MVP, frameworks, languages and programmers
- July 7, 2016
- Joe
- entrepreneurship
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So you got your idea, maybe you already have a website hosted or in the cloud. Now you need to execute on that idea. Assuming this idea involves a software project, how do you proceed? Well, I’m going to share an small part on what’s needed to know in order to execute better, or at…
Scavenger hunt in AR
- June 6, 2016
- Joe
- us, Web
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One of the natural uses for geolocated in augmented reality (AR) is doing an scavenger hunt activity of some sort. While obvious, we have thought about the idea for a long time. That, until Jessie connected us about doing something together. And so we did … Enter the games! Given her wide experience on travel…
Local Businesses presence in geo AR
- May 16, 2016
- Joe
- entrepreneurship, knowledge
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Since the day we started working on AR, one of the way we envisioned it’s potential was by business being present on the medium (geo AR). Geo AR it’s not the only use case of this technology, however we believe is the strongest one as it’s base on functionality rather than entertainment (nothing wrong with…
To ease Uber entry, make it electric only
- May 10, 2016
- Joe
- entrepreneurship, knowledge
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Many of us have seen or witness the worldwide battle between Uber and taxi drivers. Long history short, taxi drivers are defending their livelihood, while Uber represents the new way of working. The thing is, taxi services around the world are regulated by cities. So, in order to operate a taxi, the owner of it…
The stealth battle for 360 video VR domination
- May 3, 2016
- Joe
- knowledge
- 2 Comments
Virtual Reality has always been about generating virtual environments for its user. 360 Cinema has been around for decades, however VR was all about generating graphics for it. When Facebook purchase of Oculus made commercial VR a probable success, it was natural to try to put 360 video on the future Oculus platform. On the…
To web host? or to Cloud? That is the question
- March 22, 2016
- Joe
- knowledge
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Frequently I stumble with customers that are torn, or don’t know whether to host their project on the cloud or with a web hosting. So with the objective of clarifying which path to follow, lets compare those two worlds. The following will try to help non technical people and developers alike, while they don’t…
HoloLens vs Meta 2: Mano a mano!
- March 10, 2016
- Joe
- knowledge
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Meta just released their Meta 2 glasses. In case you’re not aware of Meta, they’re one of the pioneers of AR glasses, pushing the concept before HoloLens, back in the day of Google Glass. In fact, you can say HoloLens took many of the features of Meta 1 glasses and improved over them. Likewise, Meta…
AR vs. VR? or not?
- February 2, 2016
- Joe
- knowledge
- 1 Comment
Which is which? VR it’s on the mainstream, and maybe because it shares one initial (R) with AR, it tends to be confused with, as if both do the same or similar things. The only similarity between the two is that both mess up with reality, however in different ways. Maybe that’s why there’s confusion….
Big data & geolocated AR
- December 15, 2015
- Joe
- knowledge
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As you may or not know, our geo AR platform (Terra Icons) is based on displaying point of interest (POI) in cities by way of using augmented reality. Terra Icons currently covers 70 cities around the world concentrated in 4 services (layers) to display within the mobile app: Icons: landmarks of the city, like monuments,…
The superiority of PlayStation VR
- November 24, 2015
- Joe
- Events
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Like several times before, we were volunteers for this year Montreal International Game Summit (MIGS). A great event! this event allows us to keep up to date with the latest trends within the game industry. This year the star was VR, which was all round. Minority media had a booth on which they showed their…