Backing Out of a Kickstarter Doesn’t Have to Leave Funders Hanging
Backers of the castAR Kickstarter won’t be left empty-handed even as castAR backs out of their campaign pledges.
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MIT’s Reality Editor Controls IoT Devices via Augmented Reality
Augmented reality has yet to find a foothold in widespread applications, but MIT has just released an AR app that allows you to control IoT devices.
Hands-On with Sphero’s Star Wars BB-8 Toy
An interactive toy version of everyone’s new favorite Star Wars droid, BB-8, is now rolling into retail stores.
CastAR Raises $15 Million for Augmented Gaming
Jeri Ellsworth talks about what CastAR will do with $15 million in new funding.
The Future of Robotics and DIY Medical Technology
At the 2015 Bay Area Maker Faire, Carol Reiley spoke on the future of robots in our lives, in medical technology, and how our society might better shape the future of robotics. In her 15 years of experience as a computer scientist and roboticist, she has worked on various applications of robotics as they relate […]
Movidius Raises $40M for Augmented Reality Venture
Vision processing startup Movidius, which contributed computer vision technology to Google’s Project Tango development kit, announced a $40 million funding round this week, with Summit Bridge Capital leading the surge. “We are entering the Golden Age of accelerated computer vision,” said CEO Remi El-Ouazzane. Movidius’ work on Project Tango, a development kit that uses infrared and depth sensors […]
Smart Cap Is A Fully Functional AR/VR Headset
An alternative to Google Glass costs just a fraction as much and has its own unique style.
The Smart Cap was designed around the Raspberry Pi SBC, USB camera and LCD with an external microphone for voice commands.
