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Quarantine Creates New Opportunity for Augmented Reality Consumption and Creation

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When it comes to social media apps like Instagram and Snapchat, more and more people are using augmented reality filters to solve entertainment and connectivity problems. Why Is Augmented Reality Use Increasing? Augmented reality overlays digital elements into the physical world. Source: Snapchat.

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Using Augmented Reality to Elevate the Concert Experience

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That includes augmented reality. How Augmented Reality Is Changing Concerts and Music Festivals. Augmented reality arms entertainment companies with endless opportunities to enhance live experiences. Fans could use Snapchat to sing along and film themselves while doing so.

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Early Augmented Reality Concept Film That Envisioned the Future Gets a Sequel Powered by Kickstarter

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Long before the HoloLens or the Magic Leap One, a California-based team of independent filmmakers envisioned what the future of augmented reality might look like. Set in the not-too-distant future, "Sight" entranced audiences.

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VR Film Festivals Look To Inspire Fresh New Talent For Hollywood

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Japan’s very first VR-focused international film festival, Beyond the Frame Festival , is currently underway thanks to a partnership with HTC Vive. The festival, which runs from February 12 through February 21 , will showcase VR films from artists all around the world. Beat // Image Credit: Keisuke Itoh.

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Snapchat’s Augmented Reality Vending Machines are Marketing Gold

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Hundreds of people lined up anxiously waiting to snag a few – bringing them unknowingly face to face with Snapchat’s augmented reality platform. At a fundamental level, augmented reality is based on pattern detection. When it does, more hints into their augmented reality ideas will surely follow too.

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Using Augmented Reality to Fight World Hunger

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Augmented reality , which enhances the real world through computer-generated images, is changing film, gaming, as well as social media. During the 2018 World Economic Forum, the UN first announced its intent to delve into augmented reality. The current applications of AR barely scratch the surface of its potential.

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Disney Released An AR Short Film Starring Brie Larson

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This past Thursday was Disney Plus Day, an annual event designed to promote new films and television series coming to popular streaming services. There was also the reveal of Remembering , an AR-powered short film starring and produced by Oscar-winner and Marvel superhero Brie Larson. And where do they go when they’re forgotten?

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