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...
Trimble is integrating its mixed reality applications into the DAQRI Smart Helmet to enable outdoor and on-site support for design, construction, and heavy industry as part of a collaboration the companies announced today. A provider of advanced solutions for industrial companies, Trimble’s mixed reality suite lets users interact with digital content, such as building plans...
A recent article summarises a new report by Gene Munster, of Loop Ventures, which ranks how some of the major tech players fare in Augmented Reality race. Google parent Alphabet was an early player in the space, with its Glass and Tango products from several years ago. Munster says that while it might be easy to...
If you’re part of the Windows 10 Insider Program, build 15048 launched this morning, and included a nice big unannounced surprise. You can now launch the Mixed Reality Portal and enable the simulation to try out mixed reality right from your PC, even if you don’t have one of the new Acer dev kits. Update...
Customer service just got a lot more interesting. Construction equipment manufacturer Caterpillar just announced official availability of what they’re calling the CAT LIVESHARE solution to customer support, which builds augmented reality capabilities into the platform. They’ve partnered with Scope AR, a company who develops technical support and training documentation tools using augmented reality. The CAT...
When it published its 2016-2017 catalog last year, Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) became the first college to leverage augmented reality technology for a college catalog. By hovering their smartphones over the catalog’s pages, prospective students are able to view videos of student creative sessions, play video games designed by students, take tours...
If you’re part of the Windows 10 Insider Program, build 15048 launched this morning, and included a nice big unannounced surprise. You can now launch the Mixed Reality Portal and enable the simulation to try out mixed reality right from your PC, even if you don’t have one of the new Acer dev kits. If...
With over 90 people and 45 companies present, the first day of the first Augmented Reality Requirements workshop was an amazing success! The workshop was hosted at the DMDII/UI Labs in Chicago. Mark Sage, Executive Director of the AREA, shares his views on day 1 of the AR Workshop: Hardware / Software Functional Requirements for...
AR.js is a new JavaScript solution that offers highly efficient augmented reality features to mobile developers. With HoloJS released a few months back, there is a potential that the free AR.js, developed by Jerome Etienne, could work with the Microsoft HoloLens as well. Video: . According to the GitHub repository for the project, the listed...
This morning, in an early morning session at GDC 2017, Brandon Bray, a senior program manager lead at Microsoft, revealed a mixed reality headset made in collaboration with Acer—a different headset than the one we saw from Acer at CES 2017 earlier this year. Also at the event, the name for Microsoft’s holographic system seems...
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