#ar/vr

#gltf: An Image Format for #ar/VR
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Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality (AR/VR) are cool technologies that are coming more and more mainstream. While today they may be primarily in games, and some require fancy headsets like Oculus, there are technologies that are bringing AR/VR into the mainstream. For example, A-Frame is a web framework that allows you to bring #vr experiences into the browser. As a framework, it is syntactically similar to writing HTML, bringing a low barrier of entry for many developers. If you are not familiar with A-Frame, and want to learn more — the tutorials are great.Building a simple world in A-frame is easy — and once you’ve finished with the tutorial linked above, you’ll have a simple world! But it would be cool to populate this world with more than just boxes, spheres and cylinders. Luckily, there (...)

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How #ar/VR Will Transform Your Shopping Experience In 2019?
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Augmented Reality & Virtual Reality (AR / #vr) technologies are revolutionizing the way people buy products.Virtual reality is an emerging technology that could provide the answer to this tech world. Together with its sister technology “Augmented Reality” has the potential to reshape the world of retail, and almost a third of customers believe that more should be invested in these technologies to ensure that they play a more important role in their shopping experience.In this way, e-commerce companies can offer superior customer experiences today. So, the concept of VR-AR with e-commerce is inevitable.Surprisingly, 77.24% of buyers abandon their cars before completing a purchase. This indicates that retailers must do much more to convince customers to go ahead with their choice and (...)

#ecommerce-trends #augmented-reality #virtual-reality

“Future” Tech That’s Hiding in Plain Sight: Augmented Reality
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As hot as stories about artificial intelligence (AI), augmented reality (AR/VR), blockchain, and the Internet of Things (IoT) have been in recent months, we often can’t help but think of these technologies as a long way off from mainstream adoption.Movies like Ready Player One and Avengers: Infinity Wars only perpetuate this perception by mixing real technologies with fantasy, making the tech we wield in the real world seem primitive in the process.The reality, though?AI, #ar/VR, blockchain, and IoT are already playing an important role in our everyday lives, with countless examples hiding in plain sight.In Part One of our series, we explored how Artificial Intelligence (AI) is already deeply integrated into apps we use every day. In Part Two, we’ll dive into Augmented Reality (AR).What is (...)

#augmented-reality #marketing #ecommerce #virtual-reality