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Collaborating around the Campfire with augmented reality

One of the first companies to help develop AR was Qualcomm. In 2008, Jay Wright initiated and led a Qualcomm team to create an SDK of AR tools, libraries, and demos. The group’s work got a positive reception demonstrating pent-up demand and interest in AR. They were developing the first tools that became Qualcomm’s Vuforia organization. In Oct 2015, Qualcomm ...

Jon Peddie

One of the first companies to help develop AR was Qualcomm. In 2008, Jay Wright initiated and led a Qualcomm team to create an SDK of AR tools, libraries, and demos. The group’s work got a positive reception demonstrating pent-up demand and interest in AR. They were developing the first tools that became Qualcomm’s Vuforia organization. In Oct 2015, Qualcomm sold Vuforia to PTC in a cost-cutting move, and Wright went with it. Today Vuforia is extremely popular with over 1,000,000 registered developers and tens of thousands of published applications. Wright moved on. There are at least 12 popular AR SDKs.
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