CastAR’s Vision of Augmented Reality Is Fun for the Whole Family

CastAR ’s projected augmented reality spec have come a tenacious mode . Back in May 2013 , the headset was little morethan a hacked together ideaby ex - Valve engineer , formed under the new fellowship Technical Illusions . Then that idea grew with a hugely successfulKickstarter cause , and now the company has ship its first developer headsets .

To celebrate the hardware milepost , castARput together a picayune videoto get developer , angel , and any AR curious , excited about what ’s coming . But castAR works a fiddling differently than other face - hugging headset and goggles out there . The eyeglasses need a acoustic projection screen door and use two teeny 720p projectors mounted on top of the glass to send out the simulacrum . Mounted LEDs then track head bowel movement , so the experience is n’t a motion sickness incubus . CastAR also be after to make a practical reality attachment that would twist the chicken feed into a more distinctive VR experience .

mouth withRoad to VR , Jeri Ellsworth and Rick Johnson , the rag team behind castAR , name that they melt into a few computer hardware yield along the mode but they ’ve now finish ship dev models that move beyond the prototype . The squad has also integrated castAR ’s SDK into Unity , a popular game railway locomotive , and is now looking to let in Unreal Engine 4 in the time to come .

So like almost every VR headset out there , castAR ’s first ideas involve gaming , but the above video shows how it can also be a part of the work office and even an at - home productiveness puppet . The picture does have a little aspiring thought included . One angel saysthe dad with the virtual desktop and the girl using the paper airplane flight of steps simulator are somewhat true to life , but the gaming and computer architecture examples , while possible , see a bit good than they would in realism .

The projection - base technology could also be a setback , confine exactly where all the AR action chance , but the contemplative lustrelessness are just corporeal , so you may wrap up and take with you wherever you go . Hackadayhas a great hands - on look at the newer headsets , taking a deep diva into the ironware and explaining some of the technical school ’s strengths and helplessness .

With more and more developer unit seeding out into the wild , the castAR squad expanding , and the startup already planning the next hardware version , it seem like this quirky AR headset could become another Kickstarter success story . [ Engadget ]

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