When it comes to teaching complex and technical concepts, it can be challenging to ensure that everyone understands the material. Fortunately, Augmented Reality (AR) has emerged as a game-changing tool for technical training. At Augmented Island Studios, we partnered with AmeriTex, a Texas-based company that produces cement pipes and culverts, to create an AR application that visually explains the process of installing concrete pipes and the benefits of using them in construction projects.

Our Partnership with AmeriTex and TCPA

Our company worked closely with AmeriTex’s engineers to develop an AR experience that helps different types of stakeholders understand the benefits of using concrete pipes. The AR application uses real-time 3D AR animations to show how the pipes are installed, and it also features voiceovers that explain each step of the process. Additionally, numerical guides provide technical details to make the experience even more informative. The application was so successful that AmeriTex donated it to the Texas Concrete Pipe Association (TCPA) (insertar link en la palabra , where it continues to be used to educate people on the benefits of using concrete pipes.

     Benefits of Augmented Reality for Technical Training

AR has numerous benefits when it comes to technical training. With AR, users can visualize complex concepts in a way that is easy to understand. This is especially important for technical training, where the concepts can be challenging to comprehend. AR allows users to interact with the concepts, making them more memorable and engaging. Furthermore, AR can be used for remote training, enabling users to access training materials from anywhere in the world.

     Augmented Reality and New Engineers

AR is particularly useful for new engineers who are starting in the concrete pipe business. With AR, they can visualize the concepts they are learning and interact with them, making it easier to understand and remember. AR can also help them see how different components work together, giving them a better understanding of the overall system. This can be incredibly beneficial for new engineers who are trying to get up to speed quickly.

Download the TCPA Pipe Comparison App Today

The TCPA Pipe Comparison App is available for download on the Google Play Store and the Apple App Store.

Apple App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/tcpa-ar-pipe-comparison/id1522820294

Google Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.AIS.TCPA.PipeComparison&hl=en&gl=US&pli=1

Designed for mobile phones and tablets, the app is the brainchild of Kevin Thompson, CEO of AmeriTex Pipe and Products. The app is incredibly user-friendly and allows users to interact with the concepts they are learning. It is a must-have tool for anyone in the concrete pipe business and is an excellent example of how AR can transform the way we learn about complex concepts.

  Augmented reality is a powerful tool for technical training, and the TCPA Pipe Comparison App is a perfect example of how it can be used to educate people on the benefits of using concrete pipes. Whether you’re an experienced engineer or just starting in the industry, this app can help you visualize and understand the installation process of concrete pipes. Download the TCPA Pipe Comparison App today and experience the benefits of AR for yourself!

If you’re interested in leveraging the power of AR for your technical training needs, reach out to us to learn more about how we can create a customized AR experience that meets your specific requirements.

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At Augmented Island Studios, we are passionate about using immersive technologies like augmented reality and virtual reality to make the world a better place. We believe that augmented reality (AR) is a powerful tool for raising awareness about environmental issues and promoting solutions.

One of our recent AR experiences tells a story of hope in the face of environmental devastation. Large-scale solar panel fields can disrupt natural habitats and ecosystems, especially when they are built in areas with high biodiversity or sensitive species. They can also require a significant amount of land, which can result in the displacement of local communities and impact the availability of land for other uses, such as agriculture.

We built an augmented reality experience to show how solar fields can actually be a source of life and land improvement. The experience begins when the user scans a postcard with a beautiful honeycomb printed on it. Once they scan it, a barren solar panel field, hot and desolate with no signs of life appears. It’s a scene that’s all too familiar in our world today, as we grapple with the effects of climate change and environmental degradation.

But then, something remarkable happens. We prompt the user to plant digital seeds, and as they tap and the AR seeds are planted, the scene begins to change. Beautiful flowers and grasses grow, and bees and butterflies appear, populating the once-barren landscape with vibrant life.

The transformation is striking, and we are particularly proud of the beekeeper who appears in the experience :). As the plants grow and the bees begin to make honey, the beekeeper harvests the sweet nectar from the beehives. This feature helps us to teach people about the importance of buying products produced in sustainable photovoltaic fields, such as “solar honey” or goat milk products from goats that help manage vegetation, which in turns lowers the chance of a potential fire hazard, and support a more diverse range of plant and animal life. Not to mention, the economic benefits that come from local communities who can sell these products as a source of income.

 

We believe that stories like this are powerful motivators for change. By allowing people to see the effects of climate change and environmental degradation in a realistic way, AR can help to motivate people to take action. It can also be a tool for promoting solutions and inspiring hope.

