These are the best categories for 360-degree videos
Consumers think sports and travel content would be better in 360. According to the BI Intelligence’s survey, 60% of US consumers think that professional sports and travel content in a 360-degree format would be better than traditional viewing. Read the article
AR contact lenses by Samsung
Two patents filed by Samsung to describe smart contact lenses with display, sensors, camera and power derived from the eye movement. Read the article
Startup: trends and investments of 2017
In 2016, Italy has invested in artificial intelligence, big data, and bots. And in 2017 the main accelerators are betting (also) on the industry 4.0. Read the article
2017 will be the year of mixed reality amid smartphone demise
Fjord’s predictions for 2017 reveal humanised chatbots, mixed reality and a tricky time for brands, as mobile loses significance. Read the article
Tilt Brush – Painting with Virtual Reality
Here Tilt Brush, Google’s virtual brush to draw in 3D. It is an application, which must be used in combination with HTC Vive, which allows the user to create 3D designs with simple hand gestures. Watch the video
Augmented Reality at CES 2017
At CES it was presented Project Tango. The system developed by Lenovo and Google allows you to use your smartphone camera and augmented reality to make precise measurements to the millimeter. Read the article
CES 2017, 50 years of Electronics Show
The first International Consumer Electronics Show was in New York, in June 1967, and it could count on 117 exhibitors and over 17 thousand visitors. Half a century later we talk about more than 165 thousand participants, more than 50 thousand professionals from 150 different countries and 3,800 exhibitors. Read the article
Tim Cook on AR: “Also useful to encourage human contact”
Apple CEO has spoken once again about Augmented Reality, according to him more useful then the virtual one; the latter has some interesting aspects but it is not “wide-ranging as the AR”. Read the article
5 Tech Predictions for 2017
Here are five predictions that relate to the tech world for the New Year according to Tim Bajarin. One of these concerns the augmented reality. Read the article
Volkswagen will use Augmented Reality
VW’s employees can now use augmented reality to service your car, with a new system for information that shows real and virtual parts in three-dimensional relation to one another. Read the article