AR is coming into the mainstream

AR is coming into the mainstream

AR (Augmented Reality) is a technology that layers computer-generated enhancements on the top of existing reality enhancing it with meaningful information and to making it interactive. AR is developed into apps and is used on mobile devices the way that the components enhance one another but can also be detected apart very easily.

 In 2010, founder and CEO of Augmented World Expo (AWE), Ori Inbar predicted that in ten years (2020) that everyone will be using AR to experience reality in a more meaningful way.  There is a ramp and a learning curve and the technology has to get a foothold, but once it does the applications advance and the product become standard. Today AR is in that moment,  Inbar stated in an interview with me in 2015 – it is still incubating and trying to hone in on the correct experience for the market but the monetization plan is close to being defined. Today, Inbar’s words are confirmed with others.  Digi-Capital just published an article stating that mobile AR will top a billion users and will be a $60 billion dollar industry by 2021.

AR is often confused with VR.

VR is a fully computer generated image and AR is just a layer on real reality. But there are more differences. Ori continued, that there is a use model difference, since VR is a closed screen, it is a download based product. All of the content is created and scripted for consumption such as films, games or documentary style information. AR on the other hand is a see-through overlay type of experience. The content is typically streamed to the unit in real time based on the situation and feedback from user.  This creates a dynamic content environment, and it is also much more familiar to the user.

There are two types of augmented reality.  The first is vision based AR. The real environment is scanned with a mobile device with your phone or tablet and it will augment something within that data. The second is location based AR. Traditional GPS give us just minimum information about a trip from point A to point B. AR application could enrich it for much more including distances and measurements.

AR extends our vision.  The AR glasses optimize production, when the technician who uses them see the safety warning or manual instruction. AR glasses optimize the performance for runners and cyclists giving them their performance metrics such as speed, distance, ascent/descent, cadence (steeps per minute) or heart rate. In healthcare, AR glasses allow the medical professional for precision of IV placement.

AR and VR worlds are diverse and competitive, but standards are coming in. 

 

Nvidia GTC 2017 – Deep Learning and AI

Nvidia GTC 2017 – Deep Learning and AI

Bright Blue Innovations coverage of the 2017 Nvidia GTC show included interviews and product announcements that were aired on Comcast, AT&T & Ustream by it video production partner Roadway.Media in June 2017 on our show Bright Blue Innovation.

Bright Blue Innovation host Lidia Paulinska visits the 2017 Nvidia Graphics Technology Conference also known at Nvidia GTC 2017. The conference has shifted from the consumer user in the gaming community as the main focus to enterprise, cloud, robotic and embedded applications. The program highlights key announcement from the keynote as well as application overviews from PNY. Liqid, HP, Inspur, IBM, VMware, Nvidia and E4G’s gaming industry editor Paul Phileo

The episode can be found at Roadway.Media as Bright Blue Innovation S2 Ep10

NAB 2017 – Media Enterprise Storage and Workflow

NAB 2017 – Media Enterprise Storage and Workflow

Bright Blue Innovations’ coverage of the 2017 NAB show included interviews and product announcements that were aired on Comcast, AT&T & Ustream by it video production partner Roadway.Media in June 2017 on Bright Blue Innovation.

Bright Blue Innovation and host Lidia Paulinksa continue their coverage of the 2017 NAB show from2017 NAB. This episode is focused on studio and enterprise side of storage and production issues related to both broadcast and streaming content creation and delivery. It features highlights from product offerings by Reidel, Black Box, Brainstorm, Vocal Booth, Countryman Associaties, Promise Technology, DellEMC, Quantum, Sony and Captioning solutions from Vitac.

The episode can be found at Roadway.Media as Bright Blue Innovation S2 Ep9

Live from MET – Der Rosenkavalier

Live from MET – Der Rosenkavalier

Fathom events, May – Richard Strauss’s (1864-1949) passionate and lush opera, Der Rosenkavalierwas presented live in High Definition cinema on Saturday, 13 May 2017 to hundreds of delighted audiences in movie theatres throughout the world.  It was a one-night-only performance broadcasted live from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City.  It’s world premiere was at the Konigliches Operahaus  in Dresden in 1911 where it was enthusiastically received. It has remained a favorite operatic staple ever since.

 

Although designed as a comic-social opera, Der Rosenkavalier operates at a more emotionally deeper level. The end of the Habsburg’s dynasty was right around the corner, and the bitter-sweet quality of that time reflected on the plot. Only a few years after its premiere of Der Rosenkavalier, the symbolic end of the Habsburg Monarchy was marked. In 1916, Emperor Franz Joseph, after a reign of sixty-eight years died and then two years later Europe experienced First World War, the conflict that defined the century. The society never looked quite the same and new nation states were established in the former Habsburg territories.

 

Strauss was enamored by the female voice and his opera is famed for the beautiful arias for the three female roles consisting of two sopranos and a mezzo-soprano: Marschallin, Octavian and Sophie. Marschallin, Princess von Werdenberg, who is having an affair with the young count Octavian, conscious of the difference in age between herself and her lover, muses over the passing time, growing old and men’s inconstancy. Renee Fleming, who sings one of her signature roles as the Marschallin, received the warmest applause from the audience. Her opposite Elina Garanca as Octavian made her first North-American performance as the impulsive young title character, who easily changed an object of his feelings from Marschallin to Sophie, the young daughter of a wealthy arms dealer.

 

The intrigue begins when Baron Ochs, the Marschallin’s country cousin, who is engaged to Sophie meets Octavian, who is disguised as a chambermaid to avoid discovery in the Marschallin’s bedroom, makes advances towards “her’. The Marschallin is appalled at the thought of the rude Ochs marrying an innocent girl. In the second act on behalf of Ochs, Octavian presents Sophie with a customary silver engagement rose and two of them instantly fall in love. Sophie, who has never met the Baron before, is shocked by her fiancé manners and refuses to marry him. Octavian determines to teach the Baron a lesson, setting up a rendezvous as the “chambermaid”.  In the final scene, Octavian takes off his disguise, Ochs admits defeat and leaves, Octavian and Sophie are united, as the Marschallin with dignity wonders how she lost her lover so suddenly.

 

The additional attraction of Fathom events are interviews with its cast, crew and production teams. The host during Der Rosenkavalier’s intermissions was Matthew Polenzani, who makes a small appearance here as Italian singer.

 

 

Set Designer, Paul Steinberg and Costume Designer Brigitte Reiffenstuel have brilliantly succeeded in creating stunning sets of time at the end of Habsburg empire led by the vibrant conducting of Maestro Sebastian Weigle.

 

Once again, Fathom Events in cooperation with the Metropolitan Opera, has offered appreciative audiences world-wide an incomparable opera experience for which we are all grateful.

 

SVVR 2017 – Interviews and Applications of VR in SJ

SVVR 2017 – Interviews and Applications of VR in SJ

Bright Blue Innovations’ coverage of the 2017 Silicon Valley VR Conference (SVVR 2017) Show included interviews and product announcements that were aired on Comcast, AT&T & Ustream by it video production partner Roadway.Media in May 2017 on Bright Blue Innovation.

Bright Blue Innovation and Host Lidia Paulinska, visit the 2017 Silicon Valley Virtual Reality Conference (SVVR2017). At the event she had a chance to talk to the co-founder of the event, several of the influential speakers and key technology exhibitors showing cameras, accessories and applications for the VR marketplace.

The episode can be found at Roadway.Media as Bright Blue Innovation S2 Ep7