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Amazon releases Lumberyard, a free realtime editor with outstanding quality

Amazon releases Lumberyard, a free realtime editor with outstanding quality

Posted by | May 16, 2018 | |

Amazon has announced the release of Lumberyard, its real-time engine originally based on CryEngine. New features in version 1.14 include several new components such as a Wind Volume which can affect vegetation, particles and physical objects; a Sky Cloud component adds realistic cloud effects using either sprite-based or voxelised 3D volume shading; and a Force Volume that can be used to add physical force to objects that fall within a volume. Read all the new features in the Lumberyard changelog, and find out more about the engine on its website. Lumberyard source code now available on Github...

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Augmented reality In Museums: 6 Success Stories

Augmented reality In Museums: 6 Success Stories

Posted by | Apr 5, 2018 | |

Museums play an important role in society. They bear the significant task of collecting, preserving, researching and presenting objects and materials of historical importance. This responsibility means that museums traditionally take happenings of the past and display them in a contemporary setting with the purpose of bringing knowledge and enjoyment to the public. Even though many museums still tend to have a conservative style of presenting their exhibitions, a great number of these institutions understand that ´modern times call for modern measures` and are, therefore, constantly making an effort to explore different ways to better connect with their public....

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Paul Debevec experiments with light fields

Paul Debevec experiments with light fields

Posted by | Mar 16, 2018 | , , |

Google senior research Paul Debevec has published a blog post detailing his experiments with Light Fields, which are capable of capturing environments in such a way that the user can move through space and see convincing parallax movement in VR. To capture information the team created a rig based on 16 Go Pro cameras that can produce an environment in which the user can move their heads freely within a 70cm sphere. Read more about this research on Google’s blog and test the technology using a free app released via Steam....

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Browser-based augmented reality

Browser-based augmented reality

Posted by | Jan 30, 2018 | |

Thanks to Google and Apple’s new AR frameworks and the hype generated when major companies promote a new technology, augmented reality is currently enjoying its moment in the sun. Until now viewing AR has required dedicated apps, but new platforms are emerging that enable users to view 3D models in augmented reality using nothing more than a web browser.  One such example is XR+ who recently launched a new browser based AR platform, compatible with iOS and Android built-in browsers. They describe it as the YouTube of AR, with users able to upload, view and share their own...

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