The sad, not exactly true, story of BlackBerry
How BlackBerry failed in the middle of succeeding.
Graphics design is being shaken to its very core by SaaS-based design tools
An arms race is building in AI tools for design. Sites are adding on new tools, new features, and new capabilities. Adobe is offering its Express tool for fast design jobs. Upstarts Canva, Vista, and Dribble are upping the ante with a wealth of new tools.
A rocky road for headsets?
Some vendors have one foot in and one foot out.
Is this the year of the MR headsets?
Don’t place your bets on AR/VR/XR quite yet, as that goal is far from reality, especially as players like Sony, Apple, Microsoft, HP, Meta, and HTC face bumps in the road.
2023: A brand-new world all over again
Let’s try this again, but there are reasons to be optimistic.
Blackmagic goes to the iPad and up to the cloud
Enabling professionals and indies to collaborate in place and across platforms.
Varjo opens new doors for its Reality Cloud with support for Unity and Unreal
The immersive cloud platform is now able to stream VR and XR content built in the two popular game engines, expanding the developer base.
Last of the SPACs? Arogo combines with Eon Reality to make EOXR
In spite of growing disillusion with the SPAC strategy to goose the IPO market, Arogo and Eon Reality announce a deal worth $655 million. Eon lays out big plans in Istanbul.
3D of Substance
Substance Modeler. (Source: Adobe) At Adobe Max 2022, Adobe came through on its promise to advance Adobe Substance 3D, its portfolio of 3D content creation tools, by releasing a series of key new features along with a brand-new 3D sculpting tool: Substance 3D Modeler. Also, at Max 2022, Adobe left clues, pointers, and demos to new capabilities including full-3D … Read more
Tim Cook sniffs at metaverse; gives the nod to AR
Apple will see you now and the world around you
Tim Cook sniffs at metaverse; gives the nod to AR
The metaverse is hot stuff right now, and there are big companies and big bucks chasing the idea. Apple’s CEO Tim Cook is not one of them. During a recent tour through Europe, Tim Cook said in an interview with Dutch news outlet Bright, that he sees more immediate opportunity in AR. He expressed interest in the ability of AR … Read more
MovieLabs looks out to 2030
MovieLabs is a non-profit industry organization founded in 2006 by Disney, Paramount, Twentieth Century Fox, Sony Pictures, Universal, and Warner Bros. to do advanced research and development. The organization came together to prepare for the digital tidal wave coming their way as film-based moviemaking started to give way to digital workflows and distribution. At that time, the organization was concerned … Read more