![]() Ikin wants to incorporate other apps, but Android and especially iOS aren't currently all that friendly to meshing AR headsets and accessories with their OSes.īut Ikin absolutely envisions dual-screen ways that the holographic and flat phone screen you already have will interact. What apps would support this second screen, though? It sounds, much like most mobile accessories and add-ons, like a chicken-and-egg challenge. The resolution doesn't look impressive, but Ikin promises a resolution similar to what a phone can display, one that they claim looks much better than what the videos show off (admittedly, I've found, AR and VR captured in 2D videos usually don't end up looking very good).Ī second video shows how a phone's display could extend into the holographic second screen: a Breakout-like game has a ball shooting off the screen and into a floating wall of bricks. ![]() But Ikin says the 3D holographic images will recognize surfaces and be capable of occlusion (hiding behind real objects), much like AR 3D objects can already achieve on Android and on Apple's latest phones. It's hard to tell what's holographic here, versus just superimposed. ![]() One video I saw, which you can also see above, showed an insect hovering near a hand. Ikin didn't confirm whether it would be using anything similar to the only in-air feedback for gestures I've ever tried ( Ultraleap's ultrasonic haptics), or something else. The holographic images will be able to be controlled from some sort of finger control (or hand-tracking), with an ability to "feel" feedback. Ikin's tech looks to work with those and will use the ARCore and ARKit capabilities of phones to help project its images into the real world. I asked about the growing number of 3D scanning apps and Apple's new lidar-equipped iPhones. The 3D objects could be pulled from a phone's existing library of assets. The holographic display sounds like it floats, or creates the impression of floating. There have been promises for game-changing 3D tech before, though - need I remind anyone of the Red Hydrogen One? But Ikin's concept is definitely weirder. "The library and universe of content we're about to have in the next five years is going to make old 2D photos look so incredibly archaic," Scott says of the potential for the company's first product. Sony has a light field display for professionals that I haven't demoed. I've seen glasses-free displays before: Looking Glass Factory's displays look like glass boxes where glowing 3D objects and videos can hover, and be seen from a limited number of angles. The company's phone accessory will combine a display and lens and possibly its own co-processor, displaying glasses-free light field images that can even be seen in bright daylight, according to the company. Ikin's founder and CTO Taylor Scott and CEO Joe Ward answered some of my questions, at least. I'm wondering how this will actually feel in person, versus the "hologram in your hand" idea that's being presented. My feelings, seeing Ikin's concepts, are similar to when I was visiting Magic Leap for the first time.
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