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The Second Coming of Augmented-Reality Glasses

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The Smart-Accessory Revolution A Pew Research Center survey conducted at the beginning of 2013 showed that only 51% of adults in the United States owned a smartphone, 6 years after the launch of the 1st-generation Apple iPhone. Another survey conducted mid-June 2019, 4 years since the debut of the Apple Watch, showed that roughly 1-in-5 U.S.

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NVIDIA Announces CloudXR Updates at SIGGRAPH 2023

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For him, such industries would benefit ‘enormously’ from digital transformations via digital twinning, simulation, and computer-aided design (CAD). He explained further, “Amazon is using Omniverse to visualise their warehouse, [a] giant robotic system, to help their workers [and] to simulate their fleet of AMRs. [We

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Getting started with Augmented Reality (AR)

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ARKit  — ARKit is one of the powerful AR SDK released by Apple on 2017 to build AR solutions using iOS devices. It released a development framework utilizing image recognition and tracking, and geolocation technologies in 2012. It is useful to simulate situations that are too dangerous or difficult to recreate in real life.

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A brief history of VR and AR

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Morton Helig’s 1962 patent describes a system that delivers a realistic simulation for potential work and military training purposes: There are increasing demands today for ways and means to teach and train individuals without actually subjecting the individuals to possible hazards of particular situations.

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How Hollywood Has Predicted VR in Movies

VRScout

Since the Oculus Kickstarter in 2012, VR has seen a revival on the big screen as it becomes a more affordable and accessible consumer device. Jobe is run through a variety of advanced VR simulations and begins to see astounding results. While immersed in the simulation, the user has full sensory incorporation via a neural connection.

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Project Caliper: the journey of prototyping optimal controllers for VR

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Even the big players like Sony, Apple, and Microsoft have substantially reduced their production estimates for 2022, whilst processor manufacturers talk of delays into 2024. It had no sensors, just a simulated sensor bar in front of the handgrip. Image provided by Rob Cole). Image by Rob Cole). Two are seen in the image above right.

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Delivering Digital Meatballs in AR, with IKEA’s Martin Enthed

XR for Business Podcast

But if I take it very short, it started really in volume 2012-ish. So it took like from 2007 to 2012. And in 2011-2012 we did about 10 to 12,000 high-res images a year, and I would say maybe 1,500 of them were 3D. Then in 2012, the IKEA catalog app had AR in it. Martin: That story has been told a few times. Martin: Okay.

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