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AI Overview

This AI overview explores and explains some basic understanding of artificial intelligence answering the questions: What is AI technology? How does AI work? And what does AI technology being applied today?

By |July 12, 2022|Categories: Artificial Intelligence, Blog, Holograms|

5G Applications for Business

How will 5G applications impact business? The IKIN Blog explores 5G applications for business by looking at the cross section of 5G and IT systems (edge computing), devices (IoT), and dimensional technologies (holograms, XR, and the metaverse).

By |June 7, 2022|Categories: 5G, Blog, Holograms|

Cheddar News: IKIN CTO Taylor Scott Interview

IKIN CTO Taylor Scott talks with Cheddar TV News about the emerging state of modern hologram technology, its various applications, and gets into the nitty-gritty of IKIN’s unique holographic approach, addressing both the IKIN ARC desktop unit and the RYZ holographic accessory for mobile.

By |June 2, 2022|Categories: In The News, Videos|

5G Mobile Now

The IKIN Blog continues its exploration of 5G. This latest article looks at how the improved data speeds and ultra-low latency of 5G mobile networks are tackling the essential goal of 4K mobile streaming. This includes unlimited data plans from 5G mobile carriers, key 4K streaming test cases on 5G networks, and a look at how IKIN is positioning its 5G-ready mobile divide, the RYZ, to introduce viable 5G holograms.

By |May 24, 2022|Categories: 5G, Blog, Holograms, Industry, Mobile 3D|

5G Overview

What is 5G and what is the difference between 5G and 4G? The first of three planned IKIN blogs on 5G, this 5G overview introduces and defines the topic of 5G by looking at the evolution of mobile networks across their various generations. In doing so, it highlights the evolution of mobile connectivity up to the current emerging state of 5G considering how it will impact user experiences for individuals and businesses as well as how it will impact IKIN’s hologram technology, specifically.

By |May 10, 2022|Categories: 5G, Blog, Holograms|

A Fun World Of Social Media Digital Filters

In a serious world, sometimes we just need a little escape. Social media digital filters and video call digital backgrounds offer many a lighthearted, enjoyable, and communal experience. Explore the fun world of digital filters and ponder how IKIN’s holographic tech might pave a path for further development in this IKIN Blog.

By |April 26, 2022|Categories: Blog, Holograms, Social Media|

The Drive To Make Digital Shopping Dimensional Shopping

The COVID-19 pandemic saw the shuttering of real-world retailers, pushing consumers more heavily into already on-the-rise digital shopping experiences. As a result, businesses have sought new ways to capitalize on the growing interest in digital shopping. Holograms offer a unique means to improving digital shopping UX by introducing advanced 3D elements that could transition digital shopping into dimensional shopping.

By |April 12, 2022|Categories: Blog, Holograms, Mobile 3D, Shopping|

Making Mobile 3D

Welcome to the world of mobile 3D visual experiences with this sampling of today’s rising mobile 3D applications. 3D and mobile video games, mobile 3D modeling design, environmental scanning, and 3D photos are just a few of the areas on the rise in today’s world of digital dimensionality--and all are prime candidates for holographic makeovers from IKIN tech.

By |March 22, 2022|Categories: Blog, Holograms, Industry, Mobile 3D|

The Dimensional World Of Virtual Production

What is “virtual production”? This blog tackles the hottest production term of the day to clearly define virtual production and give you a greater understanding of the impact it is having on production industries. Learn about some of the most popular forms of virtual production, important case studies of its success, and consider if IKIN will eventually step into the world of virtual production at any point in the future.

By |March 8, 2022|Categories: Blog, Holograms, Industry|

Extended Reality Is User Made

What is Extended Reality? This blog tackles the tech term on everybody’s lips today by defining it in clear language and by extending the scope of consideration to the commonly associated XR: VR, AR, Mixed Reality, and IKIN’s emerging hologram technology.

By |February 22, 2022|Categories: Blog, Holograms, Industry|

Episode One: Holograms: Past, Present, & Future

Holograms have come a long way since their invention over 70 years ago. Today’s advanced holograms are near indistinguishable from the rudimentary optics experiments that birthed them. Tune in to the premiere episode of the RYZ: Reimagining Our Future podcast interview with IKIN Co-founder/CTO Taylor Scott and host Laura Lewis as they discuss holograms, track the technology’s evolution and explore what the very near future holds for their use in our everyday lives.

By |February 1, 2022|Categories: Podcast|

Unity, VR, Holograms & The RYZ

This article connects the dots on some related elements of IKIN’s operations and tech, including its Unity-integrated software, the difference between IKIN’s holograms and VR, and details about its holographic system, the RYZ.

