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One of the more exciting augmented reality announcements Apple made during its WWDC keynote on Monday came in the form of Object Capture, a new 3D scanning feature coming to macOS Monterey.That cry you just heard in the distance came from the chorus of companies who have published 3D scanning apps leveraging the LiDAR sensors of recent or built their business models around 3D capture services.Don’t Miss: Apple Delivers Competitor to Google Lens & Google Maps AR Features in iOS 15Meanwhile, Unity is in the catbird’s seat of Apple’s Object Capture car. Among the early access partners working with Apple on Object Capture, Unity MARS will support Object Capture for AR development by way of the iOS version of its AR Companion app.Released as an open beta earlier this year, the AR Companion app enables developers to layout scenes for an AR experience and scan test them in real-world environments.UnityWhile the production app, along with Object Capture integration, isn’t slated to arrive…more

If you were to summarize the path Snap has taken towards augmented reality smartglasses with a meme template, how it started would be the first-generation Spectacles camera glasses and how it’s going would be the next-generation Spectacles with AR capabilities.However, it appears Facebook will start its consumer-grade smartglasses journey at the wrist.Don’t Miss: This Viral Instagram Augmented Reality Filter Will Tell You Which Disney Character You Really AreFacebook has been quite open about its plans for smartglasses. Those plans include CTRL-Labs, a brain control interface (BCI) startup funded by Google and Amazon that Facebook acquired in 2019. The technology from CTRL-Labs intercepts nerve signals at the wrist to interpret user intent, which can assist in accuracy and speed of hand gesture interpretation for AR interfaces.FacebookNow, according to an unsourced report from The Verge, Facebook plans to launch its own smartwatch with a detachable screen and cameras next year, mainly…more

Like its predecessors WandaVision and Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Marvel’s latest series for Disney Plus, Loki, has its own augmented reality experience.However, while the former titles did not debut their AR content until just ahead of their respective season finales, the latter arrives just in time for the debut of the God of Mischief’s time-traveling exploits.Don’t Miss: The Best Marvel Movie Scenes Featuring Augmented Reality Concepts That We Might Use in the Near FutureFor Loki, Disney Plus has opted to publish its AR experience as a Sponsored Lens on Snapchat. The experience includes a virtual background influenced by the show’s premise, a golden clock with multiple hands rotating because multiverse. Tapping the screen adjusts the virtual lighting of the scene.Tommy Palladino/Next RealityTommy Palladino/Next RealityThe highlight, though, occurs in the foreground, where you’ll find your name overlaid on the camera view with the show’s typeface of the letters randomly shifting,…more

One of the more exciting augmented reality announcements Apple made during its WWDC keynote on Monday came in the form of Object Capture, a new 3D scanning feature coming to macOS Monterey. That cry you just heard in the distance came from the chorus of companies who have published 3D scanning apps leveraging the LiDAR sensors of recent or built their business models around 3D capture services. Don’t Miss: Apple Delivers Competitor to Google Lens & Google Maps AR Features in iOS 15 Meanwhile, Unity is in the catbird’s seat of Apple’s Object Capture car. Among the early access partners… more

When we got our first look at US Army soldiers testing Microsoft’s modified HoloLens 2 last year, it still looked very much like the commercial edition, with some additional sensors attached.Today, the prototype Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS), produced under an initial $480 million contract, looks much more like battle-ready technology, with a much larger visor and sensors bundled in a rugged-looking, beige enclosure.Don’t Miss: US Military Shows Off Modified HoloLens 2 Augmented Reality SystemNow that the US Army has extended a five-year, $21 billion contract (with a possible five-year extension) to Microsoft to produce approximately 120,000 military-grade HoloLens 2, Microsoft has revealed some additional details from behind the scenes.The IVAS prototype is the product of two years of close collaboration between vendor and customer, where Microsoft team members participated in several week-long boot camps and the Army was exposed to Microsoft’s “user-centric” design…more

As brands and content makers create more augmented reality experiences, the demand for tools to create 3D content grows in kind. And Apple may have just leveled the playing field for 3D content creation. Don’t Miss: Apple Delivers Competitor to Google Lens & Google Maps AR Features in iOS 15 On Monday, at WWDC 2021, Apple introduced Object Capture, a photogrammetry tool built on the Swift programming language and coming to the Monterey edition of macOS via RealityKit 2, the next version of Apple’s AR engine. Object Capture stitches together a series of photographs to create a 3D model of… more

It’s (virtual) developer conference season, and this week was Facebook’s turn with F8 Refresh. Like Google and Snap, Facebook had some new AR capabilities to show off. And while Google and Snap made big AR hardware reveals, Facebook did not. However, CEO Mark Zuckerberg did reveal insights into the company’s AR device roadmap after the virtual conference. In the AR headset segment, Magic Leap set the stage for its future devices by selecting AMD to design a semi-custom processor. Facebook Introduces Support for Shared Video AR Experiences for Spark AR After introducing a pair of new Spark… more

The last few weeks were fairly busy in the realm of augmented reality and remote meetings developments. Most of that activity was generated by some mammoth announcements from Snap and its Spectacles AR smartglasses, and Google, with its Project Starline experimental holographic video conferencing system. Now, right on cue, Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg has emerged to give some (veiled) responses to some of what we’ve seen from the competition in the last few weeks. • Don’t Miss: Facebook CEO Zuckerberg Uses Latest Appearance to Triple Down on Augmented Reality & Creator Revenue-Focused… more

After introducing a pair of new Spark AR capabilities last week, Facebook had one more trick up its sleeve to unveil at its virtual F8 Refresh developer conference. On Wednesday, Facebook gave its audience a sneak peek at its new Multipeer API, which will enable Spark AR creators to build AR camera effects that sync multiple video callers on Messenger and Instagram as well as its Portal smart camera lineup. Don’t Miss: This Viral Instagram Augmented Reality Filter Will Tell You Which Disney Character You Really Are Multipeer API opens up opportunities for shared experiences for video calls… more

After tapping Nvidia for its first AR headset, Magic Leap is calling in reinforcement for its future enterprise-focused efforts. On Wednesday, Magic Leap disclosed a partnership with chipmaker AMD to produce a “semi-custom” system on a chip (SOC) that will handle computing, graphics, and machine learning, particularly computer vision and spatial computing, for its AR headsets. Don’t Miss: 10 Remote Collaboration Apps for HoloLens, Magic Leap, & Mobile That Can Substitute for in-Person Meetings In its partnership with AMD, Magic Leap is aiming for top performance to run advanced AR content… more