We are excited to continue exploring the potential of AR in this field. We believe that there is a great deal of untapped potential in this technology, and we are eager to use our expertise in augmented and virtual reality to help make a positive impact on the world.

We hope this experience will encourage more people to consider the impact of their everyday choices on the environment. It’s the small decisions we make every day that can make a big difference in creating a sustainable future.

At Augmented Island Studios, we’re passionate about using technology to make a positive impact on the world. We believe that by creating immersive and interactive experiences like this one, we can help raise awareness about environmental issues and encourage more sustainable practices. If you’re interested in using augmented reality to create meaningful experiences for your customers, we’d love to chat with you about how we can help.

 

 

Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) are emerging technologies that are revolutionizing the way we interact with our environment. As environmental issues continue to threaten our planet, these immersive technologies have the potential to raise awareness and inspire action among individuals and communities worldwide.

At Augmented Island Studios, we have seen firsthand the power of AR and VR to promote environmental awareness. We have worked with Conservation International to build several augmented reality experiences, including one that highlighted the need for the reduction of an invasive species of fish in Hawaii called Ta‘ape. These experiences allowed users to interact with digital representations of this fish species and helped them understand the urgency in consuming the fish as part of the Hawaiian diet.

One of the main advantages of AR and VR is their ability to create realistic and interactive experiences that allow users to explore and interact with virtual environments. In the context of environmental awareness, this means that users can experience firsthand the impact of human activity on ecosystems and natural habitats.

For example, an AR experience can overlay digital information on top of a real-world environment to showcase the effects of deforestation on local wildlife. Users can explore the virtual environment and learn about the ecosystem’s biodiversity, while interacting with digital representations of endangered species. This type of immersive experience can help users understand complex environmental issues and inspire them to take action to protect our planet.

Similarly, a VR experience can transport users to remote or inaccessible environments, such as the deep ocean or the polar ice caps, and allow them to explore and interact with virtual representations of these ecosystems. This type of immersive experience can be particularly effective in inspiring users to support conservation efforts, as it allows them to experience firsthand the beauty and fragility of our planet.

AR and VR can also be used to simulate scenarios that illustrate the potential impacts of environmental policy decisions. For example, a VR simulation can show the effects of climate change on a city or region, helping policymakers and the public understand the importance of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Moreover, these technologies can be used to reach new audiences and engage them in environmental awareness. By leveraging AR and VR experiences, environmental organizations can provide interactive and engaging content that appeals to younger generations, who are more comfortable with technology and more likely to support environmental causes.

At Augmented Island Studios we have seen the power of AR and VR to promote environmental awareness, and we believe that these technologies have the potential to inspire action among individuals and communities worldwide. These technologies allow users to explore and interact with virtual representations of ecosystems and illustrate the potential impacts of environmental policy decisions. Moreover, they provide a powerful tool for environmental organizations to reach new audiences and engage them in the protection of our planet. As we face mounting environmental challenges, it is clear that AR and VR will play a critical role in shaping our understanding of the natural world and inspiring us to protect it for generations to come.

Augmented Reality is transforming the way that products are marketed, and our latest project is a prime example of how this technology can revolutionize the packaging of CPG products.

At our augmented reality studio, we recently developed a webAR augmented reality micro video game that can be launched directly from a product’s box. This immersive experience is designed to capture the attention of your audience, increase brand exposure, and lead to a high conversion rate for retail products. Furthermore, customers need the product box to play the AR micro video game, which incentivizes product purchase.

The benefits of this type of technology for CPG products are manifold. Firstly, it provides a fun and engaging experience that is sure to make a lasting impression on your audience. This experience can lead to increased brand recognition, customer loyalty, and ultimately, an increase in sales.

Secondly, this type of technology allows you to stand out from your competitors and demonstrate your company’s commitment to innovation. Augmented reality experiences can create a deeper connection with your customers that goes beyond traditional advertising, allowing you to engage with them in a unique and memorable way.

 

 

 

Every article I’ve read defining ‘what is AR/Augmented Reality,’ puts a fine point on the mobile app’s technology but ignores its incredible marketing and branding capabilities. It makes sense. Who isn’t curious about an application that manipulates user environments by overlaying augmented elements onto it? It’s amazing. However, as an entrepreneur, I’m also aware that AR is a new paradigm shifting playground for brand activation. So then, how can augmented reality help your company achieve digital marketing success? Here are some of the best reasons AR shines as a marketing tool.