By |January 25, 2022|Categories: Blog, Holograms, Industry|

3D Visualization

IKIN’s 3D visualization technology can map spaces and items alike, offering a wide reach of potential applications. This includes converting healthcare scans into more realized 3D visualizations and mapping spaces, objects, even strategies for the military, education, and training. The applications and use cases for IKIN’s 3D visualization mapping are seemingly endless.

By |January 11, 2022|Categories: Blog, Holograms, Industry|

Unity vs. Unreal Engine

Unity is a leading gaming engine used in the development of mobile, console, desktop, and virtual reality games, and it’s major competitor is Epic’s Unreal Engine, which is similarly cross-cross platform and 3D in its gaming design approach. The competition between these two companies continues in the wake of Unity’s significant acquisition of Weta Digital which opens new opportunities for Unity, particularly in film and television and further expansions into XR.

By |December 14, 2021|Categories: Blog, Industry|

Unity Purchases Peter Jackson’s Weta Digital

Unity, an industry standard cross-platform game engine company, has purchased Peter Jackson’s revolutionary visual effects company Weta Digital, opening doors for instant upgrades of the company’s software and engineering pool, and pushing Unity’s reach into new areas of digital development. This also has exciting implications for IKIN, whose holographic technology is built on Unity’s engineering interface.

By |November 30, 2021|Categories: Blog, Industry|

Digital Reality 2.0: The Metaverse

This blog looks directly at Meta’s recent announcement for its plans for a metaverse and serves as a continuation of our conversation about Digital Reality and the challenge of how best to express new dimensional technology to unfamiliar consumers.

By |November 19, 2021|Categories: Blog, Holograms|

Digital Reality: A Holographic Approach To Digital Experiences

In addition to the good work of introducing viable holographic technology to the world, IKIN is faced with the tricky task of how to accurately convey this revolutionary new tech to unfamiliar consumers and businesses. Digital reality is a term currently being considered to carry this message forward, embodying the expectations of 3D content inherent in similar dimensional technologies like VR and AR but with a new, more universal twist.

By |November 4, 2021|Categories: Blog, Holograms|

A Brief Look At Hologram Applications

Hologram applications seek to take both existing 2D and 3D experiences to a new level. And, in the case of the latter, they aim to refine those experiences, in part, by addressing some of the shortcomings of current 3D technologies.

By |October 28, 2021|Categories: Blog, Holograms|

The Education of Hologram Design

Modern hologram design is faced with the complicated task of introducing a new 3D technology that doesn’t necessarily align with the depictions made popular by entertainment media. Thus, the role of industry leaders, like IKIN, is both to continue advancing holographic technology, while simultaneously educating prospective users on real-world holograms, their benefits, applications, and--where necessary--their limitations.

By |October 12, 2021|Categories: Blog, Education, Holograms|

Are Hologram Games The Future Of Video Games?

As holograms continue to expand their reach, hologram games are promising to add a new player to the booming video game industry. With their native 3D perspectives and realistic depictions, holograms seek to carve out their own space in an industry that continues to grow financially and creatively. Technology company IKIN is particularly interested in applying their hologram technology, which generates realistic volumetric holograms that are visible in ambient light without the need for cumbersome headgear, to video games and have made great strides to incorporate their tech into established mobile platforms. Thus, holographic games are less a question of “if” and more a question of “when.”

By |September 21, 2021|Categories: Blog, Gaming, Holograms|

The 3D Hologram: How The 3D Hologram Can Bring New Dimension To Media

The term 3D hologram works to express the realistic dimensionality and depth of successfully rendered holograms. Additionally, it works to redirect notions of 3D content away from missteps of the past, which were limited in the scope of their applications and development of their technologies, toward a new understanding of 3D through holographic technology that is elegant in craft, engaging in practice, and far reaching in its applications.

By |September 8, 2021|Categories: Blog, Holograms|

Medical Holograms: How Medical Holograms Are Primed to Benefit Practitioners, Patients, And The Industry

Medical holograms promise to revolutionize the healthcare industry by building upon practices already in place. Medical imaging, for instance, can be greatly enhanced by converting traditionally 2D medical imaging procedures into 3D holographic content that can be viewed from infinite angles, that is interactive and fully scalable, and which accurately depicts dimensions and colors far beyond the current capabilities of modern medical imaging.

