Up Close with Lenovo’s AR Phone – Weekly Mashup 138

Up Close and Hands-On With Lenovo’s Augmented Reality Tango Phone

TechCrunch

"The big new thing? Really, really awesome augmented reality capabilities, all based on the phone’s ability to recognize what’s around it. Think video games that come to life in your living room, bouncing around on your furniture and hiding behind your walls." Read More

Snapchat Quietly Acquires Computer Vision Startup Seene: 3D Selfies Coming Soon
Tech Times

"According to recent reports, Snapchat has acquired computer vision startup Seene, a company that specializes in the making and application of 3D content on an internet-scale. Seene's technology enables users to only use their smartphone's cameras, be it the front or rear-end, to capture their faces and render those in 3D on their mobile devices. The app can also be used to recreate 3D geometry of objects in the real world which can be used for various purposes in digital technology, and even virtual reality (VR)." Read More

Virtual Reality Actually Feels Real When It Uses Physics

Technology Review

"Virtual reality can be impressively immersive and realistic, but it’s still unusual to have experiences where you really, truly feel like you’re interacting with digital imagery—to the point where you have a ghostly sense of touching or poking something that, logically, you know isn’t there, though all the visuals point to the contrary." Read More

Virtual Reality Video Shows What It’s Like To Be Autistic

Newsweek

"What should be unnoticeable occurrences in most people’s daily lives can be a struggle for those who live with autism. On Thursday, the National Autistic Society (NAS) in the U.K. released a short virtual reality film that allows the nonautistic to experience these episodes of sensory overload." Read More