AR Devices of 2021, The Now and The Future

The excitement around Augmented Reality (AR) continues to be fueled by the tech industry leaders. From new product teasers to roadmaps and official launch dates. We have heard many exciting announcements revolving around AR last year, making more headlines ... more - arvrjourney

The AR Space Race, Part VII: Microsoft

As you likely know, one of AR’s foundational principles is to fuse the digital and physical. The real world is a key part of that formula… and real-world relevance is often defined by location. That same relevance and scarcity are what drive real estate ... more - arvrjourney

Augmented Reality Transforming E-commerce

Nowadays a technology that is undergoing very fast development and application in most industries is Augmented Reality (AR). This technology expands our physical world by adding layers of digital information to it. Although people’s scepticism about ... more - arvrjourney

What’s Behind Facebook’s Two Million AR Effects?

Though it may not be as central of a driving force as it is at Snapchat, Facebook is intent on lens-based use cases to enhance social connections. This is one of many pieces in Facebook’s spatial computing puzzle, which also includes AR-cloud development ... more - arvrjourney

What Are AR Glasses’ Impediments to Scale?

AR’s traction over the past few years has occurred mostly through the smartphone camera. As our research arm ARtillery Intelligence quantified in its mobile AR revenue forecast, this early AR modality has reached scale by piggy-backing on a ubiquitous ... more - arvrjourney

Haptics Applications in VR: Virtual Prototyping

This article was extracted from the Recommended Practices for Haptics in Enterprise VR published by the Haptics Industry Forum. Overview of virtual prototyping use case Efficient digital prototyping involves simulating objects’ behavior under real-world ... more - arvrjourney

You Can Use AR For That!

Some Unique Use Cases For Augmented Reality(AR) Continue reading on AR/VR Journey: Augmented & Virtual Reality Magazine » ... more - arvrjourney

Interhaptics & Kalank are collaborating to enhance the augmented reality (AR) mobile gaming…

Interhaptics & Kalank are collaborating to enhance the augmented reality (AR) mobile gaming experience with haptics Nowadays, almost everybody has a smartphone. In fact, there are 5.22 billion smartphone users in the world (Source: wearesocial.com). ... more - arvrjourney

AR Smart Glass: why we still have to wait for mass adoption?

The smart glass market was valued at USD 3.89 billion in 2020 and is expected to reach USD 7.96 billion by 2026, at a CAGR of 12.66% over the forecast period 2021–2026 (Source: Mordor Intelligence ) Punctually every year the analysts and observers of ... more - arvrjourney

ARtillery Briefs, Episode 50: VR Users Speak

VR traction over the past few years has been slower than many had anticipated. But it’s still finding small wins and is growing at a fairly healthy pace. This leads to several questions such as who uses VR ? What are their motivations ? And what experiences ... more - arvrjourney

Is AR Evolving from Novelty to Utility?

Emerging technologies often follow a common evolutionary path from novelty to utility. It’s all about fun & games before settling into lasting value in everyday mundane utilities. Consider the iPhone’s arc from novelty apps like iBeer and Zippo to ... more - arvrjourney

Shifting “Process Data” from Analog to Digital

Without a mobile solution, you’re overlooking critical data in your workplace. Do you remember the first time you entered an Apple Store and saw employees performing all of their tasks on iPhones? When mobility entered the workplace, larger enterprises ... more - arvrjourney

What’s Snap’s Wearables Master Plan?

A common AR industry sentiment is that the smartphone will pave the way for smart glasses. Before AR glasses achieve consumer-friendly specs and price points, AR’s delivery system is the device we all have in our pockets. There, it can stimulate demand ... more - arvrjourney

Haptics in VR gaming with Alex Meland (Haptics Club #1)

The Haptics club is an Open community about #Haptics. Founded by members of Unity, Interhaptics, Senseglove, and Nanoport. An event every other week with speakers from various industries and academia. Do you want to listen to the full podcast? Who is ... more - arvrjourney

Using Mixed Reality to Enhance the Educational Process

While technology has become a big part of the educational process, it’s currently limited to things like collaboration tools and electronic texts. In other words, it is only supplementing the didactic methods that have been around for decades. New technology, ... more - arvrjourney

The Obscured Blueprint: Future of Augmented Reality

Everything was at peace and AR was just there in the corner of the room as an obscure giant which had the capability to augment the future and make everything accessible for the end-user until COVID19 struck the world and took the spotlight upon it. ... more - arvrjourney

Why There Is Rising Future Of Virtual Reality Industry

Notwithstanding it, being a comparatively modern technology, the adoption of virtual reality across organizations, businesses, and even governments has been embraced as its potential becomes more apparent with every new improvement. The Virtual Reality ... more - arvrjourney

What’s Facebook’s Wearables Master Plan?

