In London, this week the Wearable Technology Show 2017 took place. This event is the largest event for wearables, AR, VR and IoT in Europe and RealWear were awarded the “Best Enterprise Solution.” These awards spot the “best innovators in the market” and “seek to recognize the excellence in wearables, smart device and IoT innovation.”...
The 4th International ARVR Innovate is one of Europe’s top Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality conferences and expos, held in Dublin, one of Europe’s top tech centers. The day features cutting-edge AR and VR technology in the Live Demos Hall, as well as a line-up featuring global Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality experts in the...
European scientists are developing a new Augmented Reality surgical visor in a bid to improve accuracy of interventions, by employing new photonics technology. The visor will show anaesthetic and medical data while superimposing a patient’s x-ray in perfect unison with their body, meaning surgeons never having to look away during operations, significantly reducing surgery times....
In a recent article, the Mineral Exploration industry is said to be moving towards the use of Augmented and Virtual Reality. The article states that in 2015, Integra Gold open-sourced the data on its Lamaque project in Val-d’Or, Que. The project has nearly 900,000 ounces of high-grade gold indicated and another 1 million ounces inferred. ...
News was announced this week by Caterpillar Inc about the availability of their CAT LIVESHARE software platform, delivered in conjunction with AREA member Scope AR. This software delivers the industry’s first Augmented Reality-based live video calling platform for members of the Cat dealer network to conduct real-time remote support, training and equipment maintenance. According to...
Korix a visually-minimalist VR RTS headed to PlayStation VR claiming to be the first title to run natively at 120Hz on the headset. While the PSVR display supports a 120Hz refresh rate, most games on the platform run at 60Hz and use a technique called asynchronous reprojection to inject interpolated frames to bring the output up to...
Bigscreen VR announced that they raised $3 million dollars for their “social utility” VR application. Bigscreen gives you access to your computer screen in VR, which is a deceptively simple idea but one that is unlocking new ways of working on your computer and enabling collaborative social environments that range from virtual 2D video game...
The beta channels for the Steam client and SteamVR now support Linux. As a development build, the selection of Linux-supported SteamVR games is very limited, but Valve says the build aims to let developers begin making VR content that supports the open source operating system. Valve recently provided some positive news for VR on Linux, which...
Facebook has been placing more emphasis on videos and virtual reality, including 360-degree media. Since adding support in 2015, more than 1 million 360 videos and 25 million 360 photos have been published on the social network, but it can be difficult to find them amid all the other media. To alleviate this problem, the...
The PlayStation 4 experience is getting some notable upgrades. A system update for the PlayStation 4 will roll out tomorrow, adding new features to Sony’s latest console. The company has sold more than 53.4 million PlayStation 4s since it launched in 2013. This includes the PlayStation 4 Pro, the updated version of the hardware that came out...
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