The Media Tribe channel is live!

A new Hoverlay channel is live in Winchester!

https//hoverlay.io/themediatribe

The spaces include:  Base https://hoverlay.io/space/ceh0 which is an image of a painting. Look upwards a bit.

In the Library the Reference room magazine area is in this portal:  https://hoverlay.io/space/k73

Look for the Feather in a third space.  https://hoverlay.io/space/450. Try moving, rotating, and resizing it.

Apple ends production of Vision Pro VR headset

 https://www.techspot.com/news/106170-apple-may-have-ended-production-vision-pro-headset.html

From the article:

Facepalm: Apple is believed to have ended production of its Vision Pro headset amid weak demand from customers. The news comes months after a report claimed that the company would wind down manufacture of the much-hyped mixed-reality headset by the end of October.

Apple is said to have scaled back production of the Vision Pro last summer after building up a large inventory that it believed would last through the year. Now that production has ended, the company reportedly has enough units in stock to meet demand for the device's remaining lifespan through 2025.

According to an earlier report by The Information, most Vision Pro suppliers produced enough components by October for 500,000 to 600,000 headsets. However, some of them apparently stopped manufacturing components as early as May 2024 based on Apple's weak sales forecasts.

Luxshare, the Chinese contract manufacturer producing the Vision Pro, was reportedly told by Apple in November that it will need to wind down production by the end of this year. Toward the end of its production run, Luxshare was believed to have been making around 1,000 units per day, about half of its peak production rate.

Henry Moore sculptures at MFA

Near the end of the Henry Moore / Georgia O'Keefe display at MFA.

Try these links for a 3d object preview (you can spin it, look closer, etc):

Oval with points: https://poly.cam/capture/7ec6fb25-c4ee-4c52-8d3b-bf34e5b58446

Reclining: https://poly.cam/capture/e2efedf3-47a5-4940-8191-5ee4eee7d0b2

360 view in sculpture part at the end of Shore Road

Added a 360 image to the Google Maps for the

Winchester Riverwalk Sculpture Park,  Winchester, MA 01890

location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/YMGspNpZxQMWGNQX6

360 image: https://maps.app.goo.gl/sDdSQtNvZVxt8yKJ9

The Embrace

 https://hoverlay.io/space/oxjk shows a 3d scan of "The Embrace", a sculpture on Boston Common near Park Street station on the MBTA.

Below is a screen capture of the same 3d object, on my dining room table, as I walk around it to see it from different points of view.  This is using the AR feature of poly.com software, where 3d objects can be "placed" into the surrounding environment.  

Chinese made AR glasses released at CES

 https://interestingengineering.com/ces-2025/xreal-world-first-cinematic-experience-ar-glasses

Chinese made AR glasses released at CES.

The cost to create AR: many ways

Hoverlay has a great intro level that is rather generous with space and support, although sequences and other advanced features are only available on paid levels.   The pricing starts at https://www.hoverlay.com/pricing/ $275/month, or x12 per year.

UniteAR https://app.unitear.com/pricing has a "commercial views per year" pricing model 

InGlobe https://www.inglobetechnologies.com/ar-media/pricing/ is rather limited - 10 uploads per year? 

And Meta has just killed its 3rd party access to their AR tools so only internally created AR can be used after January 14th, 2025.  See https://blog.wart.win/2025/01/meta-closing-door-on-3rd-party-creators.html 

Other options include 

https://effecthouse.tiktok.com/ and https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/16/23963772/tiktok-effect-house-filters-mobile-app-creator (free?)

SnapChat https://ar.snap.com/lens-studio (free?)

Also:  WebAR https://web-ar.studio/en/products/webar/  https://web-ar.studio/en/pricing/