XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 13, 2022

The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) is set to join the XRA for the event on 14 September, which will host numerous expert discussions on policymaking initiatives. Join us for a series of expert talks and panels covering key immersive technology policy questions. Metaverse Rennaisance?

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

According to the very famous market analysis company Gartner, Augmented Reality is no more an “emerging” technology, but it has graduated as a mature one. This meant that for Gartner, VR was not an emerging and experimental technology anymore, but it had already become something usable and useful. Gartner Hype Cycle 2019.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

AUGUST 1, 2022

Over the last two years, metaverse technologies have matured due to investments from firms such as Meta Platforms, Microsoft, Epic Games, and many others. This is a crucial phase in the process of finding new technologies, protocols, and communities. The seventh consists of technologies that make previous ideas a reality.

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Bernard Marr

AUGUST 22, 2022

Since it became the most hyped technology buzzword, around the time Facebook rebranded itself as Meta, there has been no shortage of visionaries, pioneers, and entrepreneurs lining up to tell us what they think it is. This was not the way that we were meant to use technology.". Eric Schmidt , Google. Mark Zuckerberg , Meta.

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

MARCH 6, 2023

The extended reality (XR) industry continues to build its technological renaissance by developing fresh virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (VR/AR/MR) solutions. The Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2023 in Barcelona, Spain, provided a premier backdrop for the immersive and emerging technologies industry.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 5, 2018

I had the pleasure to ask some questions to Bubbled , an interesting company that is trying to mix two of the most interesting technologies of the moment: augmented reality and blockchain. We’re planning a series of Google Hangout events coming soon to invite people to learn more about us, I’ll share the details as we nail down the dates.

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Bernard Marr

APRIL 12, 2023

Generative AI, ChatGPT, Dall-E – it seems everyone’s so excited about AI at the moment that they’ve forgotten all about the hot technology trends of just a short while back. This is the nature of the “hype cycle” that those of us who follow the latest developments in technology have become very accustomed to. Today – not so much!

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 18, 2023

The technology is unique in its flexibility and usability across different devices and sectors. Instead of having to physically bring an object to a person or bring a person to the object, digital twins allow decision-makers to review digitized items from anywhere in the world, speeding up processes and helping with environmental concerns.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 25, 2021

According to The Verge, the top executives from Facebook are working on a rebrand of the company, most probably to create a parent company that owns all the various businesses controlled by Facebook … something similar to what Google made when it created Alphabet. Snap and Google Partner to Bring “Quick Tap to Snap” to Pixel 6.

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Ryan Schultz

MARCH 27, 2023

A little over a year ago, I blogged about Straszfilm’s thoughtful and nostalgic video essay on Active Worlds , which can be considered the granddaddy of virtual worlds, founded on June 28th, 1995, and somehow still limping along 27-¾ years later. And, as a fellow virtual worlds nerd myself, I really enjoyed it!

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 8, 2017

I talked with Caballero about his fascination with VR and augmented reality technologies, as well as the reality of trying to make money in what he calls the current “VR desert,” where consumers haven’t yet been buying the VR platforms or games in adequate numbers to support much of an industry. Would you agree with that? It takes years.

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Ryan Schultz

JULY 14, 2022

I have been avidly following every twist and turn of the current crypto crash, following various Reddit communities and scouring Google and Apple News for the reports of the latest crypto companies to fail, taking their investors’ money with them. I have been waiting a while to write this editorial, but I think the right time has come.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

is a company that aims at using the data from the cameras of all the phones running AR applications, send them to a server, and merge them all together to create a full mesh representing the whole world. Finally, AR could become truly useful since it won’t be confined to rooms, but it can expand into the whole world. Donate on Patreon!

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 20, 2020

It’s been said on this show before; XR doesn’t have a technology problem, it has an adoption problem. In Dan Lejerskar’s experience, everyone from universities to governments see the value of XR — they just lack the content to make it a worthwhile, everyday tool. One is government. We call Human 2.0

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 20, 2020

It’s been said on this show before; XR doesn’t have a technology problem, it has an adoption problem. In Dan Lejerskar’s experience, everyone from universities to governments see the value of XR — they just lack the content to make it a worthwhile, everyday tool. One is government. We call Human 2.0

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 20, 2020

It's been said on this show before; XR doesn't have a technology problem, it has an adoption problem. In Dan Lejerskar's experience, everyone from universities to governments see the value of XR -- they just lack the content to make it a worthwhile, everyday tool. One is government. Alan: Hi, it's Alan Smithson here.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 7, 2023

. “Actually, we see that there is a lot of innovation when it comes to virtual worlds,” she said. “I Vestager was speaking ahead of the launch of an EU metaverse initiative which will help regulators understand the metaverse but stop short of telling them how it should be governed. If confirmed, this is illegal.

