Spend a Day in The Metaverse

Metaverse avatars

Why all the excitement about the Metaverse? The Metaverse is a powerful, immersive social and professional VR platform that is growing and developing by the minute. By merging physical, virtual, and augmented reality, the Metaverse is set to completely change the way we do business and collaborate socially in the coming years. Hundreds of companies…

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AR & VR for Business: The Hype machine – PART 1

Glowing VR

Match the right technology for the right solution Everywhere you look online these days, you will likely run across an article promoting some new augmented or virtual reality technology or headset, with some associated hype touting the next big thing in AR and VR for business (XR). You will also see many promises of “magic…

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Hololens 2 Announced by Microsoft

Hololens 2 Interaction

Yesterday the Hololens 2 was announced by Microsoft to much fanfare. Four years ago, Microsoft put wearable Augmented Reality technology on the map when it launched the original Hololens. We adopted the Hololens three years and have been leveraging the technology as the premiere method in delivering interactive applications for our customers. So far, the…

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‘Puppymonkeybaby’ AR Mirror For Mountain Dew and Superbowl LI

AR motion capture

Last year we had an opportunity to work on a very unique, high profile project with our friends over at Sheet Metal Alchemist for Mountain Dew and Superbowl LI. The goal was to create an AR (Augmented Reality) mirror, using a Kinect and an HDTV to mimic the movements of the user, and translate them into…

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The difference between virtual reality and mixed reality

Virtual Reality

​Virtual Reality and Mixed Reality are two similar but distinctly different cutting edge technologies. It’s not uncommon that both Mixed Reality and Virtual Reality are mentioned in the same sentence. Silicon Valley tech giants like Facebook and Microsoft are heavily investing in both technologies. Facebook bought Virtual Reality startup company Oculus in 2014 before they even released their…

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