Unity was reluctant to put a final date on the launch of Editor VR when it was last shown at Unite 2016 in November, but we now know it will be with us very, very soon. Timoni West, Principal Designer at the company and one of Editor VR’s biggest evangelists, confirmed that an “experimental build”...
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Augmented Reality and Holograms in Business
Readers may be interested in a perspective article on High Tech Forum about Augmented Reality in Business. The article draws on other articles and includes historical information about user interfaces, and moves onto AR interaction and how AR technology can relieve constraints, representing the first real change in the way information age people interact with...
Datacom developing new Augmented Reality Products with HoloLens
Development company Datacom have moved premises into the AR/VR Garage in Auckland, New Zealand, to develop AR technology. Datacom will be working with Microsoft’s HoloLens headset to develop new products, including apps. Front-end visualisation is the focus for development, to develop new AR products. Chris Blair, Delivery and Innovation Agent at Datacom, foresees that Augmented...
AGCO Corp Using Augmented Reality in Agriculture
Worth a read is a section on Augmented Reality on the Wall Street Journal’s Morning Download, December 13 2016. The article mentions AGCO Corp, manufacturer of agricultural equipment, whose factory workers are equipped with AR glasses to improve logging of quality checks (use of the wearables made the checks 20% faster). The firm has plans...
U.S. Postal Service includes free augmented reality app with packages
The U.S. Postal Service wants to make gift giving just a little more magical. The postal service has released a free augmented reality smartphone app a la Pokémon Go, just with a little less competition and a little more holiday cheer. In order to use the app, you need to buy one of the postal...
STRIVR Labs Raises $5 Million And Adds Enterprise VR Training
It turns out a lot of the same things football players need to practice to perform better on the field, also applies to enterprise – at least in virtual reality. And so startup STRIVR Labs has launched into a new enterprise VR training business, while still remaining in the sports VR training game. The company...
Wevr Adds $20 Annual Pass To Premium VR Content On Its Transport Service
Wevr is following in the footsteps of traditional media companies like HBO, Netflix and Hulu. The virtual reality startup is launching a $20 annual subscription premium channel on its Transport service, offering early VR users unlimited access to exclusive content like Deepak Chopra’s Finding Your True Self, Tyler Hurd’s Tribeca Film Festival VR hit, Old...
From Tomorrow You Can Make Games From Within VR With Unity
Unity was reluctant to put a final date on the launch of Editor VR when it was last shown at Unite 2016 in November, but we now know it will be with us very, very soon. Timoni West, Principal Designer at the company and one of Editor VR’s biggest evangelists, confirmed that an “experimental build”...
VR Sports Training Company STRIVR Labs Scores $5 Million Investment
STRIVR Labs, a company focused on using VR for sports training, plans to use a new $5 million investment to expand the scope of its “experiential learning” platform. According to a press release from the company, Strivr’s $5 million Series A investment was led by Signia Venture Partners with participation from BMW i Ventures, and AdvancIt...
‘Racket: Nx’ for HTC Vive Gets Early Access Launch Date and Multiplayer
One Hamsa, developers of VR sports game Racket: Nx, announced that the Early Access version will arrive on Steam in late January 2017. This first version will also include “competitive” multiplayer and a new single player mode. The Racket Nx demo, introduced to Steam on August 17th, remains one of the most enjoyable sports experiences...