What comes after video calls? VR, AR or Hologram?

Press release: 29 April , 2020 GMT 10:00 – Gothenburg, Sweden – Video meetings have become mainstream in our society during Covid times. With Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams. But is this video technology the final communication solution? Or what comes beyond video calls?

That was a question for Magnus Willner at Mixtive, new communication technologies expert. “We see many new communication options coming now for those who want to go beyond video calls:”

VR meetings is growing with AltspaceVR, MeetInVR, VR chat and Facebook Horizon. It is great when you want to meet in another environment. Best hardware right now is “Oculus Quest” (around €600).

MeetinVR, one of the best VR meeting solutions.

Augmented Reality AR meetings is growing even faster with Spatial (.io) and ARcall (.com). ARcall revolutionises the market next week (8th of may) by making Hologram calls available for any smartphone and smartphone accessory AR-glasses “Nreal” (www.nearl.ai) (around €500). Try your first AR Meeting to feel the difference in presence.

Spatial, one of the best AR meeting solutions.

So, should I choose AR, VR or Video for my next meeting? If you want your friends turn up on your screen -> VIDEO. That technology went mainstream already in 2003 by launch of Skype. Wanna meet in another environment -> VR. Amazing worlds, but you may feel disconnected to the real world during the call.Wanna meet in your own room, with your friends there with you -> AR.

ARcall, one of the best AR solutions that work both with ARglasses and smartphones.

How about Hologram meetings? By using AR glasses you get an experience as if your colleagues turn up in your room as Holograms. Users can scan themselves for free using e.g Sony 3D creator. They get a millimeter precision animated digital copy of themselves that is used in the experience.

Great communication tools is important in Covid times for meetings with friends and family, remote work or distance learning. The future already seems to be here!

ABOUT AR CALL

ARcall the leader in mobile based social AR applications, today announced it will, 8th may, deliver on its promise of providing high presence remote communication for a sustainable connected world. ARcall then expands its collaboration platform to enable holographic teleportation through augmented reality, that can be used by millions of people. Not only on their normal smartphones, but now also on the new phone accessory “Nreal Light” AR glasses (www.nreal.ai). One of the founder and CEO, Magnus Willner explains. - Users can message their friends or colleagues, but when starting an "AR call", they get a unique feeling of presence, when the other persons stand in front of them in their own room. It is totally new experience that fits perfect in these special times with much remote work and communication.

ARcall is based in Gothenburg, Sweden, and was founded in 2018. www.arcall.com.

CONTACT

Magnus Willner, +46702191483, magnus.willner@arcall.com

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