Newsletter – Artificial Reality
The complexity of emerging technologies made simple and understandable. - Artificial Reality In the new edition of the Newsletter "Future. We and Web 3.0" we guide you in an overview of the…
A selection of the most important and useful research to understand the value and perspectives of augmented, virtual and metaverse reality.
Newsletter – AI is “OUT”! But not out of its mind
The complexity of emerging technologies made simple and understandable. - AI is “OUT”! But not out of its mind. ChatGPT creates hardware with Apple’s ex-Chief Designer, Google launches 100 AI innovations and…
Open Interpreter AI Agent and its “01 Light” device
What happens when Artificial Intelligence is able to answer our questions? It will probably no longer be necessary to have a computer understood as a laptop with a keyboard and a screen...…
Google Maps – Historical landmarks in Paris with Augmented Reality
What will the world be like seen through Augmented Reality? This concrete example from Google Maps gives us an idea of how AR can actually bring information and fun to learn more…
Apple – A Guided Tour of Apple Vision Pro
While waiting for Apple Vision Pro, Apple's mixed reality viewer, to arrive in Italy, it may be interesting to understand how it actually works!
Varjo Teleport
Varjo Teleport is a revolutionary new technology that opens up interesting possibilities for creating immersive experiences. Any real space is made usable in Virtual Reality, just by using an iPhone to scan…
Meta x Ray-Ban smart glasses
The smart glasses born from the collaboration between Meta and Ray-Ban can connect the AI assistant with the integrated camera, which can thus analyze what you are looking at and provide useful…
STEP – Virtual reality as an extension of our experiences as people and professionals
The recording of the meeting "Virtual reality as an extension of our experiences as people and professionals", with Lorenzo Montagna (founder of Seconda-Stella, President in Italy of VR AR Association, author of…
Step – Augmented Reality: what it is and why it will be relevant for us as people and professionals
On December 5th, the first of three events on the topics of immersive technologies and "spatial computing" was organized by STEP together with the VR AR Association Italia. The topic of Augmented Reality…
Sky TG24 – Lorenzo Montagna: Metaverse and Artificial Intelligence
Lorenzo Montagna was interviewed for SKY TG24 during the PROGRESS column, the space dedicated to emerging technologies, on the topics of the Metaverse (and its evolution) and Artificial Intelligence (and the risks…
Bricoday Digital Village 2023 – “Metaverse. We and web 3.0” book presentation and interview
Lorenzo Montagna was interviewed by Alessandra Fraschini for the Bricoday Digital Village 2023, the conference dedicated to the phygital channel, the processes of digital evolution and the new frontiers of integration that…
A virtual or real revolution? – Artificial Intelligence and Work
A virtual or real revolution? This is the topic discussed by Lorenzo Montagna at the Waiting for the Festival of the Future event in Brescia, which with the theme "Artificial Intelligence and work:…
A step into the future with Apple Vision Pro: Metaverse redefined
During the WWDC23 (Worldwide Developers Conference) Apple presented the long-awaited AR - Augmented Reality - "Vision Pro" viewer. Although it is defined by Tim Cook as an AR viewer, in truth it…
OBE | Brand Spritz 3 – A future made up of avatars is serious business for kids (and also for brands)
The third episode of "Brand Spritz" is online, this time the guest is Matteo Camarda, university student and explorer of Metaverses. Matteo recently collaborated in the editing of the book "Metaverse. Noi…
OBE | Brand Spritz 2 – Metaverses: what they are, how they work and why they can also be deserted
The second episode of "Brand Spritz" is online. It's a format created by OBE Academy and curated by Alessio Garbin (Digital Marketing Coordinator of Barilla, IULM teacher and Board Member of OBE…
OBE | Brand Spritz 1 – How companies and brands can use Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality
"Brand Spritz - Sparkling technology for innovative brands" is the new editorial project created by OBE Academy and curated by Alessio Garbin, Digital Marketing Coordinator of Barilla, IULM teacher and Board Member…
Audi and the “augmented” car
Often when we talk about Metaverse, Augmented Reality (AR) is considered an "inferior" technology to Virtual Reality (VR), a poor one from an experiential point of view and from a real/digital or…
BMW and the Virtual Driving
“This is not a simulation” says this video. In fact, the car is real, driven by a real driver, on a real circuit. So what's so strange? The pilot sees and drives…
What is Microsoft’s Metaverse?
What is Microsoft's Metaverse? "The metaverse is here, and in our increasingly digital world, we continue to focus on bringing humanity to every digital interaction. That’s why we announced Mesh for Microsoft…
The Meta approach to meetings in Virtual Reality
This is the Meta approach to new video formats in Virtual Reality (VR). If you have an Oclulus Quest 2 it’s a must have experience to understand how different is a meeting…
We Met in Virtual Reality – A documentary
The artist Joe Hunting with this film "We Met in Virtual Reality" entered in one of the most famous metaverse: " vrchat" to investigate on social aspects of belonging, participation and support…
Varjo – from Chroma-key to real time mixed reality – reprogramming reality, in real time.
Instant visualization blending synthetic and analogically content at human eye resolution , interacting with content, context, colleagues . Mixing real and virtual content into a seamless experience is one of the key…
RaiNews24 – Interview with Lorenzo Montagna, author of “Virtual reality and augmented reality”
The video stream of the interview with Lorenzo Montagna aired on RaiNews24 is available online. You can watch it here: RaiNews24 > Lorenzo Montagna, author of "Virtual reality and augmented reality" Lorenzo…
CNN Virtual Reality
CNN and Virtual Reality: CNN takes you INSIDE the news putting yourself at the center of the experience. This is the beginning of "Immersive journalism". Here is the promo video
A Sci-Fi Short Film HD: “Sight” – by Sight Systems
Sight, a brilliant and disturbing short sci-fi film by Eran May-raz and Daniel Lazo, imagines a world in which Google Glass-inspired apps are everywhere. This is their graduation project from Bezaleal academy…