Didn’t it seem like we’d all be measuring playing fields, creating 3D objects, and making virtual 3D playgrounds out of our living rooms by now? Phones have 3D sensors, and now Apple has added Lidar, so why can’t we have these things? It’s here now and looks like a trend that will be happening in 2021. TikTok symbolically kicked it off with a New Year’s Eve Lens, but they … [Read more...] about Lidar for everyone
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PTC’s new employment arrangement with CEO Jim Heppelmann
Apart from this year’s extreme challenges, PTC achieved an important milestone this year. Jim Heppelmann completed 10 years as PTC’s President and CEO. Under his leadership, the company has been through the most transformative years in its history. Now PTC has announced a new employment arrangement with its CEO Jim Heppelmann. The new arrangement includes a three-year executive … [Read more...] about PTC’s new employment arrangement with CEO Jim Heppelmann
XR has a real chance now, thanks to Khronos
Doing what they did for mobile phones, Khronos has stabilized XR. The headline is: Khronos announced multiple conformant implementations of OpenXR are shipping from Oculus and Microsoft. That happened because of the newly opened OpenXR 1.0 Adopters Program and open-source conformance tests, which Khronos announced was coming after launching the OpenXR 1.0 specification last … [Read more...] about XR has a real chance now, thanks to Khronos
Catching up with AR
Heavyweights Apple and Google beef up AR content development tools. There is nothing but good news on the AR front as the duel giants mobile platform giants Google and Apple improve their mobile AR SDKs. Apple went big with the introduction of ARKit 4 through its online WWDC 2020 conference this year. Of the two, Apple is also the most hardware dependent, which is as to be … [Read more...] about Catching up with AR
Varjo adds chroma-keying for realtime AR
Going places in a headset. Finnish-based Varjo has added realtime chroma-keying and object tracking to its XR-1 Developer Edition headset. Chroma-keying, also known as green-screening, has been used extensively in film making and broadcasting. Varjo has added that capability to its toolkit and is claiming to be the first company to do so for mixed reality devices. With … [Read more...] about Varjo adds chroma-keying for realtime AR
NexTech AR Solutions debuts AR advertising technology
Startup debuts CaptureAR to drive AR ads. Founded in 2018, and based in Toronto, Canada, NexTech is aiming to democratize AR market through its e-commerce, education and training applications and customized entertainment experiences across many market verticals like fashion and apparel, footwear, luxury goods and accessories, etc. NexTech has just launched its 3D/AR Ad … [Read more...] about NexTech AR Solutions debuts AR advertising technology
Biggest 360 AR, no glasses needed
Impactrum builds transparent, flexible LED panels that can be bent to the will of the imagination. If you’ve been in any large city, you’ve seen LED video walls. Vegas, of course, is lousy with them. Now, visualize an LED panel that you can see through. And now visualize one you can bend. So what would a room be like that was all glass so you could see outside to say a park, … [Read more...] about Biggest 360 AR, no glasses needed
Unity announces new XR plugin framework
This framework will influence officially supported platforms, verified Solutions partners, and innovators. Unity has announced a unified plugin framework that will enable XR hardware and software providers to develop their own Unity plugins. According to Unity, some benefits will be: Multi-platform developer tools such as AR Foundation and the XR Interaction Toolkit. … [Read more...] about Unity announces new XR plugin framework
Vuzix builds adjacent business with support for security cameras
The company announces support for ONVIF security cameras in its Blade glasses. Vuzix is a smart glasses company with unusual longevity in the perilous field of AR/VR glasses makers. In AR, vendors struggle to balance the market's demand for low profile, lightweight glasses at equally comfortable price points. Vuzix’s Blade glasses are the company’s latest product. They … [Read more...] about Vuzix builds adjacent business with support for security cameras
Nvidia offers cloud-based AR content rendering
AR images driven by Nvidia GPUs to your phone Nvidia has been in the clouds for ten years or more and they know their way around. You may remember GRID, the VMware/Citrix remote computing solution that Nvidia was a part of. And then there’s GeForce Now, its game streaming platform. The company also offers Shield, cloud-based TV delivery, and of course, its render farms, cloud … [Read more...] about Nvidia offers cloud-based AR content rendering