By |August 31, 2021|Categories: Blog, Holograms|

Tackling Holograms for IoT

In June 2021, leading hologram technology company IKIN was named “Best IoT Innovative Use Case” at the IoT Evolution Expo for it’s cutting-edge holographic systems, like the RYZ and the IKIN ARC, which are leading the charge to realize holograms for IoT in ambient light and absent the need for bulky VR goggles or AR glasses. IKIN offers innovative business solutions and holographic applications for B2B and B2C and is expanding our current understanding of technological advancement, particularly in the fields of 5G and IoT.

By |August 10, 2021|Categories: Blog, Holograms|

Holograms in Movies Illuminate Our Ideas About Real-Life Holograms

Filmmakers love to use holograms in movies almost as much as audiences love to see them. Holograms are eye-catching technology that capture our attention and also our imagination. They muster inside us worlds of possibility with their hyper-cool design--3D images etched in light--and their seamless interactivity that allow their on-screen users to zoom in, out, and around with intuitive ease. Eventually, real-world holograms will cross that threshold of viability making holographic movies an option, but until that time comes we will revel in the undeniable enjoyment of the holograms present in our favorite tech-forward flicks.

By |August 4, 2021|Categories: Blog, Holograms|

Interactive Holograms

Holograms have been enjoying the spotlight in technology and business circles as of late, but it is the allure of interactive holograms that holds the most appeal for those looking to the future of holography and its many applications. This article explores some of the most promising and ambitious approaches to interactive holograms, including physical holograms, holographic tables, and IKIN’s industry-leading volumetric holograms that defy traditional reliance on headgear on low-light requirements.

By |July 16, 2021|Categories: Blog, Holograms|

Introducing Holograms for Smartphones

Holograms for smartphones are here! Historical evolutions in communications technology turned ground-breaking, albeit clunky, technologies like the telegraph and early landline phones into the sleek smartphone of today. And, hologram technology is now elevating this modern marvel even further. IKIN’s RYZ holographic system is bringing holograms to smartphones.

By |July 15, 2021|Categories: Blog, Holograms|

The 21st-Century Hologram Technology Company

Many a hologram technology company is putting its money and know-how to work unlocking the power of holograms for a 21st-century world. No two approaches are alike, but whether your name is Google, IKIN, or TUAT, the goal is the same: to find viable real-world applications for hologram technology. This article looks at some of the hologram technology companies leading the industry in making holograms a practical technology of today.

By |July 14, 2021|Categories: Blog, Holograms|

Pioneering Hologram Technology For The Modern Age

Pioneering hologram technology promises a future that looks both drastically different from our world of today and--ironically--much more like it at the same time. This new wave of hologram technology is being made possible by a plethora of technological advancements that allow for the seamless integration of 3D holographic content into established platforms. The applications include continuing established holographic uses, like security holograms, and pioneering hologram technology, like cutting-edge work into 3D volumetric holograms.

By |July 13, 2021|Categories: Blog, Holograms|

Real Life Holograms: The Technology of Tomorrow, Today

The word “hologram” likely conjures nostalgic memories of the early Star Wars films and their fuzzy, desaturated projection of Princess Leia, but what about real life holograms? The technology that has been oft-regulated to the world of science fiction has, in fact, been on the rise for decades. Now, in the 21st century, real life holograms are bringing a bit of movie magic into the real world.

By |July 12, 2021|Categories: Blog, Holograms|

IKIN CTO Taylor Scott to Discuss AI and Holographic Content Creation at DeveloperWeek Austin 2020

IKIN,a leading provider of visual technology solutions for businesses and consumers, announced that Taylor Scott, the company’s chief technology officer, will host a session on using artificial intelligence (AI) to create and deliver holograms and volumetric images at DeveloperWeek Austin 2020. The virtual conference takes place November 18 and 19, 2020. Scott’s session is scheduled for 2 p.m. ET November 18.

By |November 12, 2020|Categories: Press Releases|

San Diego Business Icon Malin Burnham Joins IKIN’s Board of Directors

IKIN™, a leading provider of holographic solutions for businesses and consumers, announced that Malin Burnham, one of San Diego’s most recognized business and community leaders, has agreed to join the company’s board of directors. In this capacity, Mr. Burnham will contribute his insights and expertise to IKIN as it prepares to launch its innovative holographic solutions to the business and consumer sectors.

By |September 15, 2020|Categories: Press Releases|

IKIN CEO Joe Ward to Discuss Holographic Applications at ITEXPO

In the session, “Where’s the Revenue in 5G and Will 6G Matter?,” scheduled for February 13 at 2 p.m., Ward will discuss marquee applications and highlight how new capabilities such as the real-time delivery of holographic images on mobile devices can provide excellent monetization vehicles that will enable providers to differentiate their offerings and attract consumer interest.

By |February 7, 2020|Categories: Press Releases|

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