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Niantic Partners with City Governments to Turn Pokémon GO into a Tool for Community Engagement

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A new study published by American University demonstrates how Pokémon GO and other augmented reality games can help city governments bring communities closer together. Four of the studied cities — Akron, Ohio; Charlotte, North Carolina; Philadelphia. and James L.

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US Navy Using Magic Leap AR Technology to Improve Warfare Training

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In recent years, the US military has been utilizing augmented reality as a training tool, giving officers and soldiers an opportunity to train and hone their decision-making, tactical efforts, and weapons accuracy via virtual scenarios.

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U.S. Navy Uses AR To Keep Warfighters Hidden On The Battlefield

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As the user packs a similar-but-smaller geolocator receiver in a backpack and wears a headset inside a helmet that allows them to ‘see’ images of RF waves on an augmented reality screen superimposed over heavy sunglasses,” said Sinclair according to Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic Public Affairs.

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Where is VR/AR and Education Now?

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1 VR/AR is proving to be an effective learning tool. Upskill, an augmented reality software training company, has cited seeing on average a 32% improvement in the workforc e of their clients. 2 – The number of interactive teaching tools for K-12 teachers has exploded.

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AR 101?—?A brief summary (Part 1)

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A brief summary (Part 1) What is Augmented Reality? What are some of Augmented Reality problems and challenges? Augmented Reality?—?Definition, Augmented Reality = real object marker + virtual object by fernanda rodríguez. Evolution of Augmented Reality (Craig, 2013) by fernanda rodríguez.

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US Navy Using Magic Leap Headsets To Keep Soldiers Combat-Ready At Sea

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A new AR training tool developed by Magic Leap Horizons will use Magic Leap One AR headset to deliver various AR military training scenarios to the US Navy. Magic Leap Horizons originally developed TRACER as part of the US Army’s Augmented Reality Dismounted Soldier Training (ARDST) project.

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Lenovo Reveals ThinkReality VRX at IGS Europe 2022

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Lenovo’s ThinkReality VRX solution works for numerous use cases, providing users with XR tools to radically improve employee training efficiency, and facilitating virtual collaboration for design and engineering workflows in 3D virtual environments critical for the modern hybrid employee.

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