XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Amazon AR Shopping Takes on Global Ad Spending Market The Seattle, Washington-based firm opened its doors to customers, where they can use AR to preview furniture and virtual try-ons (VTOs) for clothing. Using a combination of text and images, people can locate the exact items they wish to buy on the platform.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

Following the recent unfavorable court decision which saw a $500 million judgement levied on Oculus and some of its founders last week , Facebook has shared a glimpse into what they call “the most advanced virtual and augmented reality research center and team in the world.”

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Kavya: Well, I do have to go back to my experience with the very first virtual world, Second Life. The very first ever virtual currency was the Linden dollar, and with it, we discovered that you have to comply with money rules and money laundering possibilities. Why did you start chasing this goal?

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VRGuy

JANUARY 23, 2016

As I write this, not far from Washington, DC, a major snow storm is raging outside. With all this snow outside, I can't help but remember Snow World, a VR pain management experience that was one of first useful non-gaming VR applications. This technique is being used in The Void experience today.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 18, 2023

The industrial metaverse is the next evolution of digital transformation, describing the concept of full-physical-fidelity, real-time, immersive digital twins and industrial virtual worlds that are perfectly synchronized and obey the laws of physics. Each will have a digital counterpart. Canada, and Mexico.

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VRScout

JUNE 26, 2016

Movement is a big issue in virtual reality, and developers have to be careful to make sure users are not nauseated by vestibular mismatch (your brain/eyes say “I’m moving” in the virtual world which contradicts your inner ear/balance which say “I’m stationary” in the real world).

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Hypergrid Business

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

If you can keep a checklist of bullet points in your head before you put on your headset, you can expect to get better results than if you just jump unprepared into the virtual world. For example, Otolith Labs, of Washington DC, is developing a prototype device that sits behind the VR user’s ear.

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Mashable VR

MARCH 17, 2022

It’s fun to run around as a little guy in a virtual world while you’re kooky off the devil’s lettuce. Josh Kaplan, an assistant professor for the behavioral neuroscience program at Western Washington University, studies the effects and benefits of cannabis consumption.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Google gave a grant to the DuSable Museum in Chicago, so they wanted to reboot the Mayor Harold Washington exhibit. So we've had people in this virtual world saying, hey, we want to bring AR into this virtual world. It could have been a prospective student tour at Arizona State University. Well, it works great.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Google gave a grant to the DuSable Museum in Chicago, so they wanted to reboot the Mayor Harold Washington exhibit. So we've had people in this virtual world saying, hey, we want to bring AR into this virtual world. It could have been a prospective student tour at Arizona State University. Well, it works great.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Google gave a grant to the DuSable Museum in Chicago, so they wanted to reboot the Mayor Harold Washington exhibit. So we've had people in this virtual world saying, hey, we want to bring AR into this virtual world. It could have been a prospective student tour at Arizona State University. Well, it works great.

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Robert Scoble

JUNE 1, 2019

A similar win will happen as we move to an augmented world that Spatial Computing brings. Oh, and this augmented world will arrive with several different approaches, the first, virtual reality (AKA “VR”), shows you a completely digital, er, virtual, world that you can move around in.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The second annual AR/VR Policy Conference took place this Wednesday, September 14, in Washington D.C., 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.

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Leapmotion

MAY 14, 2016

You can reach out into the virtual world and grab objects with your hands. Ahmad Aljadaan is a PhD student studying Biomedical and Health Informatics at the University of Washington, and a software and usability engineer with 4 years experience at Stanford University. Get the project on the Leap Motion Developer Gallery !

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VRScout

MAY 25, 2016

Housed within his own USB esque module, SID tricks a developer into uploading his algorithm into an android, bringing him to the real world and continuing a game of cat mouse that began in VR between him and cop, Lt. Parker Barnes (Denzel Washington). The Matrix Trilogy (1999-2003).

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 10, 2019

So we created something very, very cool with Cathay Pacific last year, for example, to celebrate the arrival of the A350-1000 into their fleet, and the opening of the new Hong Kong-Washington route which, again, was launched to a really, really cool trade show called Wine & Dine in Hong Kong last October.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 10, 2019

So we created something very, very cool with Cathay Pacific last year, for example, to celebrate the arrival of the A350-1000 into their fleet, and the opening of the new Hong Kong-Washington route which, again, was launched to a really, really cool trade show called Wine & Dine in Hong Kong last October.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 20, 2022

He continued, explaining, “Autonomous systems will transform many industries and enable many aerial scenarios, from the last-mile delivery of goods in congested cities to the inspection of downed power lines from 1,000 miles away, but first we must safely train these systems in a realistic, virtualized world.

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VRScout

JULY 30, 2018

Anyone in the world, either on a desktop computer or via Sansar , can now experience these artworks for themselves. So far, 17 pieces of art have been digitized for this experience (the first phase is the first floor of the Renwick Gallery, in Washington, D.C.). 12,490 photos were used to generate the 3D models of these pieces.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 27, 2019

Mr. Graylin graduated top of his department with a BS in electrical engineering from the University of Washington, where he had specialized in VR and AI over two decades ago under the tutelage of VR pioneer Tom Furness. He received his MS in computer science from MIT and MBA from MIT’s Sloan School of Management.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 27, 2019

Mr. Graylin graduated top of his department with a BS in electrical engineering from the University of Washington, where he had specialized in VR and AI over two decades ago under the tutelage of VR pioneer Tom Furness. He received his MS in computer science from MIT and MBA from MIT’s Sloan School of Management.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 27, 2023

The XR Association, a Washington, DC-based organisation supporting the initiative, hailed the CHIPS Act as a “watershed moment” for the US tech and semiconductor industry. Our LPDDR5X and UFS 3.1 It also provides tax credits and other incentives, totalling $24 billion, for companies building semiconductor fab plants.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 20, 2022

He continued, explaining, “Autonomous systems will transform many industries and enable many aerial scenarios, from the last-mile delivery of goods in congested cities to the inspection of downed power lines from 1,000 miles away, but first we must safely train these systems in a realistic, virtualized world.

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Tech Trends VR

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Anyone, anywhere in the world, either on a desktop computer or via Sansar , can now experience these artworks. So far, 17 pieces of art were digitized for this experience (first phase is the first floor of the Renwick Gallery, in Washington, D.C.). 12,490 photos were used to generate the 3D models of these pieces.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 3, 2022

A team of researchers from Princeton and the University of Washington created a new camera that captures good-quality images and measures in at only a half-millimeter. The acquisition was performed in October and could be useful to also improve the AI systems that will run on XR headsets. PCVR continues its struggle.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 7, 2017

I was first exposed to VR over 25 years ago and like most involved in the Human Interface Technology Lab (HITLab) at the University of Washington, I saw its potential from our very first experience. In the VR-first future, much of our lives will have become ‘gamified’ in a virtual world and we will essentially all be gamers.

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