I have to say that this week in VR has not been that amazing. Maybe it is just that most people are thinking about vacations, but we had no breathtaking announcement or news. The most interesting news of the whole week has been the presentation of the hard work of Neuralink by Elon Musk, that […]
Virtuleap is for sure one of the most promising startups I have talked with in this 2019. I had the pleasure of talking with the CEO Amir Bozorgzadeh some weeks ago (sorry for the delay in publishing the article, Amir!) and I was astonished by his ambitious project, that is understanding the emotions of the […]
I wish you’re having a wonderful Sunday. Here you are my recap of the most interesting XR news of the week! Top news of the week Apple has killed its AR glasses project… maybe A piece of unexpected news has shaken the XR communities this week: according to a report on Digitimes Taiwan, Apple has abandoned its […]
It is something that I say since the beginning of 2019: nReal is one of the most interesting AR startups out there. That’s why when I traveled to Beijing, I really did everything that I could to visit its HQ. There, I have been able to discuss with people of the company about the status […]
A new day, new experiences at the Sandbox Immersive Festival in Qingdao! Magic Leap “The dead must die” GOT experience Magic Leap’s GOT experience presented here in Qingdao is maybe the best “room scanning experience” I have ever tried in my life. It works like this: you put the Magic Leap One on your head, […]
If the Paradise was in China, its name would be Qingdao. I’m for the second time in this beautiful city, writing this newsletter while I see an amazing seaside full of colored lights from my window (before I had a walk there and I was astonished). You know, I’m here for the Sandbox Immersive Festival […]
In this third and last article about my trip to Taiwan (here you are the links to my first and second one, if you missed them), I want to tell you about some other amazing XR stuff that I did there. Do you know for instance that I have tried the Vive Pro Eye? iStaging […]
Part two of my resumée of my trip to Taiwan. Yesterday I told you about some cool companies like Brogent and some interesting hardware like zSpace. Today, I want to continue with other amazing stuff: do you know that I tried the Japanese LBVR game HADO, for instance? VAR Live I have tried VAR Box […]
I had the amazing pleasure of interviewing Helena McGill and Anna Wozniewicz of Noctvrnal, a startup focused in audio and music production, with special attention to immersive experiences. When I develop a VR experience, I usually give a lot of attention to the visual aspect, while I often leave the sound and music always as […]
Google I/O 2019 has just finished and has all been about new augmented reality features. One of them, that comes together with ARCore 1.9, is the possibility of embedding 3D models inside your website, so that they can be seen in augmented reality by your users by just tapping on the screen of their smartphones. […]
Some days ago, I found an article on Futurism talking about a university in France able to create the “first smart contact lens”. The article also talked about Augmented Reality and the interest of the DARPA for using this product. I got immediately hyped about this: we are all dreaming about AR glasses like Magic […]
