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Is XR ‘Taking Off’ for the Commercial Aviation Industry?

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Inviting around 75 companies to participate in the accelerator, Taqtile collaborated with the International Airlines Group (IAG) to demo digital transformation tools for aviation repair and maintenance operations. Trainees could use Microsoft HoloLens 2 and Magic Leap headsets, as well as tablets and smartphones for the platform.

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Web3, XR, Crypto, and the World Economic Forum 

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

In the past, the group has discussed how metaverse solutions and XR could help tourism companies to reconnect with their consumers in the post-pandemic landscape through virtual visits to distant locations and XR travel. However, it is one of the key players invested in shaping what this future economy might look like.

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Taqtile Completes AR Programme for IAG Airports

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

This Tuesday, Taqtile completed the Hangar 51 accelerator programme by International Airlines Group (IAG), designed to leverage augmented reality (AR) remote guidance solutions in airport environments. IAG provided Taqtile with resources to enhance its AR work-instructor solution for airport staff.

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XR Market Growth to Top $345.9bn by 2030, Report Shows

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

Doctors can leverage the technology to access detailed scans of patients in real-time with Magic Leap, HoloLens 2, and other headsets. It added that onboarding , immersive developer support groups, and software developer kits (SDKs) would also boost XR services.

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Who Will Own the Metaverse?

AR Insider

It’s been called the AR Cloud by many, the Magicverse by Magic Leap, the Mirrorworld by Wired, the Cyberverse by Huawei, Planet-scale AR by Niantic and Spatial Computing by academics. We are seeing industry groups like Open AR Cloud campaigning for interoperability. Who Will Own the Metaverse? by Marko Balabanovic.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.03.29): Rec Room becomes a unicorn, Sandbox VR is back to business and more!

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If we exclude the major tech companies (Facebook, Valve, etc…) and the meteor Magic Leap, this is the first VR company to reach this status, and this is another sign of the health of the virtual reality ecosystem. The investment round has been led by Sequoia Capital and Index Ventures and includes Madrona Venture Group.

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IGS 2022 Miami: XR Today Expert Round Table

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Many products showcased at the conference included flagship releases of VR headsets and solutions such as the Meta Quest Pro, Magic Leap 2, Lenovo ThinkReality A3, and AT&T’s Volumetric Video Photo Booth, among many others.

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