Reality Bytes: Google, Walmart & Lenovo
AR Insider
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
This week on Reality Bytes, we tune our Vizio TV to the Walmart channel, discuss a Reddit-trained AI, and slap a phone on our wrist. This post appeared first on AR Insider.
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AR Insider
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
This week on Reality Bytes, we tune our Vizio TV to the Walmart channel, discuss a Reddit-trained AI, and slap a phone on our wrist. This post appeared first on AR Insider.
ARPost
FEBRUARY 4, 2021
We’ve been using digital tools to effectively train workforces for more than 20 years. In the right circumstances, VR training can really fine-tune a business’ corporate learning program. Despite all of the benefits of VR training , many businesses aren’t sure how to get started. How to Start With VR Training.
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Road to VR
JANUARY 26, 2023
In 2017, Gemba grew out of executive training company The Leadership Network, which was founded in 2013 by CEO Nathan Robinson and Chairman Victor Lewis. Now the company is all-in with VR training platform Gemba, which also still holds masterclasses, albeit in virtual reality.
VRScout
OCTOBER 18, 2020
GIGXR launches AR tool designed for medical training. Students can join training sessions remotely for applications such as HoloPatient. Hands-on training is essential when it comes to the healthcare field. In a recent study published by the NCSBN , clinical simulation represents as much as 50% of training for nursing students.
XR Today - Virtual Reality
AUGUST 15, 2023
With major technology firms like Meta, Google, and Microsoft investing millions into the emerging space, enterprise end-users are already feeling the innovative presence of genAI – and there is more to come. The genAI-based questions allow each training scenario to be unique. Generative AI is here to stay.
ARVR
JANUARY 2, 2023
We’ll start with the company that’s become the front door to the web, and lots of shopping activity: Google. Among other things, Google uses its influential position to incubate and expose AR. Second, it grants prime real estate (the Google homepage) to its visual search tool, Google Lens. But how does AR play in?
Road to VR
JULY 18, 2017
The manager sits you down in some store room, wheels in a TV and makes you watch a training video that’s about as immersive as watching paint dry. Check out a preview of honeygrow’s 360 training video below. The post This Restaurant is Using Google Daydream to Train Employees appeared first on Road to VR.
Road to VR
JUNE 23, 2021
Moth+Flame, a creator of VR training software, today announced it’s garnered $2.5 million in seed funding to expand the scale of its workplace VR training technology. To see PromiseVR in action, check out the three-minute video below, which shows the company’s workplace racial bias training.
AR Insider
MARCH 22, 2021
This week, Facebook Reality Labs goes haptic, VR training and SXSW updates. KLM is increasing VR training for train workers after success with airlines. The pandemic has accelerated the testing of XR technologies in training workforces for transportation. STYLY launches support for 3D models made with Google Tilt Brush.
AR Insider
NOVEMBER 16, 2020
B uried deep in Google’s recent Search On 2020 event was a notable nugget. The company’s visual search tool, Google Lens, now recognizes 15 billion products. In this sense, it’s telling that Google phrased this announcement as recognizing 15 billion products , rather than objects. Who Makes that Dress?
AR Insider
NOVEMBER 8, 2023
Visual search requires immense levels of AI training for object recognition. Given Google's unique capabilities (think: Google Images), we're predicting that it releases a visual search API. What are the telling signs? This post appeared first on AR Insider.
ARVR
MAY 24, 2022
Last week, Google held its annual I/O developer conference?—?and Buried in all the keynote action, there was also a notable nugget for AR: Google Lens is now used for 8 billion visual searches per month. To put that in perspective, it’s still miles from the 2 trillion+ total annual Google search queries. in Google fashion?—?is
ARVR
MARCH 17, 2023
In all the excitement around generative and conversational AI, Google has gotten lots of grief for missing the party. The common refrain is that these technologies are Google killers. However, there’s just one issue with that take: Google is better positioned than anyone for AI. In other words, where can I buy it locally?
AR Insider
DECEMBER 24, 2019
AR Wins With “Training Wheels”. AR Wins With ‘Training Wheels’ The spatial computing industry is learning that its circa-2016 ambitions aren’t translating to mainstream adoption. This taps into an existing area of interest (social sharing), and represents the types of training wheels that AR needs. Prediction 2.
