Why put on beer goggles when you’ll be able to put on bing goggles?
Nicely, now you’ll be able to, not less than should you’re utilizing Kittch’s new AR cooking mode to make chef Ming Tsai’s MingBings. Immediately Kittch, a culinary video neighborhood, introduced they’ve teamed up with Qualcomm to combine AR options into their cooking app, in line with an announcement despatched to The Spoon. The collaboration, accomplished in partnership with technical design firm Set off, is being demoed this week at Augmented World Expo (AWE) in Santa Clara, California.
Kittch app customers can entry the Kittch AR cooking mode by plugging in AR glasses to a cell phone and clicking the “view in kitchen” button. From there, customers can observe interactive movies and recipes, set timers, and order substances by way of AR gesture management. The brand new characteristic was demoed by Ming Tsai and his MingBing recipe right here.
Kittch & Qualcomm aren’t the primary to indicate off AR-powered cooking for the house kitchen. Again in 2021, AR designer Lauren Cason went viral after spending a day hacking collectively an AR cooking prototype to show to her father the ability of augmented actuality.
The Kittch demo shares among the similar options, together with exhibiting recipes and the flexibility to position visible timers within the designated locations across the kitchen, however in contrast to Cason’s demo, the Kittch app allows you to order substances.
It’s a cool characteristic for house cooks, however I’m nonetheless ready for somebody to create an AR app for the skilled kitchen. A non-obtrusive AR software made for busy cooks to observe their completely different meals in course of, entry order information, examine meals stock, and extra could be a massively priceless software if accomplished proper. Get on it, AR individuals!
