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Vuzix AR Swim Goggles Used For Tactical Scuba Diving

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Vuzix, a company specializing in wearable augmented reality (AR) technology, recently conducted an experiment in collaboration with OPTAC-X and Kymeta Corporation during which its Vuzix Smart Swim glasses were used to perform a SATCOM-enabled AR scuba dive. military customers, they have been designed and are manufactured in the United States.”

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AR App Lets You Play ‘Space Invaders’ On A Beer Can Because Why Not?

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Australian-based developer Immertia has released an app that allows alcohol brands to gamify beer cans using AR technology. To help showcase its technology in action, Immertia has released a new AR game called Beer Invaders which—as you might expect—can be played on a basic aluminum beer can.

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Surgery Training Platform ‘Osso VR’ Now Used by 1,000 Surgeons Monthly

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The company says that leading hospitals using the platform include Brown University, Vanderbilt University, Hospital for Special Surgery, Marshall University, Newcastle Simulation Centre, The University of Hawaii, UCLA, University of Washington, Wake Forest Baptiste Health, University of Kentucky, University of Utah, and New York University.

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USA Today Premieres Season Two of ‘VRtually There’

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On board one of the last flights of Goodyear’s GZ-20 model blimp or hang gliding in Hawaii, you can now experience season two of USA Today’s “VRtually There” series. The first episode takes you high inside the Goodyear Blimp.

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“Swimming with Sharks: The Tactical Benefits of Vuzix AR Swim Goggles!”

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Vuzix, a leader in wearable augmented reality technology, partnered with OPTAC-X and Kymeta Corporation to stress test its Vuzix Smart Swim glasses for use in tactical scuba diving.

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Channel Your Inner 90’s Child With POGs AR

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The game first originated in Maui, Hawaii sometime during the 1920’s or 1930’s, but it wasn’t until the 1990’s that the game exploded into a craze so popular, it was banned from schools all over the United States. But in POGs AR you play for keeps,” said Sam Park, Director of Compton Technology in an official press release. “By

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Sketchfab Hosts 1 Million Online Scenes While Matterport Posts 250K Virtual Spaces

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Founded in 2011, Matterport is an immersive technology company built on mapping real places as 3D models. Matterport’s 3D camera has been used to map a vast collection of places, from a Maori village in New Zealand to a huge lava tube in Hawaii. After 2016, the CoreVR option will be available for $19 per new 3D space.

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