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TechCrunch VR

MARCH 31, 2020

What’s most interesting about this virally disrupted moment is how much of the digital technology that’s been built out online over the past two decades could very well have been designed for living through just such a dystopia. Instead, long-lapsed friendships are being rekindled over Zoom group chats or Google Hangouts.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Training and education continue to lead the enterprise-grade AR/VR/MR technology sector. XR finds a keen home in training and learning thanks to the technology’s unique ability to create immersive spatial environments for trainees that can cover a broad number of use cases. Immersive training has been proven to be effective.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 13, 2019

Charlie Fink is a Forbes columnist and an author of two AR-enabled books – Charlie Fink’s Metaverse: A Guide to VR and AR, and Convergence: How the World Will Be Painted with Data. Charlie was EVP and COO of VR Pioneer Virtual World Entertainment. Is this a job for Google Glass? So convergence is beginning, right?

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 13, 2019

Charlie Fink is a Forbes columnist and an author of two AR-enabled books – Charlie Fink’s Metaverse: A Guide to VR and AR, and Convergence: How the World Will Be Painted with Data. Charlie was EVP and COO of VR Pioneer Virtual World Entertainment. Is this a job for Google Glass? So convergence is beginning, right?

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The event, once again hosted by Information Technology Innovation Foundation and the XR Association , followed last year’s all-virtual event. Registration for both events was free, regardless of in-person or virtual attendance. See Also: Understanding the Atmosphere Around Policy in Emerging Technologies. “We

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Hypergrid Business

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Specifically, the people running OpenSim-based virtual worlds — because I think that OpenSim is a great role model of how to create an interconnected, open-source metaverse. But there’s a flip side to the technology. I’ve been watching a lot of Primitive Technology videos lately.)

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

And while these well-funded companies can only push the technology forward for its use as a medical devices today thanks to regulatory hoops governing implants and their relative safety today, eventually the technology will get to a point when it’s both safe and cheap enough to land into the brainpan’s of neurotypical consumers.

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AR Insider

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

As we bear witness to the Digital Transformation of our world and cross the threshold into the Web 3.0 Our technologies, from the first use of fire to the future of facial recognition, appear to be neutral by their very nature. era, we face some extraordinary choices with serious and wide-ranging implications.

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Building the Metaverse

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Amazon, Netflix, Google) were built on this ecosystem, or benefitted from expanding into it (Microsoft, Apple). Most of Web2 was built on Web1 technologies, or benefitted from search to acquire audiences. as well as YouTube (owned by Google) which created walled-gardens for social networking and user-generated content.

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XR for Business Podcast

MARCH 3, 2020

Today’s guest is always on the bleeding edge of technology. Bob Cooney is widely considered one of the world’s foremost experts on location based virtual reality, and the author of the book “Real Money from Virtual Reality.” I think that’s a much better use of the technology.

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XR for Business Podcast

MARCH 3, 2020

Today’s guest is always on the bleeding edge of technology. Bob Cooney is widely considered one of the world’s foremost experts on location based virtual reality, and the author of the book “Real Money from Virtual Reality.” I think that’s a much better use of the technology.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 18, 2022

Bytedance has huge money, has behind it a powerful and rich government, can sell its headsets in China, and so it has all the means it needs to compete with Meta. In case there is another platform involved, e.g. Android, 30% will go to Google, and 25% of the remaining money (i.e. In total, 52.5% of the earnings will go to Meta.

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Bernard Marr

MAY 19, 2023

But as with any technology that’s rapidly evolving, it can be hard to separate the facts from the wishful thinking. If you think about it, most of the sites we use today are owned by major corporations (like Meta, Google, and Amazon) and – to some extent – are controlled by government regulations. First up, what is web 3.0?

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Bernard Marr

MARCH 7, 2023

This doesn’t mean every business has to develop and sell technology-related products and services. It means that every business needs to undergo a process of technology-driven digital transformation. Contrary to popular belief, you don’t need to be a “tech giant” to put these hot technology trends to work.

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Bernard Marr

MAY 23, 2022

It will also be deeply linked to the real world due to being built on Internet of Things (IoT) technology and to the concept of immersive, connected environments (aka the “ metaverse ”). Users can buy or rent plots of virtual land using the platform’s own cryptocurrency, called MANA. Decentraland.

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Hypergrid Business

JANUARY 29, 2017

This is going to be a long article, so here’s the quick summary: Same amount of OpenSim coverage, a bit more about VR gadgets and apps, and no more enterprise technology coverage. I’ve been covering enterprise technology for nearly 20 years now. Google Analytics data.). Google Analytics data.).

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 22, 2020

Her consulting bridges the gap between entertainment and technology. As an advisor, Anne grows and curates a community of digital artists to leverage new and emerging technologies. So how did you get into this crazy world of technology? They’ve received some grants from the Dutch government.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 22, 2020

Her consulting bridges the gap between entertainment and technology. As an advisor, Anne grows and curates a community of digital artists to leverage new and emerging technologies. So how did you get into this crazy world of technology? They’ve received some grants from the Dutch government.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 23, 2018

So, being moved by his desire to help people, he decided he wanted to use his technology to give his country a better education. That’s why Langzou offers not only the hardware and the 3D reconstruction technology, but also an editor that lets the teachers prepare the VR lesson in an easy way.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 22, 2020

Her consulting bridges the gap between entertainment and technology. As an advisor, Anne grows and curates a community of digital artists to leverage new and emerging technologies. So how did you get into this crazy world of technology? They've received some grants from the Dutch government. So it's not just VR.

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