Augmented reality (AR) is making itself right at home in the home furnishing retail space. IKEA, the Swedish home goods giant, has officially launched its new AR app, IKEA Place, to help customers virtually try before they buy. With the app, customers can visualize how...
Last year, the whole world had Pokémon Go fever – and a look at a whole new reality via their smartphone. Can Apple’s ARKit turn augmented tech into more than just a fun fad? To find out, in latest PYMNTS.com Developer Tracker™, powered by Vantiv,...
Whether it’s AR or acquisitions, software development companies are constantly looking for the edge that can help separate their business from the competition. The latest PYMNTS.com Developer Tracker™, powered by Vantiv, takes a look at companies around the space using AR software to help expand...
ObEN, which uses artificial intelligence-powered tools to create avatars that look and sound like real people, announced it has raised $5 million in strategic investment from Tencent so that it can enter the AI celebrity scene. According to Tech Crunch, Li Ruigang, chairman of CMC...
June 06, 2017
All eyes were on San Jose yesterday (Monday, June 5) as Apple kicked off its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC 2017) and gave the world its first preview of its 2017 roadmap, its Amazon Echo killer, the HomePod, and its Venmo killer, P2P payments via iMessage. Based on what we saw, both Amazon and Venmo can […]
September 18, 2017
Apple’s new Face ID and augmented reality, ARKit, have unlocked possibilities for both the good guys and the bad guys. The tech giant has now modified its App Review Guidelines accordingly. Hacking with Swift outlined the major changes. Apps that use Face ID for authentication are now required to use LocalAuthentication and not ARKit or […]
September 13, 2017
Augmented reality (AR) is making itself right at home in the home furnishing retail space. IKEA, the Swedish home goods giant, has officially launched its new AR app, IKEA Place,...
July 19, 2017
ObEN, which uses artificial intelligence-powered tools to create avatars that look and sound like real people, announced it has raised $5 million in strategic investment from Tencent so that it...
