If you’re a European stakeholder in the XR industry – particularly an XR solutions provider, academic, or researcher – you can contribute to the study and its findings by completing a survey conducted by private research institute Visionary Analytics. Click here to complete the survey. The survey should take approximately 20-30 minutes to complete. As...
AREA: Are you an AR guy who got into safety, or a safety guy who got into AR? Dr. Garrett: It’s the latter. In 2017, I was supporting the Boeing 767 tanker program when a couple of colleagues approached us in the Safety organization looking for safety and ergonomics guidelines on an Augmented Reality project...
“Augmented Reality offers tremendous potential for enterprises. It promises to increase productivity, lower costs, improve safety, enable expertise sharing, and more,” said Mark Sage, Executive Director, the AREA. “OMG has years of experience in fast-tracking innovative technologies through member-led consortia. We’re excited to join forces with OMG to help accelerate the adoption of AR technologies...
AREA: How long have you been involved in standardization activities? Perey: My role in standardization activities began in 1994 when I joined the ITU-T committee standardizing video conferencing. Seeing needs for interoperability in AR as early as 2010, I formed and led a grassroots community advocating for development of standards for AR. I have...
This week marks Facebook’s next big step towards its metaverse future as current Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Mike Schroepfer has announced he’ll be...
Old school media stalwart The New York Times launched its augmented reality news content in 2018 with a feature on the athletes of the Winter Olympics. However, after a solid year of AR reporting, the Times all but abandoned its AR news coverage via its mobile app, instead opting to publish AR content via the Spark AR platform from Facebook. Don't Miss: Google Adds More Olympic Athletes to Its Roster of Augmented Reality Search Content Now, the publication's AR journey has come full-circle with a pair of AR camera effects visualizing the physics behind two of the sports of the Summer Games... more
After a postponement of the Summer Olympics for a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Tokyo is set to host the games this summer, despite a surge in cases in the city. Nonetheless, the games seem set to go on, and USA Today has published two AR experiences highlighting two new sports, skateboarding and sports climbing, making their Olympics debut. Don't Miss: USA Today Teams Up with 8th Wall to Launch AR Basketball Game for March Madness The AR experiences feature American professional skateboarder Tom Schaar and Team USA climber Kyra Condie, with a 3D scan of each athlete anchored in the... more