She-Ra’s New Virtual Reality Website Offers a Glimpse Into the Show’s Majestic World
You can’t yet watch She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, but you can briefly visit its world.
Today, Dreamworks shared the new promotional website for the upcoming Netflix show, which has a pretty interesting wrinkle: it’s available in virtual reality.
Promotional VR experiences are nothing new, but they’ve usually been pretty heavy duty, built for dedicated VR hardware or promo installations. This, though, is light and breezy and easy to run, and it’s a delightful taste of the new show’s aesthetic. So far as marketing goes, it’s good stuff.
See the full story here: https://io9.gizmodo.com/she-ras-new-virtual-reality-website-offers-a-glimpse-in-1830046761
IAMAI forms committee to promote Augmented and Virtual Reality
With an aim to promote Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR) technology to drive economic growth, job creation, and skill development in the country. The Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) has formed a new industry expert committee, under its Emerging Technology Council, focused on AR/VR.
The committee is chaired by Namrita Mahindro, Senior General Manager, - Digital Transformation, Mahindra Group and co-chaired by Satyajeet Singh, Head –Strategic Product Partnership, India & South Asia, Facebook.
The IAMAI AR / VR committee will focus on fostering collaboration between industry demand and supply side in the digital reality ecosystem to enhance awareness, enable dialogue, knowledge sharing and access, accelerate growth, promote research and innovation, help develop industry standards and nurture talent to benefit all stakeholders in the community”.
Other prominent members of the committee include Vaibhav Kumar Yadav, Product Head- JioCinema and GM-Reliance JIO, Ajit Kumar, Partner, Deloitte Digital, Mahesh Prabhu, VP-Global Head of Innovation, ITC Infotech, Vivek M Jain, Founder, FlippAR, Kshitij Marwah, Founder, Tesseract Inc , Ninad Chhaya, Co-Founder & COO, GoPhygital , Utsav Mathur, Founder, GMETRI, amongst others.
See the full story here: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/internet/iamai-forms-committee-to-promote-augmented-and-virtual-reality/articleshow/66416469.cms
Tech it out! Virtual-reality hub opens in Navy Yard
A new hub offering virtual- and augmented-reality experiences to students and professionals opened at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on Wednesday, funded by a multi-million-dollar investment from the city that officials said is worth every penny because the space will produce the future leaders of the fast-developing industry.
“All of you know what a rapidly growing sector augmented and virtual reality is,” said Julie Menin, the head of the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment, which ponied up some of the taxpayer dollars the city kicked in to build the facility. “We’re really looking to capitalize on that growth in startups in this field and most importantly ensuring we create a pipeline of talent to enter in these fields.”
Menin’s agency and the Economic Development Corporation doled out $5.6 million to fund the so-called RLab that Mayor DeBlasio last year tapped leaders of New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering, headquartered in America’s Downtown, to create and run.
See the full story here: https://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/41/44/dtg-virtual-reality-hub-in-navy-yard-2018-11-02-bk.html
Walmart’s test store for new technology, Sam’s Club Now, opens next week in Dallas
Walmart’s warehouse club, Sam’s Club is preparing to open the doors at a new Dallas area store that will serve as a testbed for the latest in retail technology. Specifically, the retailer will test out new concepts like mobile checkout, an Amazon Go-like camera system for inventory management, electronic shelf labels, wayfinding technology for in-store navigation, augmented reality, and artificial intelligence-infused shopping, among other things. ...
Meanwhile, the app will allow Sam’s Club to test augmented reality as a way of highlighting “stories’ about the products being sold and their features, as well as providing a way to find out how items are sourced. This seems more gimmicky, though, as it’s unlikely that customers are interested in this sort of “infotainment” when just trying to get their shopping done.
Down the road, a system of over 700 cameras will be used to help the retailer manage the inventory and optimize the store layout.
On the shelves, it’s also testing electronic shelf labels that will instantly update prices, eliminating the need to print out paper signage.
These are not third-party systems, the retailer says.
The store plans to rapidly iterate on new and different experiences across computer vision, A.I., A.R., machine learning, and robotics.
See the full story here: https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/28/walmarts-test-store-for-new-technology-sams-club-now-opens-next-week-in-dallas/
Top 10 Leading Augmented Reality(AR) App Development Companies in US
“A sizable portion of the population will have AR experiences every day, thus soon will become an essential part of daily lives” — Tim Cook
7. Dogtown Media — Intuitive Augment Reality Development Solutions
Founded in 2011, Dogtown Media is a well-known AR app development company offering the best app-making expertise to build amazing apps. The company follows end-to-end augmented reality solutions as per the specific need of the clients. Leverage their strategic advantages to deliver lifelike user experiences by bridging the gap between the real and digital world. Strengthened by the right blend of creativity and experience, the AR developers suggest you the right features to scale your business’s growth.
· Pricing: $100 — $149 / hr
· Employees: 10–49
· Founded: 2011
· Location: Venice Beach, US
See the full story here: https://hackernoon.com/top-10-leading-augmented-reality-ar-app-development-companies-in-us-4ff374ddad7b
Dixie Elementary art students bring pumpkins to life with augmented reality app
Art teacher Amanda Dunn-Meelkop introduced students to an app called Quiver that allowed them to draw a jack-o'-lantern and bring it to life with an iPad as students geared up for Halloween.
The digital wizardry was an exercise in texturing for the students, but they were having so much fun it didn't feel like learning.
See the full story here: https://tylerpaper.com/news/local/dixie-elementary-art-students-bring-pumpkins-to-life-with-augmented/article_8cafd50c-d7c0-11e8-8fee-1bc7ca7a4399.html
Bitcoin & Crypto Cult Followers Cannot Accept Truth w/ Blockchain Inventor Kelce Wilson
Dr. Kelce Wilson, inventor of Blockchain, joins the program to discuss the hard time Cryptocurrency enthusiasts have accepting him as the inventor of blockchain, despite the patent evidence. We also discuss the security issues found in all Cryptocurrencies. Even though cryptocurrencies are vastly more secure than standard currency, Kelce explains that cryptocurrencies still have some significant security holes.
Listen to the show to hear what blockchain inventor Kelce Wilson has to say about this issue and many other issues regarding blockchain.