Learning and Living in AR, VR, and AI
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 …
Google Tilt Brush on Oculus Quest is a perfect match for virtual reality. A free-form VR painting and design tool on a standalone HMD with six degrees of freedom. Last year, Facebook hyped the concept of …
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Thinking of setting up an AI ethics board? Google offered a quick lesson the past two weeks on how not to tackle the ethical questions in artificial intelligence. On March 26th, Google announced the formation of …
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In a blow to VR filmmaking, Google is closing their VR studio, “Spotlight Stories.” The popular immersive film studio shuttered with an announcement in Variety: Google Spotlight Stories is closing its doors after over six years …
There’s enough challenges in using VR but a primary one can be lack of space. And it’s a problem that Google looks to solve in patenting a pair of VR shoes. Even if you have a …
The latest Google VR film, “The Journey of Gold”, explores the issue of gold mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. As you may know, over five million people have died from resource extraction conflicts …
Google just released a Tilt Brush VR update, making its immersive painting program easier to use for beginners and creatives. We’ve been longtime fans, seeing it as one of the best VR experiences available. We never …
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Google AR & VR is the new name for Google VR as its immersive tech initiatives turn to Augmented Reality. We expected to see new developments at the annual I/O Developer Conference but some of what Google showed …
For all the potential of virtual reality to place us in new environments, accessibility in VR remains a major challenge. We’ve already looked at Samsung’s Relúmĭno, a rough-around-the-edges product from their in-house technology initiative, C-Labs. But two …
If your only driving experience involves gripping a steering wheel, you might want to check out Waymo’s VR 360 experience of the self-driving car. You could watch this using Google Cardboard, Daydream or Samsung’s popular Gear VR …
Apple may have been first out of the AR gate (actually, Google was first with the slow-moving Tango project), but Google’s AR project is racing to catch up. Google’s latest comments on ARCore, their augmented reality platform, …
There’s an interesting piece on the future of VR by Sanjit Dang in TechCrunch, “What’s holding back VR?” Dang is an investment director at Intel Capital and the article is worth reading – both for what he …
As we venture further into the world of AR and VR, we always like to say there are no shortcuts. But it’s interesting to watch the roads we may take to the Holodeck. With the new …
It’s been a busy summer and we’ve been meaning to take a look at Apple’s ARKit. There’s been no shortage of news on the Augmented Reality front. Google has been working on Tango for over three …
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A short time ago, it would have been hard to question the future of the Samsung Gear VR headset. Released in 2014 (here’s The Verge’s initial impression), it’s been one of the few mid-range VR headsets …