Deutsche Bank initiated coverage of Matterport, a company that creates 3D “digital twins” of interior spaces. While its target audience is the real estate digital walkthrough market, Matterport has been described as a “metaverse play” because its technology and gigantic library of spaces could be...
Apple is updating its augmented reality (AR) Quick Look feature to enable merchants to sell its products in-app for an instant AR experience, according to reports on Thursday (Feb. 13). The retailer provides the 3D model and Apple uses ARKit – handling everything from scaling...
Photos of faces and 3D masks have fooled facial recognition checkpoints at airports, as well as payment systems, but they can’t fool Apple’s Face ID systems, according to reports. Kneron, an artificial intelligence (AI) company, did an experiment at different stores and airports that used...
Social media giant Facebook is selling Oculus Medium, its virtual reality sculpting tool, to Adobe, reports revealed on Saturday (Dec. 7). Oculus Medium is an immersive 3D sculpting tool used in filmmaking and video games. Facebook bought the tech and VR firm for $2 billion...
November 11, 2019
Seeing is believing. Excuse the cliché, but it does hold a good wallop of truth in commerce, especially as such technologies as virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR) and 3D product visualization gain traction with merchants and consumers. Indeed, evidence of the appeal of those visual retail technologies is accumulating from the furniture and home […]
February 13, 2020
Apple is updating its augmented reality (AR) Quick Look feature to enable merchants to sell its products in-app for an instant AR experience, according to reports on Thursday (Feb. 13). The retailer provides the 3D model and Apple uses ARKit – handling everything from scaling to lighting – to display it as it should look. […]
December 16, 2019
Photos of faces and 3D masks have fooled facial recognition checkpoints at airports, as well as payment systems, but they can’t fool Apple’s Face ID systems, according to reports. Kneron,...
December 08, 2019
Social media giant Facebook is selling Oculus Medium, its virtual reality sculpting tool, to Adobe, reports revealed on Saturday (Dec. 7). Oculus Medium is an immersive 3D sculpting tool used...
November 13, 2018
Apple stocks fell 5 percent on Monday (Nov. 12) morning after one of its suppliers slashed its outlook. According to CNBC, Lumentum, which makes lasers that can sense in 3D, announced...
