Pokémon Go creator Niantic is helping bring communities together with new AR partnership

Pokémon Go creator Niantic is helping bring communities together with new AR partnership

Pokémon Go creator Niantic has formed a multi-year partnership with the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, with plans to advance civic engagement in local communities around the US through AR experiences.a The collaboration will see Niantic’s gaming experiences, including Ingress and Pokémon Go, leveraged at select community events supported by Knight Foundation. These […]

Gorillaz and Telekom Electronic Beats Launch Mixed Reality App

Gorillaz and Telekom Electronic Beats Launch Mixed Reality App

11th April 2017 sees the launch of a groundbreaking mixed-reality app from Gorillaz, which comes ahead of highly anticipated new album ‘Humanz’, to be released by Parlophone Records on 28th April. Pushing the boundaries of mobile technology, the Gorillaz App, which is available on both Android and iOS, will allow fans to immerse themselves in […]

Y&R develop an AR app for Switzerland’s biggest retailer, Migros

Y&R develop an AR app for Switzerland’s biggest retailer, Migros

Switzerland’s largest retail company Migros looks to usher in the revolutionary future of shopping with the new augmented reality (AR) function of their app called ‘Discover’. It uses the smartphone camera to identity unique features on the product packaging and match them with the product database. As soon as a product has been “discovered”, the product name appears on […]

Legoland extends the park experience with educational, road-trip-friendly GPS for kids

Legoland extends the park experience with educational, road-trip-friendly GPS for kids

Legoland has launched what it calls a location-based GPS adventure for kids in order to keep the whole car happy on road trips to Legoland in Winter Haven, Florida this spring and summer – and beyond. The interactive theme park for kids developed the experience, Quest to Legoland, in conjunction with Google and marketing and […]

Pottery Barn debuts augmented reality furniture app

Pottery Barn debuts augmented reality furniture app

Pottery Barn is launching an augmented reality app, called 3D Room View, that lets customers visually try out living room furniture before they buy it. The 3D Room View app works with Google’s Project Tango, a platform that uses motion tracking, area learning, and depth perception to allow mobile devices to understand their position relative […]

Will O’Rourke, Code on Canvas and Sutu complete AR art exhibition for The Galeries

Will O’Rourke, Code on Canvas and Sutu complete AR art exhibition for The Galeries

The Galeries, an official sponsor for Art Month Sydney, recently commissioned Code on Canvas and its creative partner Sutu to create an Augmented Reality exhibition as part of its campaign, The Artists’ Playground ’17. The exhibition produced by Will O’Rourke, features works from artists around the world which come to life with sound and animation […]

Shazam Launches First Scaled Augmented Reality Solution for Brands Worldwide

Shazam Launches First Scaled Augmented Reality Solution for Brands Worldwide

Shazam, one of the world’s most popular apps, announced the launch of a massively scaled augmented reality (AR) platform for its brand partners, artists and hundreds of millions of global users. Beam Suntory, Inc., the world’s third largest premium spirits company, has signed on as one of several launch partners. Since launching visual-recognition functionality in […]

Technavio: Global Mobile Augmented Reality Market Set for Big Gains

Technavio: Global Mobile Augmented Reality Market Set for Big Gains

According to the latest market study released by Technavio, the global mobile augmented reality market is expected to grow at a CAGR of more than 77% during the forecast period. The research report — ‘Global Mobile Augmented Reality Market 2017-2021’ — provides an in-depth analysis of the market in terms of revenue and emerging market […]