A curated list of augmented reality awesomeness.
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Influential blogs and sources of information.
- Mozilla Mixed Reality Blog - News about AR, VR and MR from Mozilla
- Next Reality - AR & MR news, rumors & dev guides
- Reddit Augmented Reality - A common ground for discussion relating to Augmented Reality and Augmented Worlds.
- Venturebeat - Technology news site with a specific AR/VR channel.
Influential conferences.
- Augmented World Expo (AWE USA) - AR + VR conference and expo
- Augmented World Expo (AWE EU) - AR + VR conference and expo
- CES - consumer electronics conference and expo
- CES ASIA - consumer electronics conference and expo
- E3 - computer games conference and expo
- Game Developer Conference - computer games conference and expo
- Google I/O - Google developer conference
- L.E.A.P. - Magic Leap conference
- Mobile World Congress - Largest exhibition for the mobile industry
- Mobile World Congress Americas - Exhibition for the mobile industry
- Unite - Unity conference
- VR DAYS - AR + VR conference and expo
- VR/AR Global Summit - AR + VR conference
- VRTO - AR + VR conference and expo
- VRWorld - AR + VR conference and expo
- VRX - AR + VR conference and expo
- wave - AR + VR conference and expo
- XRDC - AR + VR conference
- WWDC - Apple developer conference
Popular frameworks to build AR experiences.
- 8th Wall - SDK's to build either Web or Smartphone based AR solutions
- ARCore - Google AR SDK
- ARKit - Apple AR SDK
- AR.js - JavaScript (WebGL, WebRTC) AR SDK based on A-Frame
- OpenCV - Open Source Computer Vision Library
- RealityKit - High-level AR framework by Apple. Comparable to Unity and Unreal Engine but specific for AR solutions.
- Spark AR Studio - Facebook's AR content creation tool for Facebook, Messenger, and Instagram.
- Unity AR Foundation - SDK integrated with Unity game engine to build handheld (tablet and smartphon) based AR solutions. Can target both ARCore and ARKit.
- Vuforia - AR SDK that is directly integrated in the Unity Editor. Proprietary license, free to develop with
- Wikitude - AR SDK with extensive list of features and supported devices. Proprietary license, free for startups
- WebXR Device API Specification - Repository for the WebXR Device API Specification.
- ZapWorks - All-in-one AR toolkit to build, publish, and analyze AR solutions. Built by Zappar, the company behind the AR cardboard.
- Adobe Project Aero - AR authoring tool targeted at designers
- Reality Composer - AR prototyping tool by Apple
- Torch AR - Mobile augmented reality prototyping and design
- wiARframe - AR Prototyping inspired by Invision, Sketch, and Marvel
Inspirational videos/sources are ordered by their field of application.
- Music Everywhere - AR piano improvisation learning system
- Holoportation - virtual 3D teleportation in real-time by Microsoft Research
- Auggie (Movie) - Forced into early retirement, Felix Greystone falls in love with an augmented reality companion, to the detriment of his relationship with his wife and daughter.
- Anon (Movie) - In a world without anonymity or crime, a detective meets a woman who threatens their security.
- Altered Carbon (TV) - Set in a future where consciousness is digitized and stored, a prisoner returns to life in a new body and must solve a mind-bending murder to win his freedom.
- Black Mirror (TV) - An anthology series exploring a twisted, high-tech world where humanity's greatest innovations and darkest instincts collide.
- Microsoft Hololens NFL Gaming Demo - MR and sports entertainment
- HADO - AR × Sports - HADO is AR sports enables people to shoot the energy balls and pull up the shields that people have dreamed of since the childhood
- Plurality - SciFi short film
- Sight - A short futuristic film about AR
- Hyper-Reality - A provocative and kaleidoscopic new vision of the future, where physical and virtual realities have merged.
- ARuler - Measure Distances with AR
- FATHER.IO - AR laser tag
- RealityClash - AR combat game available on iPhone and Android
- Super Mario Bros AR Game - AR game built with Microsoft HoloLens and Unity3D
- Spatial - Multiplayer Holographic AR Tabletop Gaming
- PortalAR - An immersive way to explore 360 photos, videos and 3D environment
- Focals - Smartglasses
- Nreal Light - AR smartglasses
- Rokid Glass - AR glasses running on Android powered by an onboard processor, limited FoV (33 degrees)
- Vuzix Blade - AR glasses
- BRIDGE - MR headset for iOS only
- HoloLens - Microsoft HoloLens
- Magic Leap One - AR headset
- North Star Kit - The device is an implementation of Leap Motion's Norh Star reference design - an open source specification for an AR headset with two 1600x1440 displays with 120 FPS, a visual field of 100 degrees, and 180 degree hand tracking.
- ZapBox - AR Cardboard
- Clara.io - 3D models library
- Google Poly - 3D models library
- Sketchfab - 3D models library
- TurboSquid - 3D model library
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