Specific Challenge: Interactive technologies such as Augmented (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) are set to transform the ways in which people communicate, interact and share information on the internet and beyond. This will directly impact a larger number of European industries ranging from the cultural and creative industries, manufacturing, robotic and healthcare to education, entertainment Read more about Interactive Technologies[…]
Could health-promoting foods be made more appealing by using digital tools to enhance consumers’ eating experiences? VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has used Virtual Reality (VR) to amplify such experiences. VR immersion had significant effects on brain signals and consumers’ evaluations of the pleasantness of their eating situation and emotional responses. Healthy and nutritious foods Read more about VR immersion had significant effects on brain signals and consumers’ evaluations[…]
Malignant tumors often form metastases that spread to other parts of the body via the lymphatic system. High surgical skills are required to identify the precise location of the affected lymph nodes, enabling them to be completely removed. Fraunhofer researchers have developed a navigation aid that simplifies such interventions. 3D-ARILE is an augmented reality (AR) Read more about AR glasses brings high surgical skills[…]
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) unveiled its EMIRAI 4 concept car featuring next-generation driving-assistance technology, which is expected to help reduce traffic accidents and contribute to increasingly safe, convenient and environmentally friendly transportation. The EMIRAI 4 will be exhibited during 45th Tokyo Motor Show 2017 at the Tokyo Big Sight exhibition complex from October 27 to Read more about Next-generation driving-assistance technology realizes safer and more convenient transportation[…]
New Dell Visor, sleek and comfortable Windows Mixed Reality headset, coming soon. As a driving force in the virtual reality space, Dell has developed one of the broadest portfolios of VR-ready devices – notebooks, desktops, mini-PCs and AIOs – and end-to-end VR solutions, from creation to consumption to storage. In partnership with Microsoft, Dell blazes Read more about Dell Visor Looks to the Future with its first-ever headset for Windows Mixed Reality platform[…]
Walmart is your only hope to #BeJediReady for the release of December’s highly anticipated Star Wars: The Last Jedi © & TM Lucasfilm Ltd. In addition to new and exclusive Star Wars merchandise available at 12:01 a.m. Friday, Sept. 1, Walmart will be the only retailer in the galaxy hosting #BeJediReady events in Walmart stores Read more about FindTheForce with the Star Wars Augmented Reality App[…]
Sit on Disney Research’s Magic Bench and you may have an elephant hand you a glowing orb. Or you might get rained on. Or a tiny donkey might saunter by and kick the bench. It’s a combined augmented and mixed reality experience, but not the type that involves wearing a head-mounted display or using a Read more about Disney Research create haptic animated characters[…]
SEAT has introduced a training programme centred on the future challenges facing Industry 4.0. Aimed at all the 14,000 employees, the company has designed a programme to make workers aware of the real meaning of the Industry 4.0 concept in an entertaining, interactive way, as well as the importance of people and their continuous training at Read more about Future challenges facing Industry 4.0[…]
PTC (NASDAQ: PTC) announced from Vision Summit that the Vuforia® platform, the most widely used software for augmented reality (AR) development, will support devices based on Tango, a set of sensors from Google, for development of a new generation of interactive AR experiences. The Vuforia AR platform uses advanced computer vision technology to enable digital content Read more about A new generation of interactive AR experiences[…]
FlexTrade Systems (@FlexTrade), a global leader in multi-asset execution and order management systems, is pleased to announce “FlexAR” – an augmented reality trading application offering an extraordinary, new way of visualising and presenting trading via the company’s award-winning FlexTRADER EMS. FlexAR builds on existing technology and APIs within FlexTRADER’s open architecture offering an interactive order Read more about An augmented reality trading application offers glimpse into the future of trading[…]
UI LABS and The Augmented Reality for Enterprise Alliance (AREA) announced today the release of the world’s first augmented reality (AR) hardware and software functional requirements guidelines, which will help AR technology companies develop products for industrial users. These AR functional requirements documents will lead to technology that improves the performance and efficiency for manufacturers Read more about The world’s first augmented reality (AR) hardware and software functional requirements guidelines[…]
Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a leader in integrated image-guided therapy solutions, today announced the development of an industry-first augmented-reality surgical navigation technology that is designed to help surgeons perform image-guided open and minimally-invasive spine surgery. Philips is a pioneer in hybrid operating room (hybrid OR) solutions to facilitate both surgical and minimally-invasive endovascular Read more about Philips is developing a new augmented-reality surgical navigation technology[…]