peggy Johnson and a corresponding follow-the-money pivot to enterprise AR. But among the components of MagicLeap’s return to the tech world’s good graces, most notable could be its second swing at AR glasses.
MagicLeap is in the midst of a notable turnaround. This includes new leadership in Peggy Johnson and a corresponding follow-the-money pivot to enterprise AR. But among the components of MagicLeap’s return to the tech world’s good graces, most notable could be its second swing at AR glasses.
MagicLeap pivots towards enterprise. At the same time, MagicLeap has also shipped a new runtime for its hardware , with the addition of new nice features like vocal commands. At the same time, MagicLeap has also shipped a new runtime for its hardware , with the addition of new nice features like vocal commands.
With the launch of the MagicLeap One looming over summer's horizon, on Wednesday, MagicLeap released an essential component that will differentiate it from current augmented reality platforms. This is the scene that MagicLeap previously painted two years ago in its "Waking Up with Mixed Reality" demo.
After the COVID-19 pandemic made most event organizers cancel their live AR/VR events or host them virtually, in the past year more and more live events are making a comeback. Even the immersive industry needs a real-life environment to discover gadgets and try AR/VR content.
This article is the latest in AR Insider’s editorial contributor program. Authors’ opinions are their own. . Like the waves of web, mobile and social before it (SoLoMo anyone), spatial computing: AR and VR will provide new opportunities for brands and marketers to reach, engage and understand consumers.
Conference time and everyone is only talking about MagicLeap in these days. The two rings that were used to fit the device to the head are now only one ring , with an external classy knob to secure the device to your head, in a way similar to present time HoloLens. It’s L.E.A.P.
million to turn actual vehicles into simulators. The mixed reality company plans to boost its international profile out of Austria and try to make simulation and virtual reality more accessible to the public. NuEyes Technology announces New Pro 3 AR smart glasses. USA Today ramped up their AR pieces in 2020.
This would even solve the problem of controller-to-controller occlusion that is typical of any other system where the controllers are tracked from the outside. The controller of MagicLeap 2 features onboard cameras that perform inside-out tracking, too.
Using a lightweight, mobile electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) device that provides low-voltage to arm muscles, the idea is to let AR headset-users stay hands-free, but also be able to experience force-feedback when interacting with virtual objects, and feel extra forces when touching physical objects in their environment too. .”
He has joined Rony Abovitz at MagicLeap and now he’s there, trying to build the MagicVerse as the SVP of Creative Strategy of the Florida company. The science fiction leap was “You are inside the internet now. In 5 years or such, in VR we will be able to do that every time we want. Why do people need VR? (
Image by MagicLeap). MagicLeap pivots to enterprise, lays off 1,000 employes. With a long post on MagicLeap’s blog, in the end Rony Abovitz has admitted that the company is not going that well, and has announced a new course, that should eventually lead to MagicLeap 2. Top news of the week.
One of my biggest highlights has been that my article about Social AR has been featured in the famous New World Notes blog that I usually read… I’ve felt very honored about this! In my opinion, it will be the latter: Apple’s goal is still winning the AR race among the masses. This week has been quite cool for me.
The nReal glasses are one of the most interesting AR gadgets of this year. They have been revealed at CES , and I have personally tried them in Beijing some months ago, and in my review , I hig h lighted how they are not only very light and trendy, but they can also provide very bright holograms.
More info Meta may partner soon with MagicLeap The Financial Times this week reported a very unexpected piece of news: Meta may be working on a partnership with MagicLeap for the production of AR glasses. MagicLeap has factories in the US and Mexico able to produce AR glasses.
This week Bloomberg has published a new report on a possible Apple’s XR headset , telling the story of how the AR/VR division in the company thought about releasing a very powerful VR headset that required a computational box, but Jony Ive blocked the project because he wanted a standalone glass. Bose abandons its AR glasses projects.
You are an audio designer… why do you think that audio design in an AR/VR application is important? Audio in AR/VR is 51% of the experience. In an AR experience, we usually focus on visuals and interactions. Spatial audio is important for all AR/VR experiences. Are you excited about the HoloLens 2?
“ActiVaR,” one of the first technical training programs in Latin America, was launched at an event in Quito, Ecuador where 150 participants experienced VR and AR training techniques–many of them for the first time. Immersive training has the potential to make a huge impact on Ecuador’s education system.
