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Peter Jackson’s New Studio is All About AR Storytelling

VRScout

The Lord of the Rings auteur is using Apple’s ARkit to unlock new levels of storytelling immersion in augmented reality. The 1:30 minute demo apparently operates on a specialized version of ARKit that runs a plugin, which easily integrates the software into Unreal Engine 4.

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Apple Announces ARKit 3 with Body Tracking & Human Occlusion

Road to VR

Apple also introduced Reality Composer and RealityKit to make it easier for developers to build augmented reality apps. With ARKit 3, the system now supports motion capture and occlusion of people. This would break the illusion of augmented reality by showing conflicting depth cues. Motion capture.

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Spatial Beats: Oculus, Snapchat and new XR Funding

AR Insider

The 8-minute interactive mobile augmented reality experience featuring Palaye Royale allows viewers to watch and interact with holographic performances in their own homes.They are planning on building a slate of musical AR experiences this year. It can be used with motion capture and animation techniques.

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Software for Creating Augmented Reality Experiences

EON Reality

What Software is Used to Create Augmented Reality? In the rapidly evolving field of technology, Augmented Reality (AR) has carved a niche for itself, enhancing user experiences by overlaying digital information in the real world. Unreal Engine Unreal Engine by Epic Games is another powerhouse in the AR development arena.

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CES 2021 Goes Virtual

ARVR

Top 17 Augmented Reality Statistics, Facts and Trends for 2021 and Beyond 3. How Augmented Reality Will Improve Your Next Travel Experience 4. The Gear There were some exciting announcements this year in the AR/VR industry, and here they are (in no particular order): (Image courtesy Vuzix) Trending AR VR Articles: 1.

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Refract raises $8.5M SGD funding, announces new game development division 

TechCrunch VR

Refract , a Singapore-based extended reality (XR) startup, announced today it has closed approximately $8.5million SGD (approximately $6million) Series A led by Sea Limited along with international family offices and individual investors. Make Hollywood-quality animations at low-budget prices with this motion capture suit.

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Magic Leap’s John Gaeta talks about the future of cinema, storytelling and mixed reality

The Ghost Howls

For the Matrix trilogy it was important the use of computer vision, immersive photography, volumetric capture , the first markerless motion capture, to create frame by frame models of the performances… and today all these techniques are prolific in virtual reality and mixed reality.