Non-profit #AR org bringing people from around the world. They charge nothing for the booths here One reason it’s called the anti-CES.
Explicitly thinking about implications for contextual computing - next computing platform.
When Bill Gates wrote The Road Ahead He didn’t even put the word intent in there He had to add it later .
AR is harder than VR We haven’t totally figured it out in terms of enterprise and consumer
Should be a place where AR innovators can meet and connect.
All of these talks are online and free
This is the 4th annual ARIA.
There was a 5th that happened in 2017 - at Javits Center in New York City. If you are in New York and interested in AR. If ARIA is back - skip work and attend ARIA.
I remember architects would come to hashtag#IxDA looking to break into User Experience. Now, architects can leapfrog to the next generation of digital product design with their 3D and spatial output while maintaining a human-centered approach.
I used Amazon Alexa on the Focals, asked for a cafe nearby and requested directions. It’s kind of like a smartwatch on your face.
Tech: _ Optics: Laser _ 15 degree viewing area _ 300 x 300px _ Monocular
i/o _ Microphone _ Voice to Text with Amazon Alex _ Speaker _ No Camera
Experience: The Loop (the ring) - an input device like a joystick on a ring.
Customer service - impeccable. You get you face scanned.
”Hard to see in daylight The Ring input device is water resistant.
Mapping Service is Mapbox
Showed “lost internet connection” [Issues with mapping - does not provide a very accurate position of your location.]
Needed to create a different number to receive text notifications Text messages are not sent to the Focals, they are sent to North’s server and then North’s server sends a message to the Focals.
Can only order Uber X. I grew to having enjoy notifications. They feel like the future.”
You can check them out in Toronto and Brooklyn. The environment, customer service and even the response time from the Focals team on social media is really impressive. Learn more here https://www.bynorth.com/focals
Visit in BK here
NORTH COBBLE HILL
178 Court St | Brooklyn, NY 11201
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Facebook Spaces - social VR where you can video call your friend. Your friend can answer via Facebook Messenger so you can see a video of them, and they’ll view your auto-generated, customized, live avatar.
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Should you have have to walk across a map to access something in AR? Does AR have to start hidden? Does it have to be something you could find?
Does audio have to be defined by different locations?
Spatial Audio next to a whiteboard
AR does not have to be something is hidden to then be found. AR should be contextually visible and accessible, not something that is a challenge to access. In fact, AR should be the interface to all of the technological advancements that we could not otherwise see.
AR should not be hidden. AR should be interactive. In this case, the sound is spatial and therefore interactive, because you can turn away from the sounds (3 degrees of freedom of rotation), and walk away from the sound (three more degrees of freedom).
If the concept is music, sound or audio across space then make the audio spatial.
Here I took static cinema 4D animations that were intended to be linear, non-interactive Snap lenses, and I deployed it the magic leap.
While wearing the Magic Leap, I adjusted the radius of the spatial audio in Unity for the next build.
There were different beats or tunes and with these loops placed in different locations, you could walk around the music.
Play the video above with the sound on to hear the spatial audio.
Ironically in the application I built there was no way to reset the origin of the experience, and with Magic Leap’s persistence, even when I went to the center of the building’s floor plan to launch the music in the cafe, the spatial audio was half a block away.
2D Screenshots from Snapchat
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