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The Official US Civil Rights Trail Book Adds AR Experience to Engage the Young Generations

ARPost

AR Experience and History: New Technology Brings the Past to Life . Some of the places are Birmingham (Alabama), Memphis (Tennessee), Atlanta (Georgia), Charleston (South Carolina), already mentioned Little Rock (Arkansas) and Selma (Alabama), and more. How the AR Experience Works.

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Augmented reality and the next century of the web

TechCrunch VR

This week, I scribbled some thoughts on another aspect of the future web, the ongoing battle between Facebook and Apple to own augmented reality. The clearest reality is that in 2021 everyday users still don’t seem quite as interested in AR as the next generation of platform owners stand to benefit from a massive transition.

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The Knight Foundation launches $750,000 initiative for immersive technology for the arts

TechCrunch VR

Knight Foundation is looking for pitches on how to enhance and augment traditional creative arts through immersive technologies. We’ve seen how immersive technologies can reach new audiences and engage existing audiences in new ways,” said Chris Barr, director for arts and technology innovation at Knight Foundation, in a statement.

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AR to Transform Medical Surgery, Vuzix US Survey Shows

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

Vuzix, a provider of enterprise augmented reality (AR) solutions, published a survey on Tuesday on the efficacy of immersive tech in the medical industry. A further 31 percent actively considered adopting them, and 19 percent had experimented with the disruptive technology.

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Walmart Rolls Out AR Shopping App

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

US retail behemoth Walmart announced on Thursday it had updated its customer shopping app with two novel augmented reality (AR) solutions aimed at improving shopper experiences.

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Dr. Carolina Cruz-Neidra of EAC at University of Arkansas Little Rock

Everything VR & AR

Carolina Cruz-Neidra who is known as the co-inventor and developer of the CAVE automatic virtual environment and is currently the Director of the Emerging Analytics Center at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Kevin also loves spreading his passion for podcasting with others via speaking engagements at technology conferences.

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Upcoming Open House & Recruitment Series for Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Course at Eastern Iowa Community College (EICC)

EON Reality

Augmented and Virtual Reality are some of the fastest growing sectors of our economy. These technologies are spreading far beyond the gaming world and into business and education, where its being used to train employees and better educate students. Wallis and Futuna Western Sahara Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe.

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