Augmented reality in multiple forms, gamification for warehouse productivity Star Wars and Ford pairing a bipedal delivery robot in an autonomous vehicle. Something for everyone! Continue reading →
Comments Off on Episode 172 – Shining a light on AR
Michael and Michael are back — and take a long careful look at the newest capabilities that Apple is bringing to light in augmented reality with the new iOS 11 operating system. Michael R has already downloaded the development framework, and has started bringing into mixed reality the digital test objects, to great effect. The pictures included in this post are from Michael R’s experiments with the framework thus far, and it is quite amazing to see the fidelity of the objects, as well as the recognition by the software of the planes, shadows & angles of placement. There much … Continue reading →
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We will control the horizontal. We will control the vertical. — intro from the 1960s US television show, The Outer Limits We will control the audio. After many episodes discussing virtual reality and augmented reality, Michael and Michael place their focus for this show on the auditory. Not just 3D sound, but positional sound — location based sound. Sound that makes you look. The binaural sound demo from the BBC starts off the conversation (be sure to have your headphones or earbuds at the ready for this), demonstrating how audio engineers crafted a head that looks like a villager from … Continue reading →