Tag: AR
Facebook has launched a wireless VR headset that appears to be very similar to Oculus Gear which addresses a gap in its portfolio but does nothing to alleviate the issues that keep VR a niche segment. At the same time Apple has admitted that real AR is years away, explaining its (and almost everyone else’s) […]
When Google Glass first appeared we were less than polite about how easily it would catch on. We wrote of people walking, blinking and winking into lamp posts, of people behaving in silly fashions in restaurants and various others situations that were ripe for ribbing. Then, some time later, Google quietly withdrew Glass and we […]
Even Oculus doesn’t believe the hype. Oculus has sent the surest signal yet that all is not well with virtual reality (VR) in a move that can only be interpreted as an admission that VR is far from being able to live up to the expectations that have been set for it. Oculus has updated its […]
Robert Scoble – entrepreneur in residence at Upload VR and co-author with Shel Israel of The Fourth Transformation: Augmented Reality & Artificial Intelligence – talks to Disruptive.Asia about the impact of coming mixed reality era Disruptive.Asia: You’ve co-written a book describing VR/AR as “the Fourth Transformation”. Before we get to that, take us through the first three […]
News highlights for 30 August 2017 China says initial coin offerings (ICOs) causing chaos SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Launches of new digital currencies, known as initial coin offerings (ICOs), have shaken up social and economic order, created hidden financial risks, and in some cases may amount to fraud, China’s National Internet Finance Association said. Read more… […]
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google on Wednesday unveiled tools to make augmented reality apps for mobile devices using the Android operating system, setting up its latest showdown with Apple Inc’s iPhone over next-generation smartphone features. Phone-based augmented reality (AR), in which digital objects are superimposed onto the real world on screen, got a […]
As the iPhone prepares to celebrate its 10th birthday, some in the industry are wondering what the ‘next big thing’ will be. It seems that just when things become comfortable (technology takes about 10 years to become ‘invisible’ and comfortable), the visionaries begin to question, well, everything. Apple and Microsoft not only foresaw the end […]
It is becoming harder to figure out where we are with AI. At one end of the scale, AI seems to be the answer to, well everything. Demis Hassabis, CEO of DeepMind – now owned by Google – said that ‘step one is to use it to figure out natural intelligence. Step two is to […]
The taxonomy of MWC is changing. Nokia has through nostalgia has created some excitement in the mobile phone industry but elsewhere the signs of maturity are everywhere. The notable fall out coming from Microsoft, Blackberry, Huawei among others who have substantially reduced the sizes of their stands has been replaced with: First: Automakers who outside […]
Some days you can’t help but love your job! In December 2016, my new company, along with IMDA, Favorite Medium, IoT Asia and Vertic, sponsored Pecha Kucha’s Rojak.Digital event at Singapore’s National Gallery. As part of the event, I participated in the world’s first combined augmented reality/virtual reality (AR/VR) experience. Seeing first-hand how AR and […]
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