Mashable VR
FEBRUARY 13, 2022
TL;DR: The 2022 All-In-One Google Ads and Productivity Training Bundle is on sale for £22.12, saving you 98% on list price. This 37-hour Google productivity training features courses on Google Ads, Analytics, Slides, Docs, Sheets, Chat, Meet, and more. What was trending this morning may no longer be relevant.
The Ghost Howls
MAY 16, 2022
Image by Google). Google performs interesting AR news at I/O conference. At Google I/O, no executive of the company has talked about the M-word, but they have anyway showed interesting AR updates, which will be relevant for our future M-world. Another cool announcement has been the one of Immersive View for Google Maps.
Mashable VR
APRIL 26, 2022
TL;DR: The 2022 All-In-One Google Ads and Productivity Training Bundle is on sale for £22.96, saving you 98% on list price. The Google suite puts endless organisational tools at your fingertips, but if you work alone or are just starting a business, who's going to teach you how to operate and take advantage of these tools?
VRScout
NOVEMBER 30, 2017
Google Daydream will provide organizations with VR training and equipment rentals. That’s why Google is launching a new program dubbed Daydream Impact , with the hope of helping organizations and creators utilize virtual reality to take their programs to the next level.
ARVR
APRIL 13, 2022
Point your phone at a jacket a friend is wearing using Google Lens or Snap Scan , then buy it right on the spot. This is the theme of our AR and Shopping Collide series, continuing here with Google. Well-Traveled Touchpoints After covering Snap, Pinterest and Shopify in earlier parts of this series, What’s Google doing in AR shopping?
XR Today - Big XR News tag
OCTOBER 20, 2023
This week has seen its fair share of tricks and treats ahead of the Halloween season, where companies like Warpin Reality, HTC VIVE, Google, Shopify, and Apple, among others, have offered a powerhouse of insights to XR Today on their latest innovations. This has led Google to slash jobs across its operations in recent months.
GizModo VR
JULY 21, 2021
Some helpful new Google Maps features could help us all navigate through this time, both literally and figuratively. The world is slowly opening back up. You might be finding yourself using public transit for the first time in ages and trying to figure out how to get around. Read more.
AR Insider
NOVEMBER 20, 2019
This has led to lots of creative approaches such as crowdsourcing ( 6d.ai ), visual databases for object recognition ( Google & Apple ), satellite imagery ( Sturfee ) and compositions of 2D images ( Scape ). We’ll see if there’s a similar training-wheels outcome for Display.land. Header image credit: Ubiquity6.
The Ghost Howls
JULY 17, 2023
More info (Roblox is coming to Quest — Road To VR) More info (Roblox is coming to Quest — Upload VR) More info (Roblox on Quest may increase scrutiny on the platform) Other relevant news (Image by WIRED) Mark Lucovsky has left Google Mark Lucovsky has just left Google. More info iVRy makes the PSVR2 work with SteamVR!
GizModo VR
DECEMBER 2, 2020
One of the best things about Google TV is the way it integrates a wide range of streaming services to better surface content that’s relevant to you. Google is rolling out a new feature this week to make those recommendations even better by allowing you to tweak and share your preferences. Read more.
ARVR
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
Let’s call it Facebook’s AR training wheels. Enterprise AR: 7 real-world use cases for 2021 Highly Motivated As background for Facebook’s training wheels play, one of its motivations traces back to its failure to build and market a hardware device in the smartphone era. link] Are Ray-Ban Stories AR Training Wheels?
XROM
AUGUST 3, 2022
This will be the first CFR (Cryonics First Response) training to be organized in Spain, after some smaller similar events during previous years in Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Visit the campus of the Instituto Europeo , and find its location in central Madrid.
Road to VR
JULY 21, 2017
The team behind Daydream, Google’s mobile VR platform, is currently conducting experiments with the aim of broadening virtual reality’s usecase to include more interactive learning. image courtesy Google. SEE ALSO This Restaurant is Using Google Daydream to Train Employees.
XR Today - Augmented Reality tag
MAY 29, 2023
Additionally, AI is finding its way onto immersive products with various frontline smartglasses containing voice assistant features and training platforms such as VirtualSpeach leveraging ChatGPT language models for soft skills training. What is Google’s Project Starline? What is Google’s Project Starline?
GizModo VR
MAY 24, 2022
After 15 years, Google Street View has become the defacto destination for people trying to get a feel for where they’re going. If not for Street View, I would have spent countless days and nights wandering around foreign locales, wondering where my hotel was or which side to cross the street to enter the train station. Read more.
