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AR glasses market on the rise

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AR glasses market on the rise


  • Wednesday, April 19, 2023
  • By Brittany Hainzinger

The AR glasses market is on the rise according to Fact.MR's recent market study. The study revealed a global projection that the market will increase at a CAGR of 16.6% from 2023 to 2033 and that 93% of industrial firms are believed to use smart eyew...


Unicorn Academy AR education platform from STTE

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Unicorn Academy AR education platform from STTE


  • Tuesday, December 27, 2022
  • By Brittany Hainzinger

The AR education program Unicorn Academy was recently launched by Success Through Technology Education (STTE) Foundation and Geenee AR. It is geared towards grades 8-12 and will help advance youth entrepreneurship and prepare them with the skills nee...


What the future of AR looks like

Augmented Reality

What the future of AR looks like


  • Friday, December 2, 2022
  • By Richard Harris

We recently caught up with Nils Pihl and chatted about the state of VR and what the future beholds for AR and VR. Pihl explains what his company Auki Labs does, the biggest problems facing AR/VR, how they are enhancing privacy for end users, and how ...


1st anniversary of WebAR SDK

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1st anniversary of WebAR SDK


  • Monday, November 7, 2022
  • By Austin Harris

Blippar is celebrating the first anniversary of its WebAR SDK, which launched in October 2021, and continued to develop with enhanced GPU SLAM, marker tracking, improved performance capabilities, a Unity Beta Plug-in, new compatibilities, and a treme...


Petal Search AR capabilities for AR glasses

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Petal Search AR capabilities for AR glasses


  • Friday, April 1, 2022
  • By Richard Harris

Petal Search AR search capabilities are here for users with AR glasses. The innovative multimodal search capabilities can be used through the Rokid AR Glasses. With these glasses, you are able to use your environment to search for information like st...


Code AR apps with one line of code

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Code AR apps with one line of code


  • Friday, March 12, 2021
  • By Richard Harris

Omri Stein of ReSight, a new spatial AR platform, talks exclusively with App Developer Magazine about how developers can code AR apps with one line of code, who won their developer idea contest, and how location-based AR is the future....


Spark AR gets new tools

Augmented Reality

Spark AR gets new tools


  • Wednesday, December 4, 2019
  • By Brittany Hainzinger

Spark AR releases new creator tools and capabilities — Target Tracking, Native Slider, Actions and Templates for Spark Studio — for Instagram. ...


Oculus Connect 6 announcements

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Oculus Connect 6 announcements


  • Thursday, September 26, 2019
  • By Richard Harris

Oculus Connect 6 revealed many announcements including Facebook Horizon, including that people have spent $100M USD on the Oculus Store and 20% of that is from Quest alone....


Harry Potter Wizards Unite event coming to the city of Indianapolis

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Harry Potter Wizards Unite event coming to the city of Indianapolis


  • Tuesday, July 2, 2019
  • By Brittany Hainzinger

The first ever Harry Potter: Wizards Unite event will be held in Indianapolis on this fall....


CBS partners with Unity to provide an AR ad solution

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CBS partners with Unity to provide an AR ad solution


  • Monday, July 1, 2019
  • By Richard Harris

Unity’s technology is at the heart of 75% of all VR and AR content, including games like Pokémon Go, Facebook Spaces, Superhot VR, and VR art tools Quill and Tilt Brush. As part of the news being announced, Unity is partnering with one of the largest...


Why AR advertising is hard

Augmented Reality

Why AR advertising is hard


  • Friday, June 21, 2019
  • By Richard Harris

Unity Technologies latest survey reveals that 63 percent of creatives have trouble using Augmented Reality (AR) in Advertising....


Face recognition system integrated AR glasses

Augmented Reality

Face recognition system integrated AR glasses


  • Wednesday, June 12, 2019
  • By Austin Harris

A new face recognition system that's integrated directly into Vuzix Blade AR Smart Glasses brings security and transparency to the masses....


ThirdEye has a new developer program

Augmented Reality

ThirdEye has a new developer program


  • Monday, June 10, 2019
  • By Richard Harris

ThirdEye's new program could allow developers and software companies to generate more revenue....


3D and AR in ecommerce from Overstock.com launches

Augmented Reality

3D and AR in ecommerce from Overstock.com launches


  • Tuesday, May 28, 2019
  • By Richard Harris

AR and 3D meet in a new e-commerce app experience from Overstock.com....


AuGames partners with kathy ireland Worldwide to produce AR for brands

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AuGames partners with kathy ireland Worldwide to produce AR for brands


  • Tuesday, February 26, 2019
  • By Richard Harris

AuGames, an augmented reality company that is reimagining how everyone interacts with AR/MR, announced a new and exciting partnership with kathy ireland worldwide to produce amazing AR/MR experiences across the kiWW brands. ...


Augmented reality app creation made simple with PlugXR

Augmented Reality

Augmented reality app creation made simple with PlugXR


  • Thursday, January 10, 2019
  • By Richard Harris

Augmented reality apps are on the rise, and they don't have to be complicated to make. PlugXR is offering a simple creation tool for programmers and non-programmers alike to be a part of the trend....


Here's why AR is not ready for industrial use

Augmented Reality

Here's why AR is not ready for industrial use


  • Monday, November 19, 2018
  • By Austin Harris

A new study unveils insights into the maturity level of augmented reality software and headsets for industrial use which concluded that AR just isn't ready....


ARena Space VR parks coming to America

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ARena Space VR parks coming to America


  • Wednesday, November 14, 2018
  • By Richard Harris

New multi-format VR park from ARena Space presents at the IAAPA Attractions Expo 2018, demonstrating their passion for a new generation of VR parks, including expanding into America....


Mobile AR prototyping just got easy

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Mobile AR prototyping just got easy


  • Tuesday, September 25, 2018
  • By Richard Harris

Mobile AR prototyping platform lets users without coding experience design their own 3D augmented application prototypes....


A designer's guide to mobile AR and VR

Augmented Reality

A designer's guide to mobile AR and VR


  • Thursday, August 16, 2018
  • By Paul Reynolds

A guide for designing mobile AR and VR applications and how companies should make the transition from a 2D to a 3D mobile user experience for better user experiences....


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