XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

What a year 2024 has been for XR. Apple, Meta, Microsoft, and many others started to reestablish the Metaverse and XR as serious business tools following a lacklustre adoption rate from consumer markets. Joining XR Today is a pair of leading enterprise-grade remote assistant service providers – Taqtile and Arvizio.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The platform provider for virtual reality training knows that enterprise VR has a steep learning curve for many. According to the company, VR in a BOX is a compact, frictionless solution for enterprises that want to start using VR. It streamlines enterprise XR training programs. Streamlined VR Training.

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ARPost

JULY 4, 2023

Sponsored content Sponsored by VR Vision The recent introduction of Apple’s Vision Pro has ignited a fresh wave of excitement in the extended reality landscape, with industry experts and enthusiasts alike anticipating a surge in the growth and evolution of the XR industry. See Also: Is Apple Vision Pro Ready for Mainstream Use?

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ARPost

MAY 27, 2021

Enterprise AR/MR hardware provider ThirdEye recently announced an investment fund for AR/MR software providers. ThirdEye CEO and founder, Nick Cherukuri, spoke with ARPost to explain how the fund works, what the plans are for the future, and how the fund benefits the XR market in general as well as ThirdEye in particular.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 24, 2024

Today, Microsoft is making its long—awaited Mesh for Teams immersive VR meeting platform available for enterprise end users. Additionally, to go alongside Mesh for Teams, Microsoft has developed an avatar system allowing workers to create digital representations of themselves for use in a Mesh virtual meeting space.

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ARPost

OCTOBER 3, 2022

This week, Lenovo and ThinkReality – the computer giant’s enterprise XR arm – announced a new standalone VR headset, the ThinkReality VRX. It’s designed as a standalone device, but can also be tethered to a computer or stream content from a PC wirelessly, and work with the growing number of enterprise cloud solutions.

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ARPost

JULY 22, 2022

XR solution providers and enterprises using (or exploring) XR met virtually yesterday, July 21, for the VR/AR Association Enterprise Forum 2022. One important question: Is there an enterprise metaverse and should anyone care? Generally, in enterprise, no one is really exploring anymore. The M Word.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

In Finland, the opportunities for cooperation between deep tech SMEs and large corporations have been proactively created by both the XR companies themselves and by private and public accelerators. Nokia has also very openly talked about its commitment to metaverse development as part of its 2030 strategy. Enormous Business Potential.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Recently, Atlas officially announced the acquisition of roughly $6 million in a seed funding round following two years of the firm developing its enterprise and commercial-grade genAI-powered XR content creation platform under wraps. Easy-to-use XR content creation platforms are vital to supporting adoption rates.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

This week, hand-tracking market leader SpectreXR made various strides in innovating in XR input with various partnerships that aim to elevate immersion for XR training applications and user experiences. Unity itself is a highly accessible graphics engine ready for a range of developers.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 15, 2023

This week, Strivr announced that its enterprise-grade VR training service reached an “industry record-setting milestone” of roughly 2 million sessions launched across its client base. According to the firm, the achievement marks Strivr’s vision of optimising immersive training and driving enterprise XR adoption.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Immersive firm Strivr has joined the XR Association (XRA) as a member of the rapidly expanding trade group, it was learned recently in an interview with XR Today. The XRA is a trade group representing major immersive firms providing a forum for outlining the future of the XR industry, including legislation and policy.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

With technology like XR and AI increasing, firms are eagerly assessing the landscape to see if any new digital solutions can help improve business outcomes across various sectors and use cases. While XR and other emerging solutions have many advertised potential benefits. A business must ask if XR is for them.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

XR software and applications have progressed tremendously during the last few years, in terms of sound and graphic quality. However, developers have constantly overlooked a critical aspect in building enterprise or personal use apps: accessibility for users with disabilities. The XR Association Recommendations in Detail.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

AUGUST 22, 2023

Generative AI is becoming a strong tag-team partner for the XR space. So, it appears that the two emerging technologies, XR and AI, coexist to enhance outcomes for end-users across the board – instead of competing. GenAI is already incredibly common on the developer side of XR hardware and software.

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Tech Trends VR

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The ArborXR Directory Platform Connects Businesses with Trusted VR Developers In a significant stride towards transforming XR development, ArborXR introduces the ArborXR Directory. This centralized platform is designed to seamlessly connect businesses with established VR developers.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Lenovo is one of the biggest names in computing today and Varjo is a leader in enterprise XR. The result is Varjo XR and VR headsets available through Lenovo. Varjo in Enterprise. See Also: EWTS Shines a Light on Enterprise XR and Wearables. Lenovo in Enterprise XR.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MAY 4, 2023

Enterprise-grade XR solutions are growing at an exponential rate. An enterprise ready to adopt XR must ask themselves various questions, not just finding the XR solution to suit their use case but also elements such as privacy, security, onboarding, XR training, cost, and effectiveness.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Immersive learning and training applications are becoming a leading use case supporting the value of XR for enterprises. From construction to retail, immersive learning solution providers are continuing to drive adoption and innovation in the XR industry by providing positive learning and capital outcomes for many end users.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

AUGUST 23, 2023

The Metaverse is still in its early stages of development, and several pressing issues need to be addressed before it can become a mainstream reality. Enterprise and consumer-facing firms face potentially business-changing opportunities, but many pressing issues face Metaverse services before they can hit the ground.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 19, 2022

Varjo, makers of high-end XR headsets, today announced it is introducing an XR cloud streaming service for enterprise customers. The streaming solution leverages the headset’s foveated rendering to deliver high quality XR experiences on less powerful machines. Varjo’s XR-3 headset | Image courtesy Varjo.

