The MagiMask Is Where Augmented Reality Is Heading — and It’s Impressive
Back in the 90s, it felt like full-on virtual reality, with images so lifelike you could reach out and touch them, were just a few short years away. However, technology doesn’t always follow a straight line. As it turns out, the development of cutting edge experiences as well as a practical application for all that work has kept VR and also augmented reality projects a niche area for years.
Strangely enough, between games like Pokemon Go and retailers like Amazon and IKEA integrating it into the shopping experience, it’s actually been AR in recent years that’s starting to take off.
However, MagiMask is already ahead of the game — and this could help bring a few more converts on board the AR train with its next-step-forward into the augmented future.
Powered by your smartphone, the MagiMask unit slides over your eyes to create a fully immersive AR experience in crystal-clear high definition. WIRED trumpeted the MagiMask as “augmented reality on smartphones like you’ve never seen it before.” That’s entirely true — because the MagiMask actually employs a lens technology that’s entirely brand new.
Old headset technology was done using a split-screen stereotopic format that essentially created a separate image for each eye. But the MagiMask has refined that approach, creating a full screen, high definition first-of-its-kind AR image that’s actually four times clearer than stereotopic sets.
While it’s obviously best enjoyed viewing AR and VR videos on apps like Sketchfab, Augment, Kubity, IKEA, Alone, Holo and more, the enveloping nature of the screen also makes it a perfect way to just veg out and watch a movie, TV show or video on Netflix, YouTube or anywhere else.
As included here are the MagiTools, a three-piece collection featuring the MagiTile, MagiDice and MagiKard. When positioned in front of your MagiMask vision, your virtual image locks on to that physical world tool, creating a more fluid, more realistic way to examine a virtual construct in more detail than ever before.
After its initial , you can now get the MagiMask headset and the complete MagiTools assortment for .
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