Wikitude expands its markerless SDK for Mira Prism headset

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If you’ve been dreaming of the day you can turn your iPhone into an AR headset, today is your lucky day: Mira Prism does just about that and at a very accessible price point ($99).

Powered by Wikitude’s computer vision technology, Mira Prism comes to serve the “mid-tier AR market” allowing users to experience augmented reality with their smartphones anytime, anywhere.

Prism has been called the “Google Daydream of augmented reality”, enhancing the real-world with AR rather than closing the user in a virtual environment. Using Mira’s gear is simple: slide your iPhone into the headset and see the augmented reality content right in front of your eyes. It may look like magic, but in the background runs Wikitude’s SLAM technology, optimized for experiences created using the iPhone’s front camera.

For Martin Herdina, the CEO of Wikitude, “This partnership is another big milestone for AR. Developers will be able to bring Wikitude’s award-winning technology to a ground breaking device and for a very affordable price point for the end user.”

Using SDK 7, Wikitude’s latest AR tool kit launched this month, Mira Prism supports Instant Tracking and Extended Tracking (SLAM-based), as well as advanced image recognition for single and multiple target images.

The optimized Wikitude SDK for Mira Prism will be available in fall 2017 when the company starts shipping. In the meantime, try our all-new SDK 7 with object recognition, Hit-Testing API for SLAM, multi-target recognition, and more!

Let us know how to plan to use Mira Prism in the comments below!