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CES 2019: Meet Addison, A Full-Time Virtual Caregiver

VRScout

Addison will transform the way people interact with technology. Created using Amazon’s Sumerian Host development platform, Addison can perform a variety of health-related tasks, from scheduled medication management and care plan adherence, to emergency responses and various social interactions. .

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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Checks Out HaptX And Their VR Gloves

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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos literally went “hands-on” with the future of robotics this past week during Amazon’s inaugural re:MARS conference in Las Vegas, NV. — Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) June 6, 2019. Bezos was incredibly impressed with HaptX’s technology, telling Mitrak, “That is really impressive.

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AR Glasses You’d Be Happy To Be Caught Dead In

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There’s no doubt a set of functional AR glasses that resemble regular eyewear would garner the attention of the average consumer, precisely what Vuzix is hoping for with their own propreitary AR headset showcased earlier this month at this years Consumer Electronics Expo in Las Vegas. Image Credit: Vuzix.

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The Ghost Howls’s VR Week Peek (2019.12.09): Qualcomm XR2 defines the future of XR, Magic Leap having tragic sales, and much more!

The Ghost Howls

The best news of the week has not been the release of a new fantastic VR headset or AR glass, but of a technology that will make a new generation of XR headsets possible: I’m talking about the XR2 chipset by Qualcomm. That is, the Quest 2 and the Vive Focus 2 may be based on this technology. Why am I so excited?

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How autonomous vehicles and hyperloop are scooting along

TechCrunch VR

Amazon isn’t to blame for the Postal Service’s woes, but it will need to innovate to survive. At the same time, I wrote a series of four articles on the latest transport technologies, and the waves they would create with perspectives focused on the impact on retail , commercial real-estate , short-haul travel and hyperloop.