Parece ser que Alibaba está diversificando su inversión en realidad aumentada, a parte de haber invertido 793 millones de dolares en Magic Leap ahora también está financiado la empresa InfinityAR con 18 millones.
¿Quiere eso decir que Magic Leap se va a retrasar y esta apuesta es por un producto que saldrá antes o mucho más económico? El tiempo lo dirá.
www.businesswire.com/news/home/20161129005796/en/InfinityAR-Raises-18M-Led-Strategic-Partner-Alibaba
Viendo sus vídeos no tengo muy claro lo que son, ya que no muestran un prototipo actual de hardware y parece que son más una empresa de software que otra cosa.
If you have been blown away by using the HoloLens or watching the teaser videos Magic Leap has released, you know these are impressive pieces of machinery. There is one major difference between what HoloLens or Magic Leap have shown and what InfinityAR is offering—InfinityAR has an entirely software-based engine.
El vídeo es una fantasmada total:
InfinityAR has pioneered its solution for augmented reality headsets by using standard, off the shelf, mobile cameras and IMU to efficiently map the environment while also enabling Inside-Out Marker-less Orientation and Positional Tracking (SLAM) for the augmented reality world. This combination makes InfinityAR’s engine the perfect solution for enabling all glasses with the ability to understand their surroundings. InfinityAR’s engine enables vendors of AR headsets to reduce their cost, reduce motion to photon latency, and reduce power consumption, by way of using the inside-out SLAM approach.
About InfinityAR:
InfinityAR’s vision is about creating a new digital environment that will allow people to naturally interact with augmented content in their physical surroundings. InfinityAR’s augmented reality development engine enables accurate 3D digital scene representation of one’s current physical environment, using basic, affordable hardware. It is designed to turn any device into a powerful content augmentation platform, so developers can quickly and easily introduce applications with rich AR experiences to market. InfinityAR is a private Nevada company.
Y este, salvando las distancias, recuerda a la de Magic Leap:
