It is obvious we are moving towards a heads up future with information contextually being displayed over places, objects and people.
Hand held devices will still play a role and often as a control device (like Magic Leap's controller application that is a better source for text input than voice for the interim).
On my Instagram stories, I've reviewed some of the most well known HMDs, from binocular 3D with SLAM to sleeker more subtle monocular glasses.
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A collaborative event to apply technology that is ready to break out of R&D.
Last year my team won 2nd place in the Merge Cube Prize.
Follow along here:
https://realityvirtuallyhack.com/
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Much smaller.
Last year it had its own dedicated exhibition hall with presence from larger players like Samsung and HTC. This year it was part of NY Photo Expo and contained mostly local companies.
Apprentice had a booth and many people were interested in the new form factor for wearable AR.
Image courtesy my friend Jae from SVRF and Church Street Boxing Gym.
https://www.instagram.com/jae_sal/
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Today at the Parsons Reunion, Kay Unger mentioned that Parsons School of Design was on East 54th street in the 1960s.
Searching for “Parsons East 54th street” pulled up this one relevant result on Google books “The Lives of Danielle Steel.”
Danielle Steel, the the best selling author alive, went to Parsons for a year before dropping out and then going to NYU which she also left before she could graduate.
Here’s a description of what Parsons was like in the 1960’s and how rigorous it was.
source: Google Books.
Bane, Vickie L., and Lorenzo Benet. The Lives of Danielle Steel: the Unauthorized Biography of America's #1 Best-Selling Author. St. Martin's Paperbacks, 1999.
buy the book Lives of Danielle Steele
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The first Magic Leap LEAPCon.
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Keynote speaker: Thomas Reardon of CTRL Labs.
Thomas is the guy who started the project that became Internet Explorer.
I have seen and used this device. It is real.
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A million dollars, live forever, or travel back in time? WebAR is now accessible to everyone who has a mobile phone . Try it in Safari or Chrome https://apps.8thwall.com/8w/jini/ powered by 8th Wall
"Making your wildest dreams come true." - 🤖🧞♂️
WebAR is something I dreamt would be available next year. Are my dreams aren't crazy enough? Now we need to dream bigger.
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See in full: https://www.twitch.tv/magicleap
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I am sharing my thoughts on Prototyping AR & VR and why it is essential and how it is a different system to design for.
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