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Airbus Launches HoloLens App to Train Future Airline Crews

VRScout

Passenger jet maker Airbus has created a Microsoft HoloLens app to train engineers and cabin crews. Airbus, a Microsoft HoloLens partner, developed the software for its A350 XWB line of planes, which first took to the skies in 2013. Microsoft demonstrated JAL’s app last year.

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HoloLens Optics Chief Joins Google Amid Reported Push for Upcoming Google AR Headset

Road to VR

Bernard Kress, principal optical architect on Microsoft’s HoloLens team, has left the company to take on the role of Director of XR Engineering at the recently formed Google Labs.

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Zero Latency Upgrades VR Attraction Platform With Hardware From Microsoft & HP

Road to VR

Zero Latency has been a player in the out-of-home VR space since 2013. The company has developed a VR attraction platform which brings together hardware and software to enable a 60 × 30 ft (18.3 × 9 m) ‘warehouse scale’ playspace which can be inhabited by up to eight players simultaneously. “We

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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). Evolution of Augmented Reality (Craig, 2013) by fernanda rodríguez.

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Xbox Game Studios Has (inadvertently?) Acquired Heaps of VR Development Talent

Road to VR

A year ago, in response to Sony consistently delivering high-quality exclusives for PS4, Microsoft made a commitment to rejuvenating its first-party game development efforts and went on a shopping spree, acquiring a handful of respected studios to bolster its first-party game development talent under the Xbox Game Studios banner.

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Tech Giants Prime AR’s Headworn Era

AR Insider

All the big tech players — Microsoft, Google, Facebook, and Amazon — are in the game as well. The report says this device could cost thousands of dollars and be available only in low volumes — more typical of a test platform for software developers than the mass-market products Apple usually releases.

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BISim tells us how XR is relevant for the Army

The Ghost Howls

Bohemia Interactive Simulations (BISim) is a global software company at the forefront of simulation training solutions for defense and civilian organizations. In 2013, Bohemia Interactive Simulations began operating separately from BI Studio after BISim was acquired by The Riverside Company. Our customers include the U.S.