The Future of Smart Glasses: User-Created Apps
One of the frequent issues I often come across in reviewing wearable technology is the available apps. Products like the Envision glasses and Meta Ray-Bans have a wide array of apps available to them...
Category: XR
Going beyond the mainstream video conferencing experience: Exploring the accessibility of virtual reality based therapeutic interventions
Going beyond the mainstream video conferencing experience: exploring the accessibility of virtual reality based therapeutic interventions. Introduction The global pandemic in 2020 resulted in many businesses having to adapt their practices: Occupational Therapists included....
Concerts to your headsets
Not that long ago I attend a VR rave courtesy of Fat Boy Slim (see my earlier post: What does a rave, a cockroach and a Yeti have in common…in VR?) and I’ve been...
CES 2024 AR glasses bonanza
There’s a lot to digest from the recent Consumer Electronic Show 2024 and just as well I’m currently on leave to try and, pardon the pun, consume it all. For now I’m focusing on...
World Economic Forum and virtual presence
One negative aspect of virtual meetings I’ve experienced over the past three years is the lack of physical presence i.e. being around others. There are so many aspects of a physical meeting that cannot...
Travel preparation in 360
Traveling for work and want to get familiar with what will become your 2nd home? Some hotel chains have taken on AR and 360 photography to help as part of their virtual tours.
Another fruit slice in the XR pie.
There’s another entry into the XR space via another major player. What impact will it make?
Time for a different type of AR lens?
Time to rethink what makes a traditional augmentative reality lens?
The battle of the AR “lightweights” continues?
Now this is getting interesting: another AR glasses product has been launched into the AR “lightweight” category: AR post report on the launch of the Rokid Max. Now I say “lightweight” not so much...
AR and history tourism
On my last trip to Europe (albeit 8 years ago now) one of the most impressive AR experiences I had was at Koldinghus, Denmark. Whilst this was only one room where the installation was...