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Epic Games Awarded Grants to 31 XR Projects in 2021 Through the $100M MegaGrants Fund

Road to VR

The projects range widely from games to simulation to education and more. BRUNNER Elektronik – Unreal Engine Integration for NOVASIM Flight Simulator. IMP – Interactive Media Production – VR Fire Safety Simulator. North Carolina State University (NCSU) – transVRse (United States). New Reality Co.

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How Augmented Reality Can Make Aviation Safer and Better

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

Augmented Reality in General Aviation. Anyone who has flown (or has even tried out a desktop flight simulator) will tell you that flying ain’t easy. This is where Augmented Reality (AR) steps in. Accidents in personal flight have actually gone up by 20% in the last decade. . But there is more to it than just that.

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US Navy Using Magic Leap Headsets To Keep Soldiers Combat-Ready At Sea

VRScout

Magic Leap Horizons originally developed TRACER as part of the US Army’s Augmented Reality Dismounted Soldier Training (ARDST) project. One interesting part about TRACER is that the entire system is built almost entirely from commercial, off-the-shelf products that anyone can purchase on the internet.

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AR 101?—?A brief summary (Part 1)

ARVR

A brief summary (Part 1) What is Augmented Reality? What are some of Augmented Reality problems and challenges? Augmented Reality?—?Definition, Augmented Reality = real object marker + virtual object by fernanda rodríguez. Evolution of Augmented Reality (Craig, 2013) by fernanda rodríguez.

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4 Ways Governments May Adopt (Or Respond To) The Metaverse

Bernard Marr

The model is used to plan public services but can also be used to simulate the effects of natural disasters, such as flooding, to aid response planning. For the most part, this centers around using augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) to enhance both the training of military personnel and operations in the field.

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EON Reality recognized as Top 100 Company Supporting Education Excellence by OCBJ and IPSF

EON Reality

EON Reality combines Virtual Reality Simulation Based Learning, Augmented Reality Knowledge Injection, and an Enterprise Platform that allows for rapid development, deployment, and adoption.

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Getting — and Keeping — Your Attention in XR, with LumiereVR COO Alexander Haque

XR for Business Podcast

Alan: Today’s guest is Alexander Haque, the founder of RetinadVR, whose mission was to help pioneer virtual and augmented reality through powerful data. The whole purpose of VR is to give almost a lifelike simulation, if not give as close as a lifelike simulation as you can.