In their first head-to-head major contract clash, Microsoft has emerged victorious over Magic Leap, as the US Army has awarded a $480 million contract to the HoloLens maker. Microsoft will provide 100,000 customized HoloLens units to the Army for its Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS), a project intended to provides soldiers with a battlefield heads-up...
The United States Army awarded a $480 million contract to Microsoft that will equip military personnel with prototype versions of HoloLens intended to increase “lethality, mobility, and situational awareness.” HoloLens is an all-in-one augmented reality headset from Microsoft which first shipped in 2016 for $3,000. Its robust tracking system constantly maps the world while overlaying...
Talking to computers aboard a spaceship has been a sci-fi dream for decades. From Captain’s Logs in Star Trek to Cortana in Halo, as humans we’ve done a remarkable job of personifying the non-human objects that populate popular fiction. But until very recently, that was just a dream in TV shows, movies, and video games....
UK catalogue retailer Argos is offering a total of £100 off the Oculus Rift+Touch bundle on their eBay store. The headset is £50 off in the listing, and then by entering the voucher code ‘PRESENTS’ in the checkout another £50 will be removed, bringing the price down to £299. The offer is only valid for...
One of the main promises of virtual reality has been to replace or enhance the physical workspaces of today. What if monitors could one day be replaced with virtual screens of any size, shape, or viewing distance? What if your office setup could be floating in space? For years now, PC VR users have been...
Augmented reality is a very buzzy space, but the fundamental technologies underpinning it are pushing boundaries across a lot of other verticals. Tech like machine learning, object recognition and visual mapping tech are the pillars of plenty of new ventures, enabling there to be companies that thrive in the overlap. Phiar (pronounced fire) is building...
Another contestant has emerged in the race to deliver a mainstream augmented reality car navigation system, with Silicon Valley-based Phiar picking up $3 million in seed funding to launch its own artificial intelligence-based mobile app by mid-2019. The Venture Reality (VR) Fund and Norwest Venture Partners led the seed funding round, with Anorak Ventures, Mayfield...
It looks like one of PSVR’s most popular new games is soon to be bundled with Sony’s headset. Best Buy has listed a new bundle (now confirmed by Sony) for the VR headset that includes two Move controllers and two of its latest games: Beat Saber and Borderlands 2 VR. The bundle costs $349.99 and is...
New benchmarks for Google’s AR headset suggest that the company is putting a new chip, OS, and improved specs into its enterprise-focused wearable.Read More Source: Google Glass Enterprise Edition 2 benchmark reveals Android Oreo and Qualcomm CPU
The next two years will be key to establishing 5G as the world’s next wireless communications standard, as smartphones and services roll out globally.Read More Source: Ericsson: 5G will have fastest rollout ever, going mainstream in 2020
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