The latest version of the developer platform Wikitude AR is available since July 2018. Equipped with the widest range of Augmented Reality (AR) features on the market, Wikitude SDK 8.0 is the entry-level tool for developers and enterprises who want to benefit from endless AR capabilities and solutions. Wikitude AR plays often more a [...]
Unity 2017.3 provides out-of-the-box support for Vuforia 7. Developers can create cross-platform AR apps like a 3D configurator that combine 3D graphics with all types of physical objects and environments directly from the Unity editor. Learn what's new with Unity and Vuforia, how to get started, and where to get assets. [...]
DAQRI, a leading Augmented Reality (AR) innovator, recently released its smart helmet called "the world's first portable man-machine interface". In the following article we present an interview with DAQRI Vice President Matt Kammerait about the helmet, the company's strategy and the future of AR and similar related areas such as robotics. The original interview [...]
In the following article we would like to introduce you to the Augmented Reality (AR) toolkits of different providers, evaluate their features and weigh up their advantages and disadvantages. The toolkits are very helpful to create 3D configurators in real time. Daqri ARToolkit. This toolkit was introduced [...]
Eye Tap is a device that is worn on the front of the eye so that it acts like a camera to capture any scene. It is also used as a display of the position over computer-assisted images on the actual scene. The device is designed to function as a camera and monitor in [...]
In the following article, we explain Apple's retina displays, including Liquid Retina HD, Retina HD, Super Retina HD, Retina 4K and 5K. We will also discuss which iPads, iPhones, iPods, Macs and MacBooks have Retina screens. Retina displays provide a good platform for visualizing 3D configurators. Retina [...]
In an attention-grabbing presentation at the Worldwide Developers Conference in June this year, Apple dictated the potential of augmented reality for the iPhone. "When you bring these things together, the results can actually be very profound," said Apple's vice president of software engineering Craig Federighi, referring to the iPhone's touch screen and camera - [...]
In computer graphics, a height map or a height field is a raster image that is mainly used as a discrete global grid in secondary elevation modeling. Height maps plays an important role by creating 3D configurators. Each pixel stores values, such as surface height data, for display in 3D computer graphics. A heightmap [...]
Volume Ray Casting, sometimes referred to as Volumetric Ray Casting, Volumetric Ray Tracing or Volume Ray Marching, is an image-based volume rendering technique. Ray Casting plays an important in the creating processes of a 3D configurator. It calculates 2D images from 3D volume data sets (3D scalar fields). Volume ray casting, which processes volume [...]
In our two part article about 3D configurators we dedicate ourselves to the sale of customizable products in online shops. In part one we clarify what advantages a product configurator can offer and what has to be considered when designing the configurator. Part two then examines how product configurators can be implemented in a technical [...]
