Augmented Reality Headsets seemed to be a running theme at CES Las Vegas this year with many companies introducing headsets, designed for business and industrial use, reports PC Mag. Firstly the Lenovo New Glass C200, available in June, which combines AR and artificial intelligence for enterprise, while Vuzix added a new item, M3000 Smart Glasses,...
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Smartglasses Have Value in Healthcare
A report found on M Health Intelligence dated January 12 2017 states that hospitals and health systems are finding value in smart glasses. Digital health companies such as Augmedix and Pristine are noted. The article features quotes by Augmedix CEO Ian Shakil. Augmedix recently closed a $23 million round of funding, 6 months after a...
Augmented Reality Global Market to 2024
Earlier this week, an article on GlobeNewswire discussed a research report by Global Market Insights, Inc., which analyses the global Augmented Reality market by component, display device, and application. According to the report, the global AR market is predicted to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 80.8% from 2016 to 2024. The...
Mobile AR Market to 2027
A recent article on Ein Newsdesk addressed a global Augmented Reality market report by Market Research Future, which analyses the market by component and application, and provides a forecast to 2027. Drivers of the global AR market mentioned in the article include increased production of mobile app stores, increased mobile expansion, and increase investment in...
Meta 2 Developers Kit to Feature PMD's Depth-Sensing Technology
Meta’s long-awaited Meta 2 development kit finally began shipping in late-December last year, after having been delayed about six months. While very few have received a dev kit at this point, some more information about the headset has just been announced; Depth-sensing technology from pmdtechnologies is included in the dev kit headset. The primary product...
The AR Market in 2017, Part 4: Enterprise Content is Not Ready for AR
Previous: Part 3: Augmented Reality Software is Here to Stay As I discussed in a LinkedIn Pulse post about AR apps, we cannot expect users to run a different app for each real world target they want to use with AR or one monolithic AR application for everything in the physical world. It is...
Have You Seen This?: New Spatial Map Measuring Tool & Beating Heart App for HoloLens
While all of my previous Have You Seen This? posts have all focused on individual HoloLens apps in the Windows Store, this time I’ll be sharing a couple at once. These holographic applications are really simple in scope, so there is not a lot to say about them, yet they are interesting enough for me...
Have You Seen This?: HoloChess Is a Great Example of How to Make a HoloLens App Without the Hardware
I am often asked about getting started with HoloLens development and most of the time my answer, in short, is: Install Unity, install Visual Studio, install the HoloLens emulator, and make something. I suspect most of the time this advice is ignored, since the idea of developing for a device you do not have access...
Have You Seen This?: China's Forbidden City Explored on the HoloLens
In this episode of Have You Seen This?, we will look at Oriental Museum by 247 Technology Limited, a free application that hit the Windows Store for HoloLens a few days ago. Museum exhibits seem to be a popular theme amongst the demonstrations going up, so let’s see how this one looks. Oriental Museum Before...
Have You Seen This?: Holo Space Invaders Hits the Windows Store for HoloLens
For those familiar with my old YouTube series, New in the Store, you will be excited to know that I am starting something very similar here on NextReality that’s a bit more broad in scope. Have You Seen This? will take a look at HoloLens applications that are new in the Windows Store, as well...