PTC and Flatirons Solutions to Help Drive Global Enterprise Augmented Reality Ecosystem and Best Practices PRESS RELEASE ANNOUNCES AREA NEW MEMBERS WAKEFIELD, Mass., USA – March 28, 2017 — The Augmented Reality for Enterprise Alliance (AREA) announced today that two new members joined the only global membership funded alliance helping to accelerate the adoption of...
The future of Augmented Reality (AR) in the Enterprise is a bit clearer today as the result of the recent DMDII/AREA Requirements Workshop in Chicago. At first glance, the two-day event promised to be a worthwhile exchange among parties with shared interests. On one side was the Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute (DMDII), which...
Lightform might just be the thing to have at your next party. The San Francisco-based company just created the first computer ever able to connect to a projector and instantly scan 3D scenes to mix reality with projected light. Not only that, but Lightform just raised $2.6 million in seed funding. Lux Capital, Seven Seas...
A proof of concept for an overhead crane training simulator is in the works. Using Microsoft HoloLens and an industrial-style controller, trainees can pick up holographic loads and transport them throughout a warehouse setting. The simulator, developed by Asobo Studio, a mixed reality developer based in Bordeaux, France, provides a safe way for companies to...
An article by Nicholas Rossolillo appeared on Motley Fool this week about one of the AREA’s members, DAQRI. It starts with a quote by Brian Mullins, Founder and CEO of DAQRI, that will ring true with many readers: We become so limited by this idea of technology replacing workers, when the better idea is to...
An article this week puts Augmented Reality in the spotlight for the changes it is bringing to manufacturing in Aerospace and Automotives across the world. AR is not only increasingly being used on the factory floor but is revolutionizing it. One of AREA’s members, Lockheed Martin has been used as an example of streamlining the manufacturing design...
360world, a Hungary-based tech company involved in motion control and augmented reality, released information today about their latest products, the CLAIRITY HoloTower and CLAIRITY SmartBinocular. These tools are designed to bring augmented reality into the hands of air traffic controllers, via Windows Mixed Reality, to greatly improve their workflow over tools already in use. CLAIRITY...
Lowe’s Home Improvement laid another brick in their augmented reality foundation with today’s announcement of a new app for Tango-enabled smartphones. The Lowe’s Vision: In-Store Navigation app does just what it says in the title. On compatible phones, which include the Lenovo Phab 2 Pro and upcoming Asus Zenfone AR, customers with the app will...
The Washington Post believes augmented reality adds an extra layer to stories, and they’re doubling down on that belief by adding in new AR features into their already popular “rainbow” news (iOS and Android) and Classic (iOS and Android) news apps. Last year the media company created a visual account of Freddie Gray’s case, which...
Leap Motion, an augmented and virtual reality control system, has proven to be a force of nature when it comes to pushing hand-tracking tech forward. Now they’ve released a video showcasing their “Blocks” demo, which is already integrated into the reference headset kit designed by Qualcomm for VR companies “to take and sell their own...
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