XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MARCH 17, 2023

Google first introduced the Glass device in 2015. When XR and immersive content solutions exploded in interest, Google Glass faced steep competition in the consumer and enterprise-grade immersive wearables marketplace. Last year, Google invested significant R&D into new AR wearables.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JULY 4, 2022

Augmented reality (AR) hardware startup Mojo Vision presented a significant advancement in its smart contact lens. Last Tuesday, the CEO of Mojo Vision, Drew Perkins , trialled his firm’s prototype extended reality (XR) display.

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EnterpriseWear

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

In 2015, the newly-formed BrainXchange put together the first-ever event devoted to the business and industrial use of wearable technologies. There have now been five Enterprise Wearable Technology Summits, with a sixth scheduled for September 2019. Could you digitize this information and deliver it to users via a wearable?

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Despite the growth of the augmented reality (AR) marketplace, the smart glasses segment is slower to take off. Smart glasses remain a luxury product, like virtual reality headsets (VR), but a lack of system-selling software slightly stuns the growth of AR hardware. Also, EMG and wrist-based wearables are a perfect match.

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Road to VR

MARCH 12, 2017

Another reasonable guess would be the next generation of Google Glass, which the company has teased since at least as far back as 2015. Whatever Google is working on, it’s clear that the company’s talent in AR/VR hardware has been expanding rapidly as of late, likely alongside its ambitions in this industry.

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VRScout

AUGUST 22, 2017

Although not a new concept, BCIs are getting a lot of attention recently with high-profile entrepreneurs like Elon Musk and Bryan Johnson forming brain-focused companies, and even the 2015 Disney Accelerator included a hardware company making wearable brain devices. in new development contracts.

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Road to VR

MAY 19, 2017

Among fans of the device (myself included), there was hope that after the Project Glass had “Graduated” from within Google’s secretive Google[x] in 2015 (also the origin of Tango, Google Watch, and more) the Glass team would be moving ahead with development of new and improved versions of the device.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

In fact, Apple’s patents in this field tell us that the company has been thinking about immersive wearables for a long time; patents filed at least as far back as 2007 show a device that looks much like the VR headsets we see today. Acquisitions. See Also: 3 Moves Oculus is Borrowing from Apple’s Marketing Playbook.

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The company launched in 2015 and released its first product in 2016 – focusing on spatial analytic services. With the new wearable tablets and software, students can boost their learning retention rates and practice critical skills to secure operating theatre training.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 11, 2020

I love virtual reality and can’t get enough of it, but lately, I haven’t been doing as much of it at work. My team at Shopify started on VR stuff back in 2015 but we’ve been really focused on augmented reality shopping as of late. So working on these prototypes gives me an outlet to work on VR.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 5, 2023

It is also the first device on offer since the launch of its Apple Watch in 2015. This allows seamless usage of iPhones, MacBooks, Watches, and other wearables while using the headset. PHOTO: YouTube/ Apple Inc Furthermore, the device integrates the full Apple ecosystem across the headset.

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EnterpriseWear

AUGUST 1, 2018

Ideas on the ground and on board: The airport industry first began toying with wearable technology with the release of the original Google Glass in 2013. More recently, the use of wearable augmented and virtual reality devices by airport and airline technicians to train, perform maintenance, and receive remote support has gained traction.

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EnterpriseWear

JANUARY 10, 2019

The release of Magic Leap One was supposed to be the “magic moment” for consumer AR, the development that finally got consumers excited about augmented reality glasses. But are consumers aware that this is augmented reality? Needless to say, it wasn’t. Positive signs for consumer smart glasses in 2019.

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Ryan Schultz

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

The somewhat tepid success of previous VR/AR/MR/XR/metaverse ventures to date are clearly reasons why Apple has focused, in its usual savvy marketing campaign, on the fact that the Apple Vision Pro is intended to be a wearable personal computer (essentially, an iPad for your face). Apple has announced in a Feb. Apple has announced in a Feb.

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VRWorld

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

MasterCard and Swarovski disclosed that two companies joined forces up to create a new virtual reality shopping app for browsing through a virtual home filled with crystal objects designed by the late architect Zaha Hadid, designer Tomás Alonso and many others. Back in 2015, Tommy Hilfiger invited shoppers to virtually view its runway show.

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VRWorld

JULY 7, 2016

However, this relationship should be prepared to add a new addition into their lives: Augmented Reality i.e. AR. this technology is also beginning to be marketed as Mixed Reality or MxR (blame Magic Leap for that one). In the US alone, sales made from a mobile reached a staggering $104 billion in 2015 – an enormous 38.7%

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 5, 2021

Its XR headset will be the first major product launch since 2015, and Apple surely wants to launch it in the best way possible, with a cheering audience, on-site demos to journalists, and a well-orchestrated performance. Microsoft signs a $22B deal with the US Army. It would be great if you could contribute to it too! Learn more.

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VRWorld

JULY 19, 2017

“e-skin apparel is completely different from other wearable devices in the sense that first and foremost it’s still just a shirt that anyone can wear. The company was founded in November 2015, as a spin-out from the University of Tokyo, with offices in Tokyo (Japan) and Worcester, MA (USA).