Stand Out From the Crowd

The AR industry is in a unique moment. When eight of the ten tech giants position AR-ready phones as the next generation of mobile tech, AR’s capabilities advanced in the extreme. Yet user adoption is still in its infancy. This provides brands a golden opportunity to educate the consumer directly through wholly designed targeted experiences. Rather than shout through the noise of a facebook or Instagram feed, AR offers savvy, social media saturated consumers a novel approach to brand engagement. And there’s no time like the present, it seems. Marketing executives report that 53% of mid-sized companies have already initiated AR/VR pilot programs.

Stickier Impact

These days brands large and small are in a constant state of brand definition and reinvention. Social media was, for a time, the low-cost holy grail for experimentation and virality but producing, editing and posting daily content that bests competitors and lives up to the specifications of an ever more sophisticated and jaded audience has proven a labor intensive and insecure means of brand engagement. An interactive AR app not only grabs the customer’s attention, it allows your company to tell a brand story so immersive consumers literally bring your product into their home, work, and personal environments, even before the product is ever in hand. In this way, AR integrates, invigorates and motivates consumers’ experience with your brand, making conversion that much more likely. As an added and unintended bonus, this also happens when your brand’s name/app are on their phone. It’s a small reminder, a tiny billboard on the single screen that is checked, on average, at least 85 times a day. How’s that for low cost ad placement?

Get strong ROI statistics

Every piece of marketing will tout its high ROI but apps, which collect precise statistics at every level of engagement from download to offload are the real deal. If you’re already getting this information from your general branded app, then you know what I’m talking about. But for more ephemeral or time-sensitive products like movie promotions, services, and certain consumer packaged goods, it’s a bit more difficult to get a customer to download a specific studio’s app versus that of its latest superhero franchise. For these products, statistics around product engagement were scant. In the past, advertising dollars spent on print and tv ads may have provided a general sense of exposure. Low tech social media, with its likes and click through rates, offered slightly clearer key performance indicators. Of the existing tools, only a website offered data-collection as robust. Now you can build an in app feature leading back to your site or any other engagement metric you like.

In short, it’s an exciting time. With AR in its early days, innovation and disruption are sure to follow. Don’t be overwhelmed by the possibilities. We’re here to help. Reach out for any further information or read on to hear more about what we’ve been up to. It’s my pleasure to share my enthusiasm with the latest in mobile marketing.

With the proliferation of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) in the world, these real time rendering technologies which were used mainly in video games, are now being used for a myriad of applications. The word rendering refers to the process of generating an image from a 3D model. Behind the scenes, it is a complex calculation made by a computer.

In contrast to a video or a static image, a real time rendering allows the user to explore their digital surroundings as if the item is really in front of them before their eyes. With real time rendering they can see and explore a building, an apartment (inside or out), or even an enchanted forest through their devices in 3D and at their leisure, and at any angle.

Picture this: your client is interested in purchasing floorplan A from your almost finished “Sunset Shores” development. You direct them to download the Sunset Shores AR app on their phone. Once they launch it, they are instructed to point the phone towards a table and then follow the on-screen instructions to place the 3D object on that table. They do! And then, from the comfort of their coffee table at home, they are able to fully immerse themselves seeing floorplan A from any direction and also, interacting with it by choosing to see how the sunlight comes in during different hours of the day, selecting virtual 3D furniture and decorating the apartment with it, and even changing the color of the walls. They could even leave general or specific comments on the app which would be sent directly to their sales representative to address. They also could even submit their purchase application through Sunset Shores AR! The possibilities are truly endless.

Even if your potential clients are miles away, your property floor plans will always be accessible and the augmented reality experience has no geographic limitations. These digital simulations visualized in AR or VR, allow for innumerable interaction possibilities.

The delivery of these types of experiences can be in either augmented reality (AR) or virtual reality (VR). The fundamental difference between an AR simulation versus a VR simulation is the point of view. The AR experience is external and its accessed via a “window” through the phone or tablet screen and the VR experience immerses the potential client/user in a full digital surrounding.

Choosing one or the other depends on what point of view will be more effective when communicating with your potential clients/home owners/lessees.

Interactivity, portability and personalization are words that define the added value that AR and VR offer you and your business. These technologies that not too long ago were science fiction, today represent a new type of media which cannot be ignored in any industry.

If you or your company is interested in learning more, please feel free to reach out to us at Augmented Island Studios (www.augmentedislandstudios.com).