Open AR Cloud is an open source organization to share and promote Augmented Reality development.

Open AR Cloud is an open source organization to share and promote Augmented Reality development.

This video explains what they are striving for. 

I think they are trying to organize small/medium developers to share ideas & data, so they can compete with larger powerhouses like Apple & Google.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0rMCUCeOLs

Open AR Cloud website: https://www.openarcloud.org/

Other Youtube videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI_a22gRQ28JjcjlmwwJ34A/videos

The organic look of Aurora interfaces & gradients is the latest trend in UI.

The organic look of Aurora interfaces & gradients is the latest trend in UI.

Michal Malewicz explains how the once popular forced minimalism has given way to fuzzier edges.

https://uxdesign.cc/aurora-ui-new-visual-trend-for-2021-c763a7daa7e2

If you have never seen it, Maxim Eremenko’s XcodeBenchmark repository has great benchmark stats for Apple product, but there is more.

If you have never seen it, Maxim Eremenko’s XcodeBenchmark repository has great benchmark stats for Apple product, but there is more.

His project has a large amount of popular Libraries, that can be compile, to give performance stats on your machine.

https://github.com/devMEremenko/XcodeBenchmark

An interesting article by Apple alumni Jean-Louis Gassée about why Apple has failures, but still succeeds.

An interesting article by Apple alumni Jean-Louis Gassée about why Apple has failures, but still succeeds.

Jean-Louis points out how Apple organization may be one of the difference compared to other tech giants.

https://mondaynote.com/apple-failure-modes-a5c9e1c9ffb0

Another free new gem from the folks at RayWenderlich: a lesson on Video with AVFoundation

Another free new gem from the folks at RayWenderlich: a lesson on Video with AVFoundation

“Learn how to import videos, create thumbnails from them, play live videos in SwiftUI, setup capture sessions to preview and capture still images, record movies files; and merge multiple video clips”.  

https://www.raywenderlich.com/21460315-video-with-avfoundation

An excellent explanation of history & possible future of Touch Screens in the Apple ecosystem.

An excellent explanation of history & possible future of Touch Screens in the Apple ecosystem. 

Apple Explains Youtube channel is worth exploring.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2aA70MrJiw

Sandbox VR, out-of-home VR experience, appears to be moving into the market that killed the VOID VR facilities.

Sandbox VR, out-of-home VR experience, appears to be moving into the market that killed the VOID VR facilities.

Sandbox VR also had financial issues, but plan to rebound, having announced new location.

Personal note: I attended two VR adventures at the VOID pre-COVID, but while I enjoyed them, I could not understand how they expected to make money, considering how few people they could process in an hour.  I am sorry I will never see some of their other adventures.

https://www.roadtovr.com/sandbox-vr-reopening-las-vegas/