Looking back at 2018 it was a good year for AR, machine learning and data visualization. Even though the VR industry keeps growing with the release of several new headsets this year I haven't seen any worth sharing experiences. Don't get me wrong; there was good VR games (beat saber ❤) but no interesting interactive installations.

Augmented Reality

Let's dive in this top picks of 2018 with the augmented reality category.

Emoji Scavenger Hunt

Personally one of my favorite mobile app game I have seen. Combining AR and machine learning (in the browser) this app had everything to be a success.

Harry potter AR printer

It's sometimes hard to demonstrate how AR can "augment" the reality but this is a very clever way to use it.

New Technology

Every year we are on the lookout for new technologies to use in our interactive projects, we saw this year two new products worth mentioning in this article.

Hypervsn Hologram

The hologram technology remains a dream for many people. It is an interesting concept though still light years behind what we see and imagine in our beloved sci-fi movies.

Lightform

Lightform is a compact yet powerful tool that you mount on top of any projector and it greatly facilitates the deployement of mapping projection installations.

Data Visualization

Data visualization have been around for quite some times now but it's gaining popularity again since we gained access to bigger and more interesting dataset thanks to machine learning. The following contents requires no explanations, just enjoy the beauty of the visuals. A special mention to the hash2hash project that truly mix art and programmation.

Hash2hash

Databloom

Uproar

Original ideas

Finally two projects that we couldn't assign to a specific category but that we found very clever and fun.

Super Air Drone Attack

North Face always come up with fun digital campaign if you haven't seen their previous videos we strongly recommend you check them out !

Programmable droplets

Another group of researchers and programmers good to follow is the MIT, check out their media lab site for more.

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