Archive of ‘AR’ category

19
Mar
2021

Facebook AR

categories: AR, Facebook, VR

Facebook Lab Reveals Direction Of AR Smartglasses

https://www.forbes.com/sites/charliefink/2021/03/18/facebook-lab-reveals-direction-of-ar-smartglasses/

FRL presented their concept of the “intelligent click,” a series of gestures, some large, some nearly unconscious nerve impulses, detected by a wrist band. This would communicate intent to the operating AI which would know, and anticipate, what the user needs to know, before the user knows they need it.

its goal is a “human centered interface,” which will use preferences and surroundings to infer intent, creating an “ultra low friction” computing experience.
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more on AR in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=Augmented+reality

19
Mar
2021

empathy and VR

categories: AR, Digital literacy, e-learning, educational technology, gamification, gaming, information literacy, VR

Coming wave of video games could build empathy on racism, environment and aftermath of war

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/gaming/2021/03/16/video-games-and-vr-tackle-racism-environment-and-aftermath-war/4718952001/

“Our America” and four other projects will evenly split $125,000 from Unity, the company announced Tuesday at the Game Developers Conference, which runs online through Friday. Each project may also get technical, marketing, and fundraising support from Unity.

  • Ahi Kā Rangers: An ecological mobile game with development led by Māori creators.
  • Dot’s Home: A game that explores historical housing injustices faced by Black and brown home buyers.
  • Future Aleppo: A VR experience for children to rebuild homes and cities destroyed by war.
  • Samudra: A children’s environmental puzzle game that takes the player across a polluted sea to learn about pollution and plastic waste.

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10
Mar
2021

practise medicine in VR

categories: AR, VR

Virtual reality has found a new role: Teaching doctors to deal with patients

Medical students and junior doctors are increasingly learning to practise medicine in VR

https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims/2021/03/10/journal-of-applied-instructional-design-jaid/

While COVID is driving clinical learning to VR, the teaching of human anatomy — which typically takes place in the early years of a medical degree — has already shifted to virtual reality in some universities. Case Western Reserve University’s medical school, for example, had been teaching anatomy on campus through content on Microsoft Hololens, rather than by dissecting cadavers as many universities do. Now, with students unable to come onto campus, the university has shipped headsets to students at home so they can continue learning at home.

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https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=immersive

03
Mar
2021

AR VR engineering education

categories: AR, educational technology, gamification, instructional technology, student-centered learning, VR

Using AR/VR for Innovative Engineering Education

The use of AR/VR in educational settings is on the rise, paving the way for new careers and a workforce trained to embrace technology.

If projections stay on track, the global spending on educational AR/VR is expected to rise from $1.8 billion to $12.6 billion over the next four years.

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the International Data Corporation (IDC) released a report indicating that the pandemic has fueled an impressive forecast of worldwide expenditures on AR/VR, which are expected to grow from $12 billion in 2020 to $72.8 billion by 2024.

rom completing spinal surgery to training at a high-tech facility, such as the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Davis Global Center, which has AR/VR and holographic technologies among its many offerings.

University of Hong Kong–Innovation Academy

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MIT–MIT.nano Immersion Lab

the MIT.nano Immersion Lab, an open-access facility for all MIT students, faculty, researchers and external users.

University of Michigan–Augmented Tectonics

Purdue University–Skill-XR

https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2016/Q2/new-tool-for-virtual-and-augmented-reality-uses-deep-learning.html

UC Berkeley–InsightXR

https://cto.berkeley.edu/innovation/berkeley-changemaker-technology-innovation-grants/vrtutor

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https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=immersive

23
Feb
2021

Nreal XR

categories: AR

Nreal (Finally) Expanding to the US This Spring

https://arpost.co/2021/02/22/nreal-finally-expanding-to-the-us-this-spring/amp/

The China-based company announced the Nreal Light smart glasses in May of 2019. The surprisingly sleek and powerful consumer glasses with a $500 price tag

They’ve had huge success in China, but China is a pretty unique market. In late 2019, they expanded to Korea
the company is partnered with Deutsche Telekom and LG Uplus in Germany and Korea respectively, so it’s not too far a stretch to wager that the US branches of those carriers (T-Mobile and LG Electronics) will form at least part of their US distribution channels.

Finch Technologies makes body-tracking wearable devices to serve as controllers for XR applications and experiences including the recently announced FinchRing (this is the promised cherry on top).
The finger-worn hand tracker is designed to enable convenient and discreet 6-degree-of-freedom controls.

  • Tagesschau 2025 – an application based on a German news program that will present, among other features, holographic weather forecasts;
  • A virtual basketball game called DunkaAR;
  • An MR mode for the in-browser MMORPG Dragon Awaken;
  • An augmented reality football streaming application from Magenta Sport.

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https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=immersive

more on Nreal in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=nreal+smartglass

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