![]() ![]() Think of it as the HTML of visual computing. Kevin Kelly’s March Wired cover story re-introduced the word “Mirrorworlds” which as been called a number of things over the past few years but its very essence is this idea of a world mesh. From your various interviews and encounters in the industry, has anyone in particular had a more detailed and well thought out concept of the “Mirrorworld”/”Magicverse” than the rest? Or stood out for another reason? When this invisible mesh is anchored to real objects, it makes the physical world clickable through your smartphone camera. It’s the digital twin of the physical world. How would you explain the concept of the “Mirrorworld”/”Magicverse”? ![]() ![]() I did this work so you don’t have to, highlighting the weeks best in my Friday Forbes column, “This Week in XR”. How do you keep up with the rapid changes in emerging tech such as AR? Any advice for those trying to keep up with the industry? I really appreciated how well you point out the “lightning in a bottle” nature of writing a book about emerging tech that is changing rapidly. The cover of “Convergence, How The World Will Be Painted With Data” 1. The book itself is even AR-enabled with fancy AR extras you can experience on your smartphone like this one on the cover itself: If you are at all interested in getting a full run down on AR - hurry over and get yourself a copy of this book! It is available on paperback and digitally at and on paperback at Amazon. Charlie and his fellow authors who contributed to the book really do cover the spectrum of where things are now and where they are headed. Unlock that in a way that’s available in every home and you will be very successful.Charlie Fink and his new book ConvergenceĬharlie’s book, “Convergence, How The World Will Be Painted With Data” is a book that I’m quite happy to see in existence! Charlie and an assortment of other contributors from the AR industry discuss everything from the basics of “What is AR?”, through to AR and sound, to the secrets of Magic Leap… all the way to my favourite topic - the “AR Cloud” (I’ve got a personal strong interest in that last one!).Ĭharlie’s book is a thorough snapshot of the augmented reality industry right now. Of course, we want to find the sweet spot of cinema, game mechanics, and theme park attractions. It is the ultimate platform for escapism. Bruce Vaughn, CEO of Dreamscape Immersive said at FOiL that “the complete immersion of VR is a storyteller’s dream. As a result, LBVR is now seen as a viable outlet for new VR experiences,” said Shauna Heller, head of North American operations for AiSolve, which has dozens of installations of its small footprint free roam VR attraction in the market, optimized for FEC’s, which measure success by revenue per square foot. However, VR content creators, many of whom are Hollywood storytellers, artists, and designers, want to keep creating content. “Hollywood is suddenly focused on the out-of-home VR market because adoption of VR in the home market has been slow. Alexis Macklin, of Greenlight Insights, says the global location-based VR entertainment market will more than double in 2018, to $1.2 billion, and will grow to over $8 billion by the end of 2022. At the same time Family Entertainment Centers (FEC’s), and Adult Entertainment Centers (AEC’s), hungry for high revenue cutting-edge VR, are snapping up smaller VR installations like Hologate and WePlayVR (from AiSolve), which are optimized for their operating environments. More expensive, high-end free roam installations from VRStudios, Zero Latency, The VOID, Dreamscape Immersive, Nomadic, FoxNext, Pure Imagination, Tick Tock Unlock (UK), Backlight (France), HADO (Singapore), Battleverse (Toronto) and the newly announced Figment, have dozens of openings planned between them this year. Two Bit Circus is imminently opening its downtown-LA attraction, a full-service bar & restaurant which offers an array of VR experiences and casual entertainment like robot bartenders. There are reportedly over 3,000 such locations in China already. VRBars and humble VRCades are opening in the Americas by the hundreds. The optimism around LBVR is about to be tested as high-end VR attractions like The VOID, and large-scale international attractions like Oriental Science Fiction Valley, which opened April 29th, 2018 in the southwestern province of Guizhou, China, open to the public. ![]()
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