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24 alternatives to Practical Augmented Reality

The Applications, and Human Factors for AR and VR

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Practical Augmented Reality launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Analyse Asia 100: The Dawn of Augmented & Virtual Reality with Ben Bajarin▲57
Augmented & Virtual Reality (AR/VR) & Upcoming Apple Event
2016 · its alternatives →
2
Metaverse▲197
Democratized augmented reality platform: AR for everyone!
2016 · its alternatives →
3
Going Deep 175 - Robert Scoble on AR & VR▲82
Tech blogger talks Apple, AR/VR and HoloLens.
2017 · its alternatives →
4
Carloudy▲84
Augmented Reality HUD. Drive safer, smarter.
2016 · its alternatives →
5
Gyroscope v3.5▲186
New Augmented Reality view of your life!
2019 · its alternatives →
6
Shazam Codes▲125
Augmented reality (AR) platform by Shazam
2017 · its alternatives →
7
Sketchfab VR trends▲96
A comprehensive overview on the state of VR
2017 · its alternatives →
8
WakingApp Realities▲126
Easy DIY AR / VR content creation platform
2016 · its alternatives →
9
Leap Motion Mobile Platform▲151
Hand tracking for untethered, battery-powered VR/AR devices
2016 · its alternatives →
10
Seene 2.0▲124
Share life in 3D
2014 · its alternatives →
11
display.land▲243
Capture and edit reality
2019 · its alternatives →
12
Retinad ▲110
Gaze tracking heatmaps and analytics for VR apps
2016 · its alternatives →
13
FOVE▲112
An eye tracking virtual reality headset (pre-launch)
2015 · its alternatives →
14
AR/VR at the i-lab: Education▲62
Beyond the classroom: How AR/VR are shaping education.
2016 · its alternatives →
15
Will VR make us better humans?▲105
An illustrated explainer, from Hardbound.
2016 · its alternatives →
16
The Impromptu #69 - Augmented Reality And Policy▲60
Will we need government oversight for AR in the future?
2017 · its alternatives →
17
Learning Virtual Reality▲95
Developing immersive experiences and applications
2015 · its alternatives →
18MA
Making AR experiences is still painful – had to make my own editor▲161
Hey HN! My co-founder and I have spent over a decade building mixed reality projects and have been growing more and more frustrated with the process. From the number of tools needed, to client sign-off, to the complex esoteric tech stacks. And especially how slow the iteration loop is when dealing with interactivity and UX. Two years ago we decided to stop whining and fix the fundamental issues. Ordinary Objects [0] was built with our core needs for AR prototyping: a very tight iteration loop between editor and real device, real-time interactivity while editing and clear and concise flow…
2025 · ordinary.space · its alternatives →
19
ResearchVR 010 - User Interface and Interaction▲57
We tackle new field of 3D User Interfaces and Interaction
2016 · its alternatives →
20
Real Virtual Show Ep. 33: 3D Human-Computer Interaction for VR/AR w/ Raj Rao of @uSensinc▲60
Where real people talk about VR/AR #realvirtual
2016 · its alternatives →
21
WEbXR Experiments by Google▲100
A showcase of AR and VR experiments made for the web
2021 · its alternatives →
22
Augmented Reality for Developers▲4
Build practical augmented reality applications
2018 · its alternatives →
23
ResearchVR 15 - Behavioural Analysis in VR with Retinad▲55
discussing Behavioural Analysis, Neuroscience and VR
2016 · its alternatives →
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Augment▲92
Augmented reality as a sales tool
2015 · its alternatives →

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