Apple shows their pursuit of AR by buying Startup that makes displays for augmented reality glasses

Apple shows their pursuit of AR by buying Startup that makes displays for augmented reality glasses.

Akonia Holographics creates  “thin, transparent smart glass lenses" for wearable AR. Now why would Apple be interested in that?

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-tech/apple-buys-startup-focused-on-lenses-for-ar-glasses-idUSKCN1LE2VS

A new spin on AR, using some old tech (reflective mirror).

A new spin on AR, using some old tech (reflective mirror).

This Kickstarter is creating low end AR, with a much larger display surface than a small phone screen. 

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1539770337/spatial-multiplayer-ar-tabletop-gaming

Popular Science gives suggestions on how to manager your infinitely growing To Read list of URL bookmarks.

Popular Science gives suggestions on how to manager your infinitely growing To Read list of URL bookmarks.

Guilty, guilty, guilty! I am sure others beside myself need this advice.

https://www.popsci.com/catch-up-on-reading-list

Two short articles from Obj.io help developer work with iOS Storyboards

Two short articles from Obj.io help developer work with iOS Storyboards 

They recommend using a Config method to handle Storyboard Segues.

https://www.objc.io/blog/2018/05/22/type-safe-initialization-using-storyboards/

Part 2: https://www.objc.io/blog/2018/05/29/type-safe-initialization-using-storyboards-2/

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Swift by Sundell article on how to use Launch Argument in Swift

Swift by Sundell article on how to use Launch Argument in Swift

Long used in command lines, John explains how to use them to debug and test an iOS app.

https://www.swiftbysundell.com/posts/launch-arguments-in-swift

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Grocery store Kroger & tech startup Nuro have started driverless delivery service in AZ.

Grocery store Kroger & tech startup Nuro have started driverless delivery service in AZ.

For $5.95 for order, an autonomous vehicles provides same-day or next-day delivery in Scottsdale, Arizona.

https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/16/17693760/nuro-kroger-self-driving-delivery-scottsdale-arizona

Background story: https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/28/17509856/kroger-nuro-self-driving-car-delivery-partnership

The VR/AR Association, a great source for events, articles and resources for Virtual Reality developers

The VR/AR Association, a great source for events, articles and resources for Virtual Reality developers.

The online courses alone are worth the membership. I wish I could attend their summit in Sept in Vancouver.

http://www.thevrara.com

Oracle Games hybrid AR/Board game is coming soon.

Oracle Games hybrid AR/Board game is coming soon.

Check out the video!

http://www.thevrara.com/blog2/2018/8/20/oracles-game-changing-the-board-games-landscape-with-its-tech-infused-hybrid-ar-board-game-vuforia-augmentedreality-arkit-arcore

Their website: https://www.oraclesgame.com

The Video: https://youtu.be/RBnCdxbRyRw

AppDeveloper magazine analysis the Liftoff report on App market

AppDeveloper magazine analysis the Liftoff report on App market

Among other facts, woman spend considerably more than men on in-app purchases, iOS still rules, but Android is catching up, and more interesting facts.

https://appdevelopermagazine.com/mobile-game-spending-is-dominated-by-women-says-liftoff/

Rumors regarding tool to play Windows Steam Games on Linux

Rumors regarding tool to play Windows Steam Games on Linux

A user found code within Steam's GUI files that suggests Valve working on Steam Play app to run Windows Games. Could this work on a Mac?

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/valve-steam-games-windows-linux,37619.html

Apple, under pressure from China, is removing many Apps, including Gambling ones.

Apple, under pressure from China, is removing many Apps, including Gambling ones. Not just gambling apps, the number dropped is impressive, and a bit worrisome. The reasons do not make sense.

https://www.macrumors.com/2018/08/19/apple-confirms-removing-gambling-apps/

Additional background https://www.macrumors.com/2018/08/09/apps-caught-up-in-app-store-ban-gambling-apps/

Long time Apple wiz Scott Knaster past posting about the 1st Apple ][ ad.

Long time Apple wiz Scott Knaster past posting about the 1st Apple ][ ad.

Scott talks about the genesis of Apple style in these images from long ago.

http://scottknaster.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-first-apple-ii-ad.html

Oculus Connect is their 5th annual VR developer gathering in San Jose, CA.

Oculus Connect is their 5th annual VR developer gathering in San Jose, CA.

A fairly inexpensive 2 day VR conference during September, OC appears to be filled with great tech information.

https://www.oculusconnect.com

For web languages, Python is ascending, while Java is falling.

For web languages, Python is ascending, while Java is falling.

Jaxenter discusses the Tiobe Index of programming language. Java is still #1, but Python is everywhere.

https://jaxenter.com/will-python-dethrone-java-147499.html

Twitters changes new API and essential kill 3rd Party Twitter clients.

Twitters changes new API and essential kill 3rd Party Twitter clients.

Missing features, unresponsive performance and extremely high fees combine to force users to use only official client.

https://www.macrumors.com/2018/08/16/twitter-api-changes-go-live/

Apple is being investigate in Japan for Anti-trust related to Yahoo’s Game Plus.

Apple is being investigate in Japan for Anti-trust related to Yahoo’s Game Plus.

Did Apple force Yahoo to stop promoting the game system? And would that be an unfair trade practice?

https://seekingalpha.com/news/3383219-nar-apple-faces-japan-antitrust-regulators-yahoo-game-platform

Vikram Joshi of pulsd lists 7 arguments for designing website backends & frontends separately.

Vikram Joshi of pulsd lists 7 arguments for designing website backends & frontends separately.

As a mobile developer, I will add an 8th: Much easier to interface Mobile apps with the backend!

Ps. Yes, I am back from Europe vacation!

https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2018/07/19/seven-reasons-why-a-websites-front-end-and-back-end-should-be-kept-separate

Special Announcement: Vacation hiatus

Special Announcement: It has been exactly a year, and I am taking a 12-day hiatus from my daily blogs to go on Vacation!  It has been an enjoyable year, posting about things that excite me (Swift, iOS, VR/AR, software & tech in general), and I hope people have found my interests useful.  See you when the family & I return from Norway!

Recode Decode interview for an upcoming documentary retrospect on General Magic and it's failure in the 1990s.

Recode Decode interview for an upcoming documentary retrospect on General Magic and it's failure in the 1990s.

General Magic was a pioneering platform for PDA & Smartphones, that could be said was ahead of its time.

https://www.recode.net/2018/7/30/17628766/general-magic-smartphone-apple-iphone-documentary-sarah-kerruish-matt-maude-kara-swisher-podcast

Demonstrated at WWDC, new OS will have tools to deal with iPhone Addiction.

Demonstrated at WWDC, new OS will have tools to deal with iPhone Addiction.

How many tech industries have to deal with their product being too popular?

http://money.cnn.com/2018/06/25/technology/iphone-screen-time-test/index.html