We have previously written a few blog posts about KBZ Film which is a site that lists over 28,000 films within 209 film subgenres and microgenres. Some of our posts have been about KBZ’s subgenres including Techno Thrillers, Films About AI, Films About Augmented Reality & Virtual Reality and Cyberpunk Films. We thought it would be a good time to go back to KBZ for the tech horror of AR ...
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Cyberpunk is science fiction subgenre in a dystopian futuristic setting that tends to focus on a “combination of lowlife and high tech”, featuring futuristic technological and scientific achievements, such as artificial intelligence and cybernetics, juxtaposed with societal collapse, dystopia or decay (per Wikipedia). What Cyberpunk also often features ...
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We’ve referenced the KBZ Films site before as they’ve posted some lists of lesser-known Augmented Reality & Virtual Reality films. Recently, KBZ has posted an article of the Best AR & VR Films that has some great films listed (and that we’ve highlighted in the past on our blog ...
Continue Reading →In a previous post, we shared with you a list of every Augmented Reality & Virtual Reality Movie from KBZ Film. KBZ Film has detailed lists of films and bills itself as “The Internet’s Largest Collection of Subgenre and Microgenre Film Lists”. After viewing their AR & VR Film List, we can attest to the completeness of their list as they have listed quite ...
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Virtual Dressing Room technology has many different use cases and applications. One of the more natural use cases for virtual dressing room tech is with museum exhibits.
The North Carolina Museum of Arts recently launched WSS for Kiosks on October 28th, for a 50 Years Of Ebony Fashion Fair exhibit. The ...
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In a previous blog post, we looked at the different areas that contributed to the success of Pokémon Go including the Pokémon brand, geolocation and Augmented Reality. Now a recent survey by Vasona ...
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Pepsi recently launched a Pepsimoji Augmented Reality & Facial Recognition Experience. The Love: From Cave to Keyboard Exhibit, Imagined by Pepsi, explores the evolution of communication through the emotional lens of love – from primitive etchings on earthen walls to illustrative hieroglyphics; ...
Continue Reading →CB Insights recently posted figures showing Augmented Reality investment vs. Virtual Reality investment to date. There are multiple charts CB Insights posted that you can view here. I’ve included the 2 most relevant charts embedded below.
In the first chart, Virtual Reality funding accelerated and took off in 2014. This is not surprising given that Oculus, ...
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In a recent Economist article on the differences between Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality, they simplified AR and VR down to a film reference: “If virtual reality is “The Matrix”, then Augmented Reality is “Terminator.” Though this generalization helps with the broader concepts of AR vs. VR, it doesn’t quite ...
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AWE has been the largest Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality conference since 2009. AWE recently partnered with Ginwa to bring AWE to Asia and the first AWE Asia event was held in Xi’an, China on October 17-18, 2015. Zugara was among one of the select few U.S. based Augmented Reality ...
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