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AR 101?—?A brief summary (Part 1)

ARVR

Augmented Reality Definition Augmented Reality (AR) is a technology that overlays digital content (graphics, text, audio, and video) on real-world images using mobile devices, PCs, or glasses, which have an integrated camera and specialized software (Papagiannis, 2017). Augmented Human: How Technology Is Shaping the New Reality.

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EON Reality Brings AI-Powered XR Solutions to Hospital Metropolitano in Costa Rica

EON Reality

Established in 2010, Hospital Metropolitano provides safe, accessible, high quality medical care to middle class Costa Ricans. The XR solutions are designed to be used by anyone — meaning no coding or advanced technological knowledge is necessary. The collaboration includes EON Reality’s AI-powered XR solutions for staff and patients.

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EXCLUSIVE: Hands-on CREAL lightfield XR headsets

The Ghost Howls

I have had the pleasure of being invited by Swiss company CREAL to try its revolutionary lightfield technology that is able to make the immersive reality offered AR and VR headsets more believable. Notice that CREAL doesn’t want to manufacture a headset, but just to create a reference design for its display system for other companies to use.

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8i Appoints New CEO, hints at Holographic Telepresence Research in Seattle

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

Today, the company peeking its head above water just long enough to announce its plans for the new year and to tease us once again with the promise of powerful future technology. This technology became widely available with the introduction of Microsoft’s Kinect device in 2010. AR/VR Head Mounted Displays.

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VR Gloves Go Mainstream with Ready Player One

HaptX

That was the topic of our conversation: How much would Ready Player One highlight or explain haptic technology? These are so integral to the world of RPO that every time we see a character wear a head-mounted display (HMD), he or she also wears a pair of VR gloves. Head-mounted displays are increasing resolution.

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A Brief History of VR

VeeR VR

Without exception, everyone who hears about VR technology is interested on some level, and because of this and its many uses, some have already started using VR technology. Of course, it would be almost 600 years before the birth of modern VR technology and VR headsets). Intro to VR Development. .