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Infinityleap

MAY 31, 2016

Wikipedia defines smart glasses as a wearable computer that adds information to what the wearer sees. And though Google has withdrawn its Glass in 2015 for a major review, several cheap Chinese copycats just surfaced. By definition these glasses truly augment reality for one eye while keeping the other one focused on reality.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 13, 2020

So, yeah, with this belief, we started off in 2015 from a robotics group at the University of Delft -- Technical University of Delft -- here in the Netherlands. And we tried to get-- to make a wearable that is, well, doing exactly this -- so touch in VR -- but was also affordable for every professional use case.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 13, 2020

So, yeah, with this belief, we started off in 2015 from a robotics group at the University of Delft -- Technical University of Delft -- here in the Netherlands. And we tried to get-- to make a wearable that is, well, doing exactly this -- so touch in VR -- but was also affordable for every professional use case.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 13, 2020

So, yeah, with this belief, we started off in 2015 from a robotics group at the University of Delft -- Technical University of Delft -- here in the Netherlands. And we tried to get-- to make a wearable that is, well, doing exactly this -- so touch in VR -- but was also affordable for every professional use case.

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ARVR

JANUARY 29, 2021

While Apple fans have long been waiting for Apple to launch its own augmented and virtual reality ( AR/VR ) wearables, and despite many competitors already presenting market-ready AR glasses and VR headsets , there are still more questions than answers around what Apple’s AR/VR first product will look like. © Apple, Inc.

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VRWorld

JUNE 3, 2016

Back in October 2015, we had a conversation with an senior industry executive close to HTC. ” According to our source, HTC was used as a logistics and legal vehicle to jump-start the new company, which will go much further than a simple headset designer and manufacturer.

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VRWorld

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Naturally, we might end with what happened to their hardware – amazing external design diminished by the specs featuring a graphics processor from September 2014 and a central processor from August 2015. Let’s see can Apple surprise us with their announcement, starting just 24 hours after the Microsoft one. Stay tuned.

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TechCrunch VR

MAY 31, 2023

The term “augmented reality” wasn’t officially coined until 1990, but the 80s also saw important breakthroughs in the space. Steve Mann is commonly referred to as the “father of wearable computing” for innovations like the EyeTap, which combined computer processing with graphical design and textual overlays.

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Cats and VR

JULY 11, 2016

Past participants in the Disney Accelerator have continued to work with The Walt Disney Company after completing the program, such as, Sphero, which created the BB-8 droid toy, the number one Star Wars toy in 2015. Nom was founded by Vijay Karunamurthy, former YouTube engineering lead, and Steve Chen, co-founder and CTO of YouTube.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 2, 2019

Now, we’ve talked a lot about virtual reality content. Are you seeing this type of thing with augmented reality as well? Their camera-first platform is really kind of… well, I’ll just put it out there: Snapchat is by far and away, the biggest user of augmented reality in the world. Alan: Absolutely.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 2, 2019

Now, we’ve talked a lot about virtual reality content. Are you seeing this type of thing with augmented reality as well? Their camera-first platform is really kind of… well, I’ll just put it out there: Snapchat is by far and away, the biggest user of augmented reality in the world. Alan: Absolutely.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 12, 2019

They’ve taken virtual and augmented reality for the automobile industry to the next level; from AR apps where you can see cars in your living room, to full VR simulators where you can drive the cars and see what they interact like. This company, just so you know, is really incredible. It was just amazing.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 12, 2019

They’ve taken virtual and augmented reality for the automobile industry to the next level; from AR apps where you can see cars in your living room, to full VR simulators where you can drive the cars and see what they interact like. This company, just so you know, is really incredible. It was just amazing.

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Tech Trends VR

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

The Louvre, for example, has been using AR as early as 2015. Where now we associate these experiences with bulky headsets, or think nothing of holding a touchscreen in front of us to unlock a digital augmented element, in future such technology will be embedded in our environment, in lightweight wearables or even contact lenses and implants.

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Tech Trends VR

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

The Louvre, for example, has been using AR as early as 2015. Where now we associate these experiences with bulky headsets, or think nothing of holding a touchscreen in front of us to unlock a digital augmented element, in future such technology will be embedded in our environment, in lightweight wearables or even contact lenses and implants.

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Mashable VR

APRIL 5, 2022

It was billed as the world’s first meditation wearable. And they had insane ambition, if not yet realized, for an augmented reality version that would give participants health meters and "glowing auras." The app also encouraged you to share your "calm score" on social media.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Today’s guest is Emily Friedman from BrainXchange and Augmented World Expo. Emily Friedman is a New York based enterprise immersive, wearable and emerging technology advocate, journalist and facilitator. BrainXchange, we started out as a boutique events company, and we just happened to enter augmented reality at the right time.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Today’s guest is Emily Friedman from BrainXchange and Augmented World Expo. Emily Friedman is a New York based enterprise immersive, wearable and emerging technology advocate, journalist and facilitator. BrainXchange, we started out as a boutique events company, and we just happened to enter augmented reality at the right time.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Today's guest is Emily Friedman from BrainXchange and Augmented World Expo. Emily Friedman is a New York based enterprise immersive, wearable and emerging technology advocate, journalist and facilitator. BrainXchange, we started out as a boutique events company, and we just happened to enter augmented reality at the right time.

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