EnterpriseWear

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Magic Leap finally dropped to mixed reviews and BrainXchange published its Definitive Guide to Adopting Wearables, AR and VR in Enterprise. After years of secrecy and hype, Magic Leap finally released its first developer kit in August for $2,295. The company’s direction is unclear.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 27, 2020

Image by Magic Leap). Magic Leap pivots to enterprise, lays off 1,000 employes. With a long post on Magic Leap’s blog, in the end Rony Abovitz has admitted that the company is not going that well, and has announced a new course, that should eventually lead to Magic Leap 2. Top news of the week.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Virtual Reality (VR). Medical professionals are now leveraging the Magic Leap 2 , which is expected to help medical experts access files and digitised patient information on-demand. Remote experts will also access blueprints, manuals, videos, and documents in real-time without the need to carry laptops and other devices.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 5, 2020

This is the first roundup of news of this new year, and to signal a change with the past, I’ve changed the name from “VR Week Peek” to “XR Week Peek”, because, hey, I like talking about all immersive technologies and not only Virtual Reality. Microsoft SharePoint Spaces to launch in the first half of 2020. Top news of the week.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Though mixed reality is evolving at a slightly slower rate than augmented and virtual reality, market leaders like Microsoft are beginning to introduce the world to what the future of MR could really look like. Here’s your insight into the definition of Mixed Reality. What is Mixed Reality?

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Based in Germany, ThyssenKrupp is a European national conglomerate that just announced a partnership with the Microsoft Hololens. 24,000 of ThyssenKrupp’s elevator technicians are equipped with the Hololens augmented reality device, increasing efficiency with a digital overlay on their real word. AppleEyes, anyone?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 21, 2022

This includes Varjo’s XR-2, Microsoft’s HoloLens 2, Pico Interactive’s Pico 4 Enterprise, and Meta Platform’s Quest Pro. Here’s a closer look at each: Augmented Reality (AR). Augmented Reality is the most widely-used XR format and expands on the real world with digital overlays.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2020

Well, on another website, I’ve been able to find someone that reading some Apple’s documents has found pictures of strange colored circular tags that may act as QR Codes for Apple devices. A leak by the famous leaker WalkingCat shows some pictures of the HP Reverb G2, which is the result of a collaboration between HP, Microsoft, and Valve.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Here you are some images from that document, with some comment of mine. The only headset that has such kind of strange thing on one side is the Magic Leap One , that uses it to track the controllers with magnetical fields… but we all know that Oculus actually uses optical tracking to track the controllers.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 29, 2019

In March, in Shenzhen, I have met Noah Zerkin , a genius that has found a way to transform this project from some documents on GitHub to a real headset. Keep in mind that Magic Leap One has a diagonal FOV of 50° and you realize why the word “only” is between quotes. I will report here my first impressions.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 7, 2019

Microsoft is shipping Azure Kinect. Microsoft is finally shipping its Azure Kinect devkits. As promised, Microsoft has released the documentation on its website. More info (AR on WeChat) More info (AR conversions for L’Oreal). Unluckily for us Europeans, it will currently ship only in the US and China, for $399.

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TechCrunch VR

MAY 31, 2023

By the time Howard Rheingold’s “Virtual Reality” was published in 1991, the Sensorama was already a “slowly deteriorating” relic stashed away in a cabana next the pool at its inventor’s West Los Angeles home. NASA promotion shot of VIEW (Virtual Interactive Environment Workstation). Helig died in 1997 at age 70.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 13, 2019

But in my opinion, I don’t think the killer app of virtual reality is games. But let’s now switch to the topic of augmented reality, which is really what this conversation is about. Charlie: And also the ability to document the work in a hands-free way. Not to say that games can’t be experienced.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 13, 2019

But in my opinion, I don’t think the killer app of virtual reality is games. But let’s now switch to the topic of augmented reality, which is really what this conversation is about. Charlie: And also the ability to document the work in a hands-free way. Not to say that games can’t be experienced.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 13, 2023

This could actually be quite beneficial for Meta, Microsoft, and Magic Leap. If you consider virtual reality over the last few years, there has been increasing traction in the enterprise. When you look at past technology that didn’t quite take off, it was because there wasn’t enough competition.

