Tag: AR
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AR Augmented Reality – The Lowdown – Future AR Gadgets?
AR or Augmented reality. What’s it all about? What gadgets are coming and why will they be better than what we already have? Lots of questions to answer here lets start at the top: What is AR about? Augmented reality is completely different from a virtual reality. Augmented reality overlays itself on top of your…
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Wizards Unite – Tips, Tricks etc, We Tried It Out!
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The Starter pistol has been fired and the players are off, smartphones held high. Expect to see teams of budding wizards running around this weekend looking for that elusive snitch. Wizards Unite is a go!
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Remote support your parents via AR App
Wouldn’t it be great if you could remote support your parents and other elderly relatives? Those with smart devices and elderly parents entering the digital age have something in common. While its great that your parents have joined in, its not so great if you have to visit them every other day to explain what…
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Yugioh AR – Alpha Demo, Move Over Pokemon?
Yugioh AR, the thought of it is enough to make some of us here at Gadgethelpline seriously consider loan applications in our desperation to get hold of a Hololens. A number of moons ago, I too was a Yu-Gi-Oh player and once managed to get to the UK finals. Shortly after the finals i quit…
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Whats New In Augmented Reality
Augmented Reality Augmented reality, not quite on everyone’s lips currently but there are definite stirrings amongst the masses for AR other than Pokemon related. As we are always interested in anything new that pops up concerning Augmented reality we listed a few points of interest below. These should whet your Virtual appetite. Tankfest Tankfest is…
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Ridley Scott Working On Alien VR
Yesterday, Ridley Scotts’ RSA Films announced the launch of RSA VR. This is both great and terrifying in the same instance. Sir Ridley Scott has quite the catalog of films behind him, the ones that truly terrify though and remain strong in memory are the Alien films. The face of Scott’s alien has reached iconic…
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Eyefluence – Controlling AR With Your Eyes
Tech comes and goes in relatively frequent cycles. Sometimes they enrich our lives and sometimes they flop in spectacular fashion. Pokemon GO has taken the world by storm which is kind of expected when you consider it is the first of its kind that has been taken up in such a global way. It is…
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Pokémon GO Smartphone Game Seeks Field Testers
A new augmented reality smartphone game called Pokémon GO is prepping for a summer launch and to get a feel for how the game will work out in the wild its developers are welcoming players to join a field test. Pokémon GO will allow smartphone gamers on Android and iOS to search for colourful pocket…
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Virtual Reality & Augmented Reality to Rule 2016 – But Which is Which?
This year could very well be the big one for both augmented and virtual reality devices. The furor surrounding the Oculus alone should be enough to at least pique the interests of the general public. The sales of virtual/augmented-reality devices will supposedly soar to 14 million by then end of 2016 and jump to 38…
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Augmented Reality Lenses – Google’s View to the Future
The race has been on in recent times for the creation of smart devices that allow you to interact with things without having your head in a screen; if you look out the window of an evening you cannot miss the blue, glowing, lurching forms scanning their latest messages on some social media site or…
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Pokemon GO – Augmented Reality and the Shadowrun Connection
Back in 1989 a game came out that involved reading quite a lot and occasionally rolling some dice, its name was Shadowrun and I loved it for its in depth background history and amazing sci-fi/magic melding. For the last few years I have been noticing many elements of the games history actually becoming reality… Due…
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Night Terrors – ‘Scariest Game Ever Made’ Will Use Augmented Reality
How do you make ‘the scariest game ever made’? That’s a question the creators of Night Terrors intend to answer by bringing a real-life nightmare to your very own home with this innovative survival horror experience for iPhone and iPad which is currently seeking crowdfunding over on Indiegogo. Using augmented reality, the app based game…