Augmented Reality Archive

Augmented Reality

Augmented Reality integrates the digital world into reality based on location and objects. Currently, AR with the smartphone is popular: Social apps like Instagram offer thousands of AR filters for faces or the environment, Google navigates through Maps with augmented reality or displays life-size AR animals in Google Search. Apple makes 3D scanning accessible with special lidar technology in the iPhone, giving many people the opportunity to create their own AR content. The AR industry’s big goal is slim AR glasses suitable for everyday use that will eventually replace smartphones: imagine walking through a shopping mall and seeing purchase recommendations right at the front doors of stores through AR glasses. Of course, there are countless other application scenarios. This is still science fiction – but we’ll be the first to tell you whether it comes true.

AR Hardware

Microsoft finally gives up on Hololens 2

Oct 01 2024 Tomislav Bezmalinovic

AR Hardware

MIXED reader questions: When will AR glasses be commonplace?

Sep 30 2024 Tomislav Bezmalinovic

Virtual Reality

XR weekly round-up: A VR headset for everyone, AR glasses from the future and smart glasses with memory

Sep 28 2024 Josef Erl

Alo Moves XR: New fitness app for Meta Quest 3 gets a release date

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Alo Moves XR: New fitness app for Meta Quest 3 gets a release date

Magnopus announced the release date for Alo Moves XR during Meta Connect 2024. The mixed reality fitness app will be released exclusively for Meta Quest 3 and Quest 3S on October 10 and combines real-world environments with immersive natural landscapes. You can do yoga, Pilates, and mindfulness exercises with top trainers. Their 3D images are volumetrically captured and can be placed anywhere in the room. Alo Moves XR offers classes ranging from 5 to 30 minutes and promises improvements in strength, flexibility, and balance.

Meta Quest Blog

Sep 26 2024 Josef Erl