01XR · 5 min read
AR vs VR vs Mixed Reality: what is the difference?
AR overlays content on the real world, VR replaces it, and mixed reality lets virtual and real objects interact. A practical guide to choosing between them.
Insights
Clear answers to the questions people ask before, during and after a spatial technology project. Written from practice, kept current.
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02AI · 6 min read
How AI is changing immersive experiences (and where it is not)
AI gives XR experiences perception, conversation, adaptation and generated content. Where it adds value, how to architect it, and where it still falls short.
03Geospatial · 6 min read
How does geospatial AR work?
Geospatial AR fuses GPS, motion sensors and visual positioning against a map of real streets to place content at exact coordinates. Each step explained.
04Cultural Heritage · 6 min read
How museums can use AR and XR: a practical guide for cultural heritage
How museums and heritage sites use AR, VR and mixed reality: use cases, phones versus loan devices, curatorial constraints, content pipelines and pilots.
05Interaction Design · 7 min read
How to build an interactive installation
A practical guide to interactive installations: concept, sensing, software, hardware, calibration, robustness when unattended, and what drives cost.
06AR · 6 min read
How to design an AR experience
A practical process for designing AR: define the job of the AR layer, choose anchoring, guide attention, handle uncertainty and test in real conditions.
07Practice · 6 min read
How to prototype an XR experience
Why XR projects start with a prototype: a fidelity ladder from bodystorming to on-device slice, what to test at each stage and how to reach production.
08Unity · 6 min read
How Unity is used for XR development
How Unity is used for AR, VR and mixed reality: AR Foundation, XRI, OpenXR, URP and PolySpatial, performance budgets, and where it is the wrong tool.
09Unity · 6 min read
Unity vs Unreal Engine for XR development
Unity and Unreal Engine compared for XR: platform support, mobile AR, visual fidelity, scripting, licensing, standalone headset performance and team skills.
10HCI · 6 min read
What is Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)?
Human-Computer Interaction is the study and design of how people use computing systems. What it covers, how it differs from UX, and why it matters for XR.
11Spatial Computing · 6 min read
What is spatial computing?
Spatial computing is computing that senses, maps and uses the physical space around a device, so digital content and interaction happen in place.
12Interaction Design · 6 min read
What is spatial UX? Designing interfaces for spatial computing
Spatial UX is the design of interfaces that live in the 3D space around a user. How it differs from 2D UX, and the principles that keep it comfortable.
AI
AR
Cultural Heritage
Geospatial
HCI
Interaction Design
Interaction Design · 7 min read
How to build an interactive installation
A practical guide to interactive installations: concept, sensing, software, hardware, calibration, robustness when unattended, and what drives cost.
Interaction Design · 6 min read
What is spatial UX? Designing interfaces for spatial computing
Spatial UX is the design of interfaces that live in the 3D space around a user. How it differs from 2D UX, and the principles that keep it comfortable.
Practice
Spatial Computing
Unity
Unity · 6 min read
How Unity is used for XR development
How Unity is used for AR, VR and mixed reality: AR Foundation, XRI, OpenXR, URP and PolySpatial, performance budgets, and where it is the wrong tool.
Unity · 6 min read
Unity vs Unreal Engine for XR development
Unity and Unreal Engine compared for XR: platform support, mobile AR, visual fidelity, scripting, licensing, standalone headset performance and team skills.
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