Contrast Media Labs

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/

Contrast Media Labs

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

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!

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