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Road to VR

MARCH 4, 2022

ByteDance, parent company to TikTok and VR headset creators Pico Interactive, announced at MWC 2022 that it’s partnering with Qualcomm, something that could help the chipmaker better diversify as the XR industry continues to expand.

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Road to VR

MARCH 21, 2022

Qualcomm, the company known for its mobile Snapdragon processors for smartphones and XR headsets, announced a new Metaverse Fund. The chipmaker says the new fund will be a launchpad for XR developers and companies working to build the metaverse.

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ARPost

MAY 25, 2023

The VR/AR Association held a VR Enterprise and Training Forum yesterday, May 24. The one-day event hosted on the Hopin remote conference platform , brought together a number of industry experts to discuss the business applications of a number of XR techniques and topics including digital twins, virtual humans, and generative AI.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Major tech firms have strategically begun developing the Metaverse and have even rebranded to reflect the changes. Meta Platform, NexTech AR, NVIDIA, and many others have joined the growing trend of metaverse firms developing the next stage of the internet.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MARCH 7, 2024

.” Meta was also keen to communicate the “promising opportunities” for Metaverse use cases in the enterprise sector. In the same blog post, Meta noted its tapping into XR’s impact on learning outcomes today. It appeared that Meta would instead focus on XR gaming and AR-lite consumer wearables.

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ARPost

JULY 29, 2020

ThinkReality has been around for over a year, but like many XR industry players, they’ve found themselves working overtime for the last few months. So, to create a suite of XR solutions, the company reached out to clients that were already using XR to see what obstacles they were facing. Software Suites and Packages.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 28, 2022

The immersive training industry faces a double-edged sword of a rapid uptake adoption and conversely, limitations from current hardware and software solutions. . Despite this, firms are working to deliver innovative platforms capable of delivering hardware-agnostic, bespoke content delivery systems designed to scale for the enterprise. .

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 8, 2023

Even before the firm’s monumental and, in some ways, controversial device announcement, which saw audiences amazed at a high price point and technology promise, the XR industry was on each of their seats with predictions on Apple’s immersive debut. Apple supports Unity applications as part of its software stack.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 20, 2024

This week at NVIDIA GTC 2024, Varjo had a strong presence at the event’s XR segment of the massive expo hall. The firm is a leading supplier of XR hardware, software, and cloud streaming services, enabling enterprise end-users to leverage valuable spatial data with incredibly high graphical performance.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 31, 2023

Virtual reality (VR) headsets are on a constant uphill trajectory which sees the hardware’s landscape evolve rapidly with new components, integrated software, and use cases. Another significant extended reality (XR) technology innovation is the introduction of mixed reality (MR) and full-colour passthrough technologies.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

APRIL 18, 2024

This week, the Mircosoft Teams smartphone application is gaining new XR features through AR instructional annotations that team members and managers can apply to a caller’s feed, providing instructional insight and assistance. As noted, the Teams Dynamics 365 Remote Assist is already available for HoloLens 2 users.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 22, 2024

Last week, Siemens, in collaboration with enterprise XR software provider BILT, leveraged Apple Vision Pro headsets to provide on-site electricians with XR instructional overlays. The partnership also gives BILT a place as the newest member of its Xcelerator Ecosystem for scaling enterprise XR solutions.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

APRIL 16, 2024

Late last week, at its 2024 Frontier event online showcase, Pimax debuted two VR headsets that continue its legacy of creating ultra-high spec specialist XR devices. The device also looks to enhance XR-device flexibility by providing a modular framework that enables users to make swappable displays.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 3, 2024

2024 will mark the 13th year that we’ve been following this XR journey here at Road to VR. Apple Announces Vision Pro Image courtesy Apple The News Apple announced is Vision Pro headset in June of 2023 marking the company’s first public step into the XR headset space. Somehow another year has come and gone.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

AUGUST 11, 2022

Lenovo is also working closely with the chipset manufacturer via Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Spaces platform that assists with extended reality (XR) hardware and software production. The news comes as major XR technology firms try to produce the next killer headset. Lenovo Enterprise Metaverse.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 8, 2022

During the Cisco LIVE 2022 conference for digital enterprise solutions next week, Vection Technologies will preview 3D Frame, a plug-in for Webex Meetings that adds immersive Metaverse features. The service also comes with a rich software development kit (SDK) that enables individuals or firms to develop custom integrated applications.

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