GizModo VR

MARCH 29, 2021

Even mollusks can’t escape wearables. Researchers from North Carolina State University have designed what they call a “custom Fitbit” to track freshwater mussel activity as a way to detect water pollutants. Read more.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The platform can facilitate purchases for sports clothing as wearables for avatars, generating additional revenues. While there, people could browse digital twins of real merchandise from the Charlotte, North Carolina-based team’s brick-and-mortar shop to deliver right to their door.

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ARVR

JULY 9, 2020

70s : Group of researchers at different organizations, such as NASA, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of North Carolina, continued research in computer graphics and virtual reality (Krevelen, 2010). Offloading Guidelines for Augmented Reality Applications on Wearable Devices. Elsevier Science, 2013.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 13, 2017

Wearable AR systems can provide 360-degree situational awareness to drivers just like pilots and help them drive safer. Heading from New York City to Charlotte, North Carolina, the plane experienced a bird strike just 3 minutes after take off which took out both the engines.

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EnterpriseWear

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Arguably, exoskeletons, not AR/VR, are the current star of enterprise wearables. Exoskeleton development has evolved from military and medical applications to industry, where wearable robotics are finding their sweet spot. And major industrial players and startups alike recognize the growing opportunity: The market.

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