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EnterpriseWear

AUGUST 1, 2018

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. That year, SITA worked with Helsinki Airport to explore visualizing airport operations with the Microsoft HoloLens.

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AR Insider

MAY 6, 2020

Or we can put on device on our head (a head-mounted display or HMD) that completely occludes us from the real world allowing us to enter a completely simulated environment which we can walk around and interact in because the computer is sensing our physical actions: this is Virtual Reality or VR. The Evolution of Brand Activations.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 14, 2019

But then there’s the Virtual Reality, Toronto; VRTO: That one is a small but very powerful group. And Jimmy Vainstein, who’s speaking from World Bank and how they’re helping to change the world, and document what they’re working on with World Bank through VR and AR and storytelling through that.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 14, 2019

But then there’s the Virtual Reality, Toronto; VRTO: That one is a small but very powerful group. And Jimmy Vainstein, who’s speaking from World Bank and how they’re helping to change the world, and document what they’re working on with World Bank through VR and AR and storytelling through that.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 14, 2019

But then there’s the Virtual Reality, Toronto; VRTO: That one is a small but very powerful group. And Jimmy Vainstein, who’s speaking from World Bank and how they’re helping to change the world, and document what they’re working on with World Bank through VR and AR and storytelling through that.

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AR Insider

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Our choices will not only determine the territorial lines of the web and the world, but also our very definition of the words humanity, civilization, and even reality itself. consisted of static documents and read-only data on PCs. We must choose wisely. The Spatial Web is a new multidimensional network.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

I mean, part of the reason that my work with virtual reality really took off is because I moved into this new role, and had this freedom to innovate and to explore new technologies. So one of things that I was doing throughout our journey with virtual reality was documenting all of the projects that we were carrying out.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

I mean, part of the reason that my work with virtual reality really took off is because I moved into this new role, and had this freedom to innovate and to explore new technologies. So one of things that I was doing throughout our journey with virtual reality was documenting all of the projects that we were carrying out.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 21, 2019

This could be for something like a Magic Leap or an Oculus or something like that. This is -- again -- with the headsets that there are some AR experiences, but a lot of architecture firms are bringing clients through their proposals in virtual reality now. Magic Leap just raised another $280-million.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 21, 2019

This could be for something like a Magic Leap or an Oculus or something like that. This is — again — with the headsets that there are some AR experiences, but a lot of architecture firms are bringing clients through their proposals in virtual reality now. Magic Leap just raised another $280-million.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 21, 2019

This could be for something like a Magic Leap or an Oculus or something like that. This is — again — with the headsets that there are some AR experiences, but a lot of architecture firms are bringing clients through their proposals in virtual reality now. Magic Leap just raised another $280-million.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 10, 2019

So, from mobile AR, virtual reality, mixed reality, and really seeing how we can utilize it for our learning curriculum. And I think for some of our use cases, specifically around mixed reality or virtual reality, I think it’s going to open the door for the technology to just accelerate.

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Tech Trends VR

AUGUST 3, 2020

Dr. Ahmed is seen wearing a Magic Leap One headset, while his colleagues used mobile phones, yet they all “inhabited” the same virtual space and were able to effectively visualize and interact with both the people and objects within it. As connectivity improves immersive applications will be further supercharged Click To Tweet.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 10, 2019

So, from mobile AR, virtual reality, mixed reality, and really seeing how we can utilize it for our learning curriculum. And I think for some of our use cases, specifically around mixed reality or virtual reality, I think it’s going to open the door for the technology to just accelerate.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Mr. Mike Powell, he is the head of the Microsoft Garage and the author of “Age of Smart Information,” a new book about how artificial intelligence and spatial computing will transform the way we communicate forever. To enjoy whether it was book or documents or reports, whatever it is you were reading.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Mr. Mike Powell, he is the head of the Microsoft Garage and the author of “Age of Smart Information,” a new book about how artificial intelligence and spatial computing will transform the way we communicate forever. To enjoy whether it was book or documents or reports, whatever it is you were reading.

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Tech Trends VR

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Bumpy Road For Magic Leap. Magic Leap then announced it was pivoting towards enterprise customers following damning reports of extremely weak sales. Dairy farmers in Russia started testing Virtual Reality on their dairy cows. Virtual Worship. Cows Like VR Too. Holographic performances. VR Therapy.

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