Emory Craig

Emory Craig is the Co-founder and Partner at Digital Bodies, an international consulting group and popular website for news and analysis of immersive technologies. Digital Bodies helps business, education, and nonprofit organizations understand and implement augmented and virtual reality. As a futurist and writer, he is fascinated by the ways VR and AI will transform human experience and deeply concerned by the ethical challenges. An innovative leader in new media developments, he focuses on the personal and organizational strategies we will need to live in the future where experiences are available on demand, and the boundary between the real and the virtual disappear. An active participant in the NYC startup community, his background spans business, higher education, and the art world.

Innovative AR Moon Landing App from the JFK Library

June 18, 2019 by Emory Craig

Take a look at the AR moon landing app, a project from The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston. The app commemorates the upcoming 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 trip to the moon and …

Visualize Code in Virtual Reality

June 10, 2019June 10, 2019 by Emory Craig

Here’s a fascinating immersive experience that lets you visualize code in virtual reality. It’s a platform from Primitive, a startup that pitched at an HTC venture capital accelerator this week in San Francisco. According to the …

nReal’s AR Glasses Debut at AWE

June 5, 2019 by Emory Craig

We tried out nReal’s AR Glasses at the Augmented World Expo (AWE) in Santa Clara last week and were impressed. By both AWE and nReal’s glasses. Celebrating its tenth year, AWE has suddenly become a massive …

Ten Years of Augmented World Expo

May 30, 2019May 29, 2019 by Emory Craig

Augmented World Expo gets underway in Santa Clara

Augmented World Expo takes the stage again this year, marking its tenth anniversary. A lot has happened since AWE’s formative years when it was a much smaller conference. It now hosts over 7,000 attendees, 250 exhibitors, …

Boston the Site of the Largest AR Art Exhibit in America

May 26, 2019May 26, 2019 by Emory Craig

If you find yourself near Boston this summer, check out the largest AR art exhibit in America. Go see it for the art. See it for the ways AR can create art and cultural experiences across …

New Google Glass AR Headset – Google Tries Again

May 22, 2019 by Emory Craig

New Google Glass Enterprise Edition 2 hits the market

First, Lenovo, now a new Google Glass AR announcement. This is turning out to be a week for augmented reality glasses. Anyone else waiting in the wings? You remember Google Glass. That first plunge into wearables …

Can The New Lenovo AR Headset Shake Microsoft’s Grip on Mixed Reality?

May 20, 2019May 20, 2019 by Emory Craig

Can the Lenovo AR headset take on Microsoft's HoloLens in the enterprise market?

Can the Lenovo AR headset beat Microsoft at its own game – Mixed Reality in the enterprise market? Microsoft’s HoloLens is already on version 2 with significant improvements. They have a laser focus on the corporate …

Can You Resist a Deepfake Salvador Dalí?

May 15, 2019May 15, 2019 by Emory Craig

Dalí would be delighted. Absolutely delighted by the deepfake Salvador Dalí experience. In Dalí Lives, the complicated, unpredictable Surrealist artist is bought to life by the Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida. It’s a remarkable experience, …

Google Daydream VR is Dead

May 10, 2019May 10, 2019 by Emory Craig

Scratch another immersive technology development off the list. After high hopes and promises of a ubiquitous mobile VR platform, Google Daydream is essentially over. The HMD is still available on the Google Store, but you have …