One of the most unique functions that has arisen since the debut of ARKit technology with IOS11 is the augmented reality portal. I’ve highlighted this concept several times here on VirtualiTeach, from the original piece from the days of ARKit demos before the launch, to the use of Figment AR to transport students to other worlds, to the recent article about the excellent Hologo World platform. This new app Enter the Room, produced by the International Committee of The Red Cro

Civilisations AR is an outstanding new app developed by the BBC and and Nexus Studios, developed as a tie in to the documentary series of the same name. It features more than 30 digital scans of artefacts from museums across the UK which can be placed in the world in AR. The detail on the models is simply stunning and Civilisations is without a doubt one of the most impressive examples of augmented reality I’ve seen yet. Here’s a little clip I recorded of it in action What th

I initially held off on discussing any of the new ARKit developed apps when iOS 11 launched for one main reason - I couldn’t actually use most of them! My iPhone 6 was hanging by a thread as I waited out the X whilst my iPad Air 2 is doing just fine and I have no plans to upgrade it any time soon. Neither of them could run the vast majority of the ARKit apps though as they simply weren’t powerful enough. Now I have the iPhone X, I have finally been able to dig into these new