A common AR industry sentiment is that the smartphone will pave the way for smart glasses. Before AR glasses achieve consumer-friendly specs and price points, AR’s delivery system is the device we all have in our pockets. There, it can stimulate demand ... more - arvrjourney

The AR Space Race, Part VI: Amazon

As you likely know, one of AR’s foundational principles is to fuse the digital and physical. The real world is a key part of that formula….and real-world relevance is often defined by location. That same relevance and scarcity are what drive real estate ... more - arvrjourney

MIKE HIGHLIGHTS // XR Artist & Social VR In-World Designer / Architect Juliana Loh

Juliana Loh is a Creative Producer with solid art, composition and design skills; an instructor with a gift for facilitating and using human centric design principles to solve problems; a storyteller who brings thoughtfulness to social awareness and ... more - arvrjourney

Keeping Up With The Trends

AR as we all know enhances the viewing experience by superimposing computer-generated content being image video and sound in the real world which can be easily viewed on our smartphones etc. But the question here is if it's really necessary for companies ... more - arvrjourney

6 of the Top 7 Mobile Apps in April Feature AR

It’s clear that mobile AR is where the scale is today, given 3 billion+ global smartphones. As for the portion that’s AR-compatible, the common industry rally cry is that there are 1 billion+ AR-enabled smartphones. That figure applies to ARkit and ARCore-compatible ... more - arvrjourney

MIKE HIGHLIGHTS // VR Engineer — Alex Silkin

MIKE HIGHLIGHTS // VR Engineer — Alex Silkin Alex Silkin is the Co-Founder and CTO at Survios. He has been working in VR development since 2012, prior to the release of the first modern VR consumer headset, the Oculus Rift. His primary focus has been ... more - arvrjourney

Value of high-tech in the preservation of historical heritage: VR visit to the Great Synagogue of…

Value of high-tech in the preservation of historical heritage: VR visit to the Great Synagogue of Slonim The history of every nation is rich and unique. Knowing the history of your country connects you to your ancestors, allows you to understand the ... more - arvrjourney

Mike Highlights VR Artists — Danny Bittman

MIKE HIGHLIGHTS // VR Artists — Danny Bittman Danny Bittman is a VR Artist and Creative Director known for bridging industry-standard workflows with VR tools for commercial projects. He’s worked with Google, Under Armor, Hyundai, VMWare, and more. Most ... more - arvrjourney

CLO-Z: The first real-time digital outfit try-on for mobile

I believe you’ve already tried various masks and lenses on Instagram and Snapchat. The same tech came out on ARKit and ARCore, so dozens of new masks appeared on app stores. The potential for the face only is huge, but what about the rest of the human ... more - arvrjourney

MIKE HIGHLIGHTS // XR Artist, Founder and Community Leader Paige Dansinger

Paige Dansinger is the founder of Better World Museum and Horizon Art Museum; and recognized by Facebook as one of the Top 117 Global Community Leaders (2018–2019). The museum’s mission is to use creative tech to dissolve isolation and feelings of powerlessness ... more - arvrjourney

Best AR App Ideas for Startups 2021 with Costing

Augmented Reality is the buzzword in the world of app development. Custom AR apps can maximize conversions. AR is the kind of business tool that can ensure that organisations bring home stellar ROIs. Reports suggest that the AR market is growing four ... more - arvrjourney

Augmented Reality Improving Customer Experience

Augmented Reality (AR), this innovative technology that in recent years has received a great boost in development is now being used more and more to improve customer service and support. This technology, which is an interactive experience of a real-world ... more - arvrjourney

What’s Google’s Wearables Master Plan?

A common AR industry sentiment is that the smartphone will pave the way for smart glasses. Before AR glasses achieve consumer-friendly specs and price points, AR’s delivery system is the device we all have in our pockets. There, it can stimulate demand ... more - arvrjourney