SAN MATEO, Calif., Sept. 30, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Jaunt XR today announced the acquisition of its software, technology, and certain other assets by Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) for an undisclosed amount. Jaunt XR is a leader in the immersive industry with a focus on the scalable creation and distribution of volumetric video … Read more
Posted by: Andrew Walkingshaw, Principal Data Scientist/Software Engineer, Adam Gaige, Head of Engineering and Charles Le Pere, Director of Program Management As we wrote about previously, Jaunt is in the business of human understanding. We design and train neural networks for human pose estimation and body part segmentation—identifying key joints and labelling pixels in images … Read more
Posted by Andrew Walkingshaw, Principal Data Scientist/Software Engineer and Simon Venshtain, Head of Research Cameras on mobile phones let us capture special moments in our lives at a quality, richness and depth which was unimaginable even fifteen years ago. Whether it’s your child’s first steps, a family portrait or a long-planned vacation, you (and your … Read more
Posted by Neal Poeppelmeier, Head of Product Today we’re excited to continue our collaboration with Snap by bringing XR Cast to VidCon in Anaheim, CA. We know that creators are always on the lookout for new and compelling content for their followers—and our work with Snap allows for just that. After our first collaboration in … Read more
By Mitzi Reaugh, CEO & President We were thrilled to support the opening celebration of NTT DATA’s London office on June 24th. We brought our XR Cast technology to the event and invited NTT DATA’s guests to get recorded in 3D. Once attendees entered our stage, the were able to view their capture in real-time … Read more
By Charles Le Pere, Director of Program Management Almost every AR app that’s released today, relies solely on computer generated animations or graphics to “augment” your environment with something or someone that’s not there—like a face filter, a brand logo or a cartoon. Today, most of these objects are computer generated images. And while … Read more
By Mitzi Reaugh, CEO & President It’s been a busy few months at Jaunt as we continue to develop XR Cast, the leading portable solution to capture and publish humans in volumetric video. One of the first questions we get is “where can I engage with this content?” That’s why we are so thrilled to … Read more