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Contrast Media Labs

We are a small team that designs and builds remarkable iOS, Android and web applications. Websites, web applications, iOS® and Android® applications.

We help businesses tailor their brands as well as their software technology. We design and build remarkable applications and the backend infrastructure to go with it, at scale.

01/14/2026

We were honored to be part of “Innovation Social: Reflections on Loss, Hope, and Renewal” at the The Music Center: Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles This gathering served as a site of collective recovery for Altadena, the Palisades, and Eaton Canyon following the devastating 2025 LA fire season.
We showcased immersive 3D content from the “Out of the Ashes” VR documentary, a project by Nonny de la Pena and Rory Mitchell through . Using Looking Glass Factory displays and hand-tracking technology, we moved these visceral stories into a group-viewable space where visitors could “touch” digital fragments of homes and cherished memories from across the affected regions.
The video below captures the atmosphere of the night, including the moving chants of “Altadena” and songs of hope as we joined our voices in song to honor our community's resilience 🎶. Our mission is to establish immersive technology as the standard for historical preservation, ensuring our collective history is preserved in its most visceral form.
Learn more about our work: https://contrastreality.com/news/la-fires-innvoation-social-2026/

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07/03/2025

Spatial Fields for iOS now supports two new modes, offering new ways to experience your gaussian splats! 🤩 View your splats from Niantic Scaniverse , Polycam , KIRI Engine , Postshot, and Nerfstudio in 2D on your iOS device, in augmented reality, or with a Looking Glass Factory display!
With a newly-designed user interface that uses native iOS sliders and buttons that feel natural, this Unity Technologies-built application will have you viewing close-ups of your creations from every angle!
Grab the free beta on TestFlight today! It includes a gallery of splats optimized with PlayCanvas SuperSplat as well as allows you to import your own captures as PLY or SPZ. The iOS version joins our already available Apple Vision Pro app that places your captures in your environment in mixed-reality!
Download and start testing today: https://testflight.apple.com/join/g4JFyySb

06/20/2025

Imagine seeing your in true 3D, powered by your iPhone or iPad on a Looking Glass Factory display? 🤩 Now it's a reality!
Download the early iOS TestFlight Beta of Spatial Fields, our versatile viewer for both iOS and visionOS. It's compatible with Gaussian Splats from Niantic Scaniverse, Polycam, KIRI Engine, Postshot, and , allowing you to bring your creations to life. For optimal viewing, remember to use Supersplat to prep and optimize your splats.
Simply connect your (Go, 16”, or 27”) to your iOS device, and immerse yourself in hyperreal 3D! We are actively working to optimize for larger scenes directly on mobile devices for seamless viewing on the Looking Glass Factory display. Stay tuned for more updates!
Join our early TestFlight Beta program and experience the future of portable spatial viewing. Sign up today! https://testflight.apple.com/join/g4JFyySb

06/19/2025

What an incredible AWE 2025! 🥳 It was a week filled with magic, from our cutting-edge showcase to our unforgettable CORAL 2025 XR Enterprise Mixer.
Contrast Reality was thrilled to showcase our advancements in Gaussian Splatting technologies with Apple products powering Looking Glass Factory beautiful 3D displays. The entire week reinforced the invaluable importance of connecting face-to-face with this vibrant XR community and having real conversations about the future of the industry.
Our CORAL 2025 XR Enterprise Mixer was truly our most successful event yet! 🍾 We were delighted to host top industry leaders from diverse verticals, including many members and chapter presidents from the The VRAR Association . The level of conversation and networking that night was truly amazing. The fantastic mix of attendees, the amazing gourmet appetizers, stunning bay views, and lively atmosphere with music and trivia left everyone delighted – we're already hearing excitement for next year!
We were privileged to engage with many key decision-makers and technical leads from prominent organizations. These are the crucial connections that drive the adoption of advanced XR solutions.
These highlights capture the essence of AWE 2025 – from groundbreaking talks and exciting exhibits to our cutting-edge showcase and the fantastic mixer.
A massive thank you to HTC VIVE, Contrast Media Labs, virtualware, Magicgate, and XRA for sponsoring such an incredible event! Also many thanks to VR/AR Association, Apple, Looking Glass Factory, AWE, Engage VR, VRARA Orange County Chapter

06/04/2025

Contrast Reality is exhibiting at AWE next week — find us at booth #617!

We’ll be showcasing cutting-edge tools for 3D scene reconstruction, including NeRFs, Gaussian Splatting, high-accuracy digital twins, and advanced capture technologies.

Experience Spatial Fields in action on Apple Vision Pro, and see our new iOS-based version that brings digital twins to life in full 3D — no headset required — on the stunning new 27” display driven by an iPad.

Stop by to learn how these technologies can transform enterprise workflows — and why stepping into 3D scene reconstruction is easier than you think.

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05/09/2025

Calling all Apple Vision Pro owners! 👋 Be among the first to beta test Spatial Fields, the groundbreaking mixed-reality Gaussian Splat viewer for AVP with SPZ file support. Experience life like memories viewable with full spherical harmonics & SPZ support. Sign up for the beta here: https://testflight.apple.com/join/gY3tT49X

03/11/2025

Wirelessly send 3D models from your iPhone to a Looking Glass display?
In our latest video showcasing the Looking Glass Unity plugin for iOS - we are experimenting further with the use of an iPhone as a controller for an iPad with a Looking Glass attached. We demonstrate sending GLTF/GLB 3D model files on the iPhone wirelessly using the MultipeerConnectivity framework for viewing on the Looking Glass. The Looking Glass is controlled and powered by an iPad. This setup offers a powerful and intuitive way to control the content in a kiosk-style environment. Check out the video to see it in action! Looking Glass Factory Apple

02/25/2025

We're exploring innovative ways to connect Apple devices and the Looking Glass Factory .
Check this out: We're using an iPhone as a remote control for a Looking Glass Factory display! 🤯 By leveraging Apple's MultipeerConnectivity framework and Google's AI Edge technology, we can use the iPhone's camera to detect hand movements and wirelessly control the Looking Glass content on an iPad.
This is just the beginning of what's possible with Looking Glass and iOS. Stay tuned for more updates as we continue to explore new ways to interact with 3D content!

02/13/2025

Let design bleed into engineering. We were excited to learn at Apple's "Bring SwiftUI to your app" event in Cupertino that their designers also use SwiftUI for prototyping—just like us! This tight integration between design and engineering, powered by SwiftUI, has been invaluable, saving us countless hours and dramatically improving our app development. SwiftUI simplifies this integration, making it more efficient and productive. A special thanks to the Apple Developer Center for hosting us!

02/05/2025

We're back with Part 2 of our Looking Glass iOS integration story! With PencilKit now in Unity, we're developing an AI-powered sketching workflow! Imagine sketching a character concept and seeing it come to life in 3D. We start with your sketch, generate a 2D image using the Clipdrop sketch-to-image API, and then use Meshy.ai to generate a textured 3D model. This model is then displayed in the Looking Glass Go, connected to an iPad Pro. The new iOS support for Looking Glass is a game-changer! See the entire process in the video below! What kind of 3D models would you create with this workflow? Share your ideas in the comments! Looking Glass Factory Unity Apple

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