08-19-2016, 02:03 AM
Augmented Reality (AR) is really taking off:
But what if you could somehow play Pokémon Go while also paying attention to the world around you? That's exactly what Recon has attempted to do by porting the popular game over to the Jet, a pair of Android-based smart glasses the company released last year. The setup isn't perfect and it doesn't work completely just yet, but even what I've seen so far provides an exciting glimpse at the next wave of augmented reality.
Smart glasses make hands-free 'Pokémon Go' a reality
The companies that brought the world the PC boom have a plan to trigger a similar explosion in virtual-reality hardware. Intel and Microsoft announced Tuesday that they are working together to help computer manufacturers get into the business of making stand-alone VR headsets. Today that market essentially consists of just two products, Facebook’s Oculus Rift and the competing Vive from phone company HTC.
Intel and Microsoft Are Teaming Up to Make Virtual Reality Ubiquitous
Following its acquisition of Magic Pony earlier this month, Twitter confirmed to me on Tuesday that it had hired Alessandro Sabatelli as its new Director of VR and AR. He will head up the Augmented Reality team within Twitter Cortex, the company's upstart machine-learning division. Sabatelli used to be a UI designer at Apple and is credited with helping create the iTunes visualizer. He has also worked with IXOMOXI, a startup focusing on developing contextual overlays for AR and VR systems.
Twitter confirms it's launching an AR division with new hire
In an interview with The Washington Post published Sunday, Cook said Apple is "doing a lot of things" with augmented reality (AR), the technology that puts digital images on top of the real world. Here's the full quote: "I think AR is extremely interesting and sort of a core technology. So, yes, it's something we're doing a lot of things on behind that curtain we talked about."
Tim Cook: Apple is working on augmented-reality projects - Business Insider