As it is a tradition of this blog , I have read everything I could about the AR and VR technologies showcased there, and I’ve condensed all the news in a single article , that you can skim fast until you find a topic you are interested in. If instead, you need a consultancy about AR/VR for your business, feel free to contact me.
3 Trends That Will Shape the Future of XR Let’s dive in and explore the main three trends that stood out and are bound to shape the narrative for the future of XR. Main Focus on AR There was a lot of discussion this year about artificial intelligence and how it will enable XR rather than replace it. digital clothing.
Niantic has finally launched its VPS (Visual Positioning System), a solution that will allow developers to create AR applications that are persistent and shared in various locations in the world with centimeter accuracy. VPS is a technology that implements the AR Cloud and creates a bridge between the real and the virtual world.
Inworld AI is a company building a tool to create brains that experience creators can put into virtual bodies to populate the metaverse – whether that’s games, simulations for enterprise and education, embodied chatbots in immersive retail environments, or whatever else you can think of. What is Inworld AI ?
In this article, I will tell to you my first impressions of the Lenovo ThinkReality A3 AR glasses and the Acrtronika Skinetic haptic suit that I tried on the Laval Virtual show floor. Lenovo ThinkReality A3 areAR glasses for the enterprise sector. Lenovo ThinkReality A3. Hands-on impressions. Top view of the device.
The industry legend gives his thoughts on VR, AR, location-based entertainment, and more. Topics ranged from the Oculus Quest and the future of location-based entertainment to AR headsets, artificial intelligence, and the potential behind Elon Musk’s Neuralink.
While the concept of phone holders is dead for good in VR, there are a few companies that are trying to bring it to augmented reality, exploiting also the fact that true AR headsets (like MagicLeap 2 ) are very expensive and cost thousands of euros. appeared first on The Ghost Howls.
The device also features an RGB camera, so that to provide color passthrough AR. The great news from this week is that the company has brought Niantic Lightship VPS into its engine, so now it is possible to use VPS from a web AR application. The headset is also very small and lightweight thanks to the use of pancake lenses.
Last Monday, I walked three blocks uphill on Mason St in San Francisco to the Fairmont Hotel to demo a stealth product that had been touted to me as one of the biggest advancements in XR tech this side of MagicLeap.
Combining virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (VR/AR/MR), firms can empower teams with bespoke, targeted immersive experiences. Additionally, companies like AR firm Taqtile directly involve remote workers in compliance by performing paperless inspections across industry verticals. Changing the Way Companies Train Staff.
I’ve read a lot of hands-on reviews of the Oculus Go and they are all very positive : you can read for instance the ones of Upload VR , Road To VR and Ars Technica. MagicLeap releases its SDK. We still haven’t seen a MagicLeap device , but at least now we can see its SDK.
On the client side, the system will become compatible with iOS devices, and a MagicLeap client has also been developed. Omniverse doesn’t only care about the synchronization (a bit like if it were a visual Git), but it also provides services like AI and physical simulations. Google is hiring waveguide developers for AR.
In particular, it envisions: XR headsets (especially AR ones) being tethered to the smartphone now; XR headsets wirelessly connected to the smartphone (via Wi-fi or similar technologies) in 1–4 years; Fully standalone lightweight XR headsets, connected via 5G, in 5–10 years. Rony Abovitz steps down from MagicLeap CEO.
Current VR headsets tend to use glass lenses that make your eyes focus at a fixed distance so they are relatively relaxed, but as you look at objects at different simulated distances in a current VR headset your eyes might be straining more since these two features of your eyes are in conflict.
Image by MegaDodo Simulation Games). But Huawei is not only in the VR market: it is also releasing a new version of its AR smartglasses called Huawei EyeWear 2, made in collaboration with the fashion brand Gentle Monster. Some years ago, she performed in The Life, a Mixed Reality art piece inside the MagicLeap One.
It’s again that time of the week where I tell you the most important news in AR and VR! Are you ready? Owlchemy Labs adds subtitles to Vacation Simulator. More info (Vacation Simulator adds subtitles) More info (Owlchemy Labs talks about the subtitles feature) More info (Asgard’s Wrath adding subtitles).
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