Archive of ‘AR’ category

20
Dec
2021

Spatial metaverse platform NFTs

categories: AR, VR

Spatial to focus on becoming a metaverse platform for cultural events and announces $25M in new funding

https://www.auganix.org/spatial-to-focus-on-becoming-a-metaverse-platform-for-cultural-events-and-announces-25m-in-new-funding/

https://www.auganix.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Spatial-Relaunch-Urban-Sky-Studios-Three-Logos-V2.mp4

Spatial, the former augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) collaboration platform, has today announced a significant company evolution to become the metaverse for cultural events such as NFT exhibitions, brand experiences, and conferences, whether on web, mobile, or VR.

13
Dec
2021

Microsoft and Samsung augmented reality project

categories: AR, educational technology

Microsoft and Samsung are collaborating on new augmented reality project

https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft-and-samsung-team-new-augmented-reality-project-says-report

All that is known is that the project is AR-related and may involve some sort of hardware Samsung will be producing (rather than