Road to VR
AUGUST 26, 2019
Google Lens is great for when you want to quickly translate a menu written in a foreign language, or visually explore the world around you simply using your Android smartphone. Considering however it’s using the full Google Lens suite of tools, we bet a lot more is possible. — Phasedragon (@Phasedragoon) August 22, 2019.
VR Bites
JUNE 30, 2016
A Virtual Reality App for Google Cardboard. Get teleported to a realistic spaceship environment where you will be trained to dodge laser shots by a trainer bot moving around you. Avoid the laser shots tilting your head and train your reflexes. WP-Appbox: VR Laser Training 4 Cardboard (Free, Google Play) →.
VRScout
JULY 6, 2017
For the last month I’ve been working with Google to test Blocks, a new VR creation tool that enables anyone to 3D model low polygon objects without training. While I was at Google, I frequently did this to test different lighting scenarios, but it also caused me to build my objects in Blocks differently. Happy modeling!
Mashable VR
APRIL 19, 2022
TL;DR: As of April 19, The 2022 All-In-One Google Ads & Productivity Training Bundle is on sale for $29.99 (and it's worth $1,800). The Google suite puts endless organizational tools at your fingertips, but if you work alone or are just starting a business, who's going to teach you how to operate and take advantage of these tools?
XR Today - Mixed Reality tag
JULY 18, 2023
News reports have revealed that a new extended reality (XR) tool has now become integral to Germany’s European Under 17 (U17) football training programme, leading to enhanced sports training. Ten players trialling the virtual reality (VR) training module were on the team that earned the championship title.
ARPost
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
Google Earth VR. Google Earth VR is one of the most detailed and comprehensive VR exploration experiences for anyone. All the areas of the globe mapped by Google cars are now available in the VR app. So, here are some of the best VR apps and experiences for traveling around the world you should try: 1.
VRScout
FEBRUARY 15, 2021
For example, during the training of police officers, it is possible to simulate situations of pursuit, detention, and interrogation while teaching students the best legal practices, quick and correct reactions, and respect for human rights at the same time. Image Credit: Google. Image Credit: Microsoft.
Mashable VR
FEBRUARY 9, 2022
In honor of Black History Month, Google has released an animated Google Doodle tribute to baseball legend Toni Stone — the first woman to play professional baseball in a men's league. Accompanied by a Google Arts & Culture biography , the Google Doodle highlights a story of passion and determination.
Digital Trends
JULY 21, 2021
Google Maps has announced a significant expansion of a handy feature that lets you see how crowded your train or bus is likely to be when it arrives.
VRScout
JULY 25, 2017
In both corporate training and K-12, companies and schools are reporting positive results about the impact of VR/AR on retention, engagement, and efficiency. Upskill, an augmented reality software training company, has cited seeing on average a 32% improvement in the workforc e of their clients. Reports cite that just 6.7%
AR Insider
FEBRUARY 3, 2020
To sidestep tech jargon, Google sometimes calls it “search what you see.”. Speaking of Google, it’s the front runner for visual search. It has a narrower use case than Google — mostly around consumer products — but that focus aligns with monetization. Though in fairness, Google announced that figure a year ago.
Bernard Marr
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
Google Pixel Watch 2 Rumors have it that the second iteration of Google's smartwatch will feature an enhanced version of the Body Response stress detection system featured in the Fitbit Sense 2. It also offers AI-powered advice and guidance on your training program, including personalized recommendations and GPS routing.
VRScout
JULY 25, 2022
The device provides users with key performance data in real-time, allowing them to stay informed while remaining focused on their training. “Instant, intuitive access to real-time performance data is a game changer for endurance athletes – in training and in competition.” ” ActiveLook 2.0 Image Credit: MicroOLED.
Road to VR
MARCH 5, 2024
” Notably, these are set to be ‘true’ AR glasses, and not HUD-based smartglasses like Google Glass, or a mixed reality headset, such as the company’s Quest line. Find out more about the difference between AR and smartglasses in our handy primer.
AR Insider
MARCH 17, 2021
It’s also naturally monetizable and Google is highly motivated to make it happen. As background, visual search has dual meanings including reverse-image search on Google desktop. One place this takes form is Google Lens. But visual search may not be a winner-take-all market, nor one that is Google-dominant. Training Set.
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