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Facebook Surges in U.S. Patent Rankings Due to Mounting AR Strategy

Road to VR

patents done by Fairview Research reveals that Facebook has made a significant surge in its year-over-year ranking for patents granted in 2019, something partly owed to its increased number of patents surrounding augmented reality. Depth mapping with a head mounted display using stereo cameras and structured light.

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Augmented Reality Boosting Customer Brand Engagement

ARVR

Although it has only recently begun to be widely adopted, Augmented Reality ( AR) has in a short time managed to gain great popularity among various industrial sectors. AR technology was invented in 1968, with Ivan Sutherland’s development of the first head-mounted display system. and definitely more fun!

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Blippar Expands Blippbuilder Support to AR Glasses Under New CEO

ARPost

To learn more about Blippbuilder on headsets, the company’s long-term strategy, and the effects of other Blippar developments, ARPost met the company’s new CEO, Preet Prasannan. While AR on a head-mounted display and AR on a handheld display might sound similar, there were some initial hurdles. “To

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New Safty Certified Smart Glasses Debut for Industrial and Frontline Workers

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

The AR technology originally debuted the Vuzix Shield device via a limited fulfilment strategy focused on developers and researchers. Paul Travers added at the time, “Vuzix INCOGNITO technology makes the tech in a pair of AR smart glasses, or any other waveguide-based head-mounted display, virtually disappear.”

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Training employees is 4 times quicker with VR

Hypergrid Business

Our study found that virtual reality is ready to deploy at enterprise scale,” he said. The PwC team was able to provision, deploy, and manage a large fleet of head-mounted displays with a very small team.”. Virtual reality and augmented reality have the potential to add $1.5 Scott Likens.

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Japan’s Superhuman Sports Society Has Created Two AR Contests

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They’ve created 12 new sports and a couple of them even use augmented reality. Hado is a sport that works with an arm sensor and augmented reality via a head-mounted display. The Superhuman Sports Society is a company using drones, hoverboards, and more for accessible athletic contests.

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New Safety Certified Smart Glasses Debut for Industrial and Frontline Workers

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

The AR technology originally debuted the Vuzix Shield device via a limited fulfilment strategy focused on developers and researchers. Paul Travers added at the time, “Vuzix INCOGNITO technology makes the tech in a pair of AR smart glasses, or any other waveguide-based head-mounted display, virtually disappear.”