The Augmented Reality Future We Want May Never Arrive Nate Swanner, March 14, 2019 4 min read Augmented reality (AR) is kind of the chimera of tech. Big companies such as Apple and Google have software platforms...
Augmented Reality Collaboration Is Real. Avoid It Like the Plague Nate Swanner, January 25, 2019 3 min read Tech event demos of augmented reality (AR) often show people collaborating on a project (looking at you, Microsoft...
Why Microsoft’s HoloLens Project Risks Failure Nick Kolakowski, July 5, 2018 4 min read Whatever happened to the HoloLens? Two years ago, Microsoft managed to build some buzz around its HoloLens augmented...
Niantic’s Incoming AR Developer Platform Has It All Nate Swanner, June 29, 2018 4 min read Niantic Labs, made popular by the blockbuster game "Pokemon Go," has unveiled a new developer platform for augmented...
Magic Leap Launches SDK for Unreleased Headset Nate Swanner, March 20, 2018 3 min read Augmented reality (AR) is positioned to figure prominently in the near future of computing, and well-financed startup...
Unreal Engine Pushes Hard into Augmented Reality Nick Kolakowski, March 15, 2018 3 min read The latest update to the Unreal Engine (4.19) is going all-in on augmented reality (AR). That’s big news for the...
Google Releases Stable ARCore v1.0: Should Devs Care? Nate Swanner, February 26, 2018 4 min read Just in time for Mobile World Congress, Google is releasing version 1.0 of ARCore, its augmented reality (AR) platform...
Is Virtual Reality Becoming a Commercial Failure? Nick Kolakowski, February 2, 2018 3 min read Back in ye olden days of 2016, virtual reality (VR) seemed ready for a mainstream breakthrough. Encouraged by tech...
ARKit 1.5 Brings Small (but Critical) Improvements Nate Swanner, January 29, 2018 3 min read ARKit, Apple’s platform that brings augmented reality (AR) to smartphones, is now at version 1.5, which includes some...
Building ‘Quick’ Experiences with Augmented Reality is Key Nick Kolakowski, January 18, 2018 3 min read When tech pros talk about working with augmented reality (AR), they’re usually referring to immersive experiences of...
