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The first AR escape room in the Netherlands is here – and it’s ours!
Escape rooms are big business, Augmented Reality escape rooms are even bigger! And we got loads of cool AR escape room news for you! Are you ready to enter this post about the magnificent world of escaping reality? You can almost enter the first AR escape room in the Netherlands! Yes yes yes! Finally! We’ve […]

8 examples of AR & VR in modern pop culture
When you’ve worked in the Virtual and Augmented Reality world for a while, you start to notice things. You start to notice that AR and VR are secretly hidden in all kinds of pop culture. From music videos to movies and from children’s books to TV series. Examples that haven’t been that obvious in the […]

Volumetric video capture is coming to the Netherlands
Eindhoven will be the first in the Netherlands with a volumetric video capture studio. With this studio you’re able to record 3D video to use in AR and VR applications. Instead of looking at a flat recording of a person, you’ll be able to walk towards them and around them, making content interactive and personal. […]

Our multiplayer AR game: AR Sea Wars
We like to challenge our interns a bit. And lucky for us, they like a challenge. We’ve been playing around with Apple ARKit and Google ARCore since the announcement and have some great apps using these techniques releasing soon. Our interns Jeffrey and Bodhi were excited to work on it as well and because they’re […]

Recap: A great Augmented 2017!
2017 has ended which means it’s time for a recap! Last year has been an exciting one for us! Very many cool projects, eventful happenings and wonderful people we’ve met during this year. To start the new year we would like to take you on a short time machine trip to many Dutch Rose Media […]

Apple ARKit and Google ARCore, what’s best for me?
This summer Apple and Google both created a lot of headlines for Augmented Reality. Apple with ARKit and Google with ARCore finally brought AR to the masses. But with so much news and examples for this, what technique should you choose when building an Augmented Reality app? The difficult part of it simplified Without getting […]

Where to find augmented reality at the Dutch Design Week 2017
Yes, it’s that time of the year again: the Dutch Design Week! Every October Eindhoven becomes the international place to be for designers, engineers and tech enthusiasts. This year you can discover the coolest designs, installations and art from 21 to 29 October, with the special theme STRETCH. The past years we’ve had our own […]

Augmented Reality en marketing zijn een gouden combinatie
Er gebeurt momenteel zo ontzettend veel op Augmented & Virtual Reality gebied dat het soms nog lastig bijhouden is. Wij willen iedereen daar een beetje mee helpen door gethematiseerde workshops aan te bieden waarin we de nieuwste ontwikkelingen op het gebied van AR & VR graag delen. Twee weken geleden vond onze eerste workshop rondom (online) marketing […]

Hello, future! AR on the new iPhones
You might have seen the latest Apple Event on september 12th or you would have at least heard of it. They announced a new generation of Apple Watches, a new generation of Apple TV and most importantly, a new set of iPhones optimized for Augmented Reality. Needless to say, we were thrilled. Not two, but […]

Get some fresh air with Augmented Reality outdoor apps
At Dutch Rose Media we are always on the lookout for cool innovations. A trend we are seeing in the Augmented Reality world right now is the shift to outdoor AR. Taking AR with you at all times; on the streets and in all kind of public spaces. It all started with gaming, but it’s shifting […]

First look at Facebook AR Studio and Apple ARKit
At the office, we all got a bit envious when only our graphic designer Casper was granted access to the notorious Facebook AR Studio. It’s a closed beta version, so only a few hundreds people worldwide are allowed to use the developer version of Facebook’s newest AR addition and our Casper is one of them! […]

Top 50 best AR blogs… And we’re in it!
So great, great news! This week we received an e-mail by Feedspot that our blog was selected for the top 50 Best Augmented Reality Blogs and Websites on the Web. Wow! Conquering the world step by step! Out of the top 50, we’ve received the 47th place. But hey, with names like Reddit and Google […]

The Future of AR is Now: #4 Magic Leap
‘The Future of AR is now’ is a series of blog posts in which four big companies that are developing AR wearables and technologies are aligned in a comparative research. This is the fourth and final post, make sure to read the posts about the Hololens, Meta and Project Tango as well. Promises, promises It all started […]

Augmented Reality: Een Nieuwe Kijk Op Onderwijs
(zSpace: een combinatie van Augmented en Virtual Reality om 3D objecten te tonen in het klaslokaal. Afbeelding van zSpace) Eerlijk is eerlijk: onderwijsland zegt vaak innovatief te zijn, maar dat wil nog wel eens tegenvallen. Docenten die zelf nog worstelen met het smart bord, studieboeken die al jaren dezelfde informatie verschaffen of bijna-gepensioneerde docenten die […]

Visiting Khora: The World’s First VR Store
Two weeks ago I (Fleur) went on a short citytrip to Copenhagen. For the people whom have never been there: you should definitely visit this modern and carefree city! While searching for a nice place to eat at The Meatpacking District, we stumbled upon Khora. The name and appearance of this location made me think: I’ve seen this before. […]