Snap Advances the Metavearth

One of AR’s biggest opportunities is to augment the physical world. The latest move comes from Snap, which rolled out its “layers” feature on Snap Map. First teased at its May partner summit, this involves dynamically-activated map content organized ... more - arvrjourney

Top 6 Augmented Reality Trends to Watch Out for in 2022

Since its beginnings, augmented reality has left a lasting influence on people all over the world. This technology has piqued the interest of smartphone users and new and established businesses, prompting entrepreneurs and marketers to consider investing ... more - arvrjourney

Virtual Reality Helps You Destroy Your Fears, From Driving, To Heights, To Spiders

Virtual Reality Helps Destroy Your Fears, Studies Find Numerous studies have found that Virtual reality helps you face your fears, from heights to driving! Image source: immersive-technology.com Intro These days, technology for virtual reality has gotten ... more - arvrjourney

Science Fiction or reality? What is the metaverse?

Photo by JESHOOTS.COM on Unsplash After having written about Knowledge Graphs, Decentralization, and the Semantic Web in one of my last articles , it is time to dedicate myself to the Metaverse. Through the master course Content Strategy at the FH Joanneum ... more - arvrjourney

Its Time to Change the Way we Game: There’s no More Reasons not to Switch to VR

We’re out of excuses, VR is ultimately the future of gaming In the past, there has been so many arguments made about why VR isn’t the already the standard in gaming. It been said that “VR doesn’t have good graphics,” “VR is too expensive,” or “VR is ... more - arvrjourney

What Differentiates Web AR from Apps?

There’s growing sentiment in the mobile AR world that apps aren’t the optimal vessel. Yet the technology lives on a device where apps rule. 90 percent of mobile users’ time is spent in apps versus the browser. Can AR break that cycle? And if so, could ... more - arvrjourney

Can Retailers Generate Foot Traffic with AR?

One untapped opportunity in AR is to position it as a local discovery engine. Similar to Google Lens, the idea is to evoke informational overlays for storefronts. When done organically, it can boost local commerce, as examined in ARtillery Intelligence’s ... more - arvrjourney

Top 10 3D Modeling Companies to Watch For in 2022

When searching for 3D modeling companies to work on your project, you certainly have a lot of choices out there. It is important to note that your ultimate decision will depend on several factors that are specific to your product. After browsing through ... more - arvrjourney

Augmented Reality Boosting Customer Brand Engagement

Although it has only recently begun to be widely adopted, Augmented Reality ( AR) has in a short time managed to gain great popularity among various industrial sectors. This technology is being seen as one of the most exciting technologies that make ... more - arvrjourney

Postcards From the Virtual World, Vol. 1: Yayoi

Travel blogs are played out. Dime a dozen these days. But what about a travel blog by someone touring the virtual world? Taking photos… Continue reading on AR/VR Journey: Augmented & Virtual Reality Magazine » ... more - arvrjourney

Meta’s Spark AR Reaches 700M AR Users

Last month at Meta’s annual Connect conference, it made a big splash by detailing its metaverse plans. As you likely know, this was coupled with a corporate rebranding to its new Meta moniker, which caused the internet to lose its mind. Metaverse mania ... more - arvrjourney

Can Web AR Reduce “Activation Energy?”

There’s growing sentiment in the mobile AR world that apps aren’t the optimal vessel. Yet the technology lives on a device where apps rule. 90 percent of mobile users’ time is spent in apps versus the browser. Can AR break that cycle? And if so, could ... more - arvrjourney

Learning With ARVR in Higher Education

This is an assignment for my Trend Analysis in Educational Technology Continue reading on AR/VR Journey: Augmented & Virtual Reality Magazine » ... more - arvrjourney

3D Avatars in the Metaverse: Everything You Need to Know —

11 min read With the recent rebranding of Facebook into Meta, the Metaverse is taking the tech world by storm. As you probably already know, a metaverse is the digital reality that combines aspects of social media, online gaming, augmented reality (AR), ... more - arvrjourney

Creating an immersive experience

Having had an experience with augmented or virtual reality is nothing too unusual anymore. Many of us are experiencing an extended reality on a daily basis e.g. with Pokémon Go, Snapchat Filters or maybe an interior decoration app to test how the new ... more - arvrjourney

The Metaverse & the pursuit of Happiness

I’m a huge fan of virtual reality, the metaverse will be absolutely fascinating and will provide us with a second life, a second identity. Movie READY PLAYER ONE , source: variety.com/2018/digital/news In movies like Ready Player One we could get a glimpse ... more - arvrjourney

Metaverse — The Future? or Just Another Gimmick?

Metaverse — The Future? or Just Another Gimmick? Artificial Intelligence, Virtual reality, and now Metaverse. The world seems to be turning out to be the science fiction we used to watch in movies and games. Remember OASIS from the movie Ready Player ... more - arvrjourney

4 Uses in 2021 for Augmented Reality in Construction

Nowadays, despite the continuing uncertainty over the Covid-19 pandemic, global construction output appears to have increased by 5.7% in 2021, according to a report by GlobalData. From 2022 to 2025, global output growth is predicted to average 3.7% a ... more - arvrjourney

Metaverse! Transformational Challenges Ahead…

The Birth of Meta, and adoption of new Compute Platforms Zuckerberg’s recent announcement of Meta , the new brand for Facebook has caused a stir among the XR community. Zuckerberg has been under fire for many months as has Facebook about the data mining ... more - arvrjourney

Metaverse, just another buzz word!

I am annoyed that most people think of the metaverse within defined platforms like Facebook Meta, or for that matter any competing software, when in reality it is supposed to be a ubiquitous digital ecosystem. Pick your poison the red pill or the blue, ... more - arvrjourney

The Metaverse: Use Cases and Benefits

11 min read At the Facebook Connect event in late October, Meta, along with its new name, unveiled Metaverse tools for both developers and users. This is Project Cambria Headset, Presence Platform, Artificial Intelligence Toolkit for Developers. With ... more - arvrjourney

AR Briefs, Episode 53: Web AR Ratchets Up

Though native apps dominate mobile usage in general, there’s the feeling that they may not be the best vessel for AR. Breaking that down, apps account for 4 out of every 5 minutes spent on smartphones in general, as opposed to mobile browser-based experiences. ... more - arvrjourney

Did Quest 2 Sell 1.4 Million Units in Q3?

Facebook’s (ahem, Meta’s) much-vaunted Connect event on Thursday was a bit of a distraction from other things in its sphere. And we’re not talking about it’s ongoing privacy and data misuse firestorm. The company’s Q3 earnings came and went with relatively ... more - arvrjourney

Will Web AR Pull Ahead as a Go-to Channel?

There’s growing sentiment in the mobile AR world that apps aren’t the optimal vessel. Yet the technology lives on a device where apps rule. 90 percent of mobile users’ time is spent in apps versus the browser. Can AR break that cycle? And if so, could ... more - arvrjourney

Top 25 Virtual Reality Software Development Companies

Virtual reality is a groundbreaking technology that immerses people in any surrounding they want and allows them to gain experience that is impossible to receive in the real world. If it’s new to you, then you can learn more about how VR works. Also ... more - arvrjourney

Augmented Reality in Education: Use Cases, Benefits & Examples

It’s pretty cool how much we can add to our experience of the world with modern tech! For example, augmented reality is one such innovative technology, allowing us to visually represent all kinds of 3D objects with no physical form. To learn more about ... more - arvrjourney

Augmented Reality Trends to Watch Out For in 2021

Augmented Reality (AR) is a technological innovation that incorporates virtual elements into real surroundings. This new technology is rapidly gaining great popularity and this comes as a result of the emergence of its all-encompassing potential ranging ... more - arvrjourney

Virtual Reality in Retail: Types, Use Cases and Real Business Benefits

As we become more and more used to doing things remotely, eCommerce is thriving. Consumers have embraced online shopping, and it currently accounts for about 18% of all retail sales. With these numbers, creating a fulfilling shopping experience online ... more - arvrjourney

How 3D Entertainment Technology is Transforming the Entire Industry

13 min read Let’s think about movies like Avatar, Avengers: Endgame, and other science fiction films. They can teleport us to an entirely different world through the use of 3D movie technology. For example, in the original Avatar, the main character ... more - arvrjourney

What is a Virtual Tour in 2021? Types, Feature­­s, Development

Traveling to new countries and locations can be an eye-opening and even life-changing experience, but few of us get to do it as often as we’d like. However, most of us have probably tried virtual tours at one time or another. Such tours are highly prized ... more - arvrjourney