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The Holocube: NYU’s Dibner Library has launched a virtual-reality sandbox room called “The Holocube,” which currently houses the HTC Vive Virtual Reality system with a large variety of educational and recreational games to be played on it.
Reservations for the Holocube Room will become available on LibCal starting on October 2nd, 2018.
Vuforia: an Augmented Reality Software Development Kit, Vuforia offers a variety of tools for you to build Android, iOS, and UWP applications for mobile devices and digital eyewear. Includes target technology that recognizes a variety of shapes and objects for improving the experience of augmented reality. Vuforia Engine can also be added to apps using leading software development tools. 30 days free trial.
ARIS: an open-source platform for developing (and playing) mobile games, tours, data collection activities, and interactive stories by way of GPS and QR Codes. Using a mobile device, players are able to “experience a hybrid world of virtual interactive characters, items, and media placed in physical space,” as well as engage in social interaction around individual collections. Instruction manuals available here. FREE.
Google Cardboard: Simple Virtual Reality headsets to be attached to a mobile phone for experiencing VR media. Simply attach the cardboard to your phone and play the media while using the viewer. Paid. (Build your own Cardboard viewer for free by following these instructions.)
Blippar: A simple drag and drop editing environment for creating augmented reality experiences. Pay for views upfront, or publish an experience right away for up to 100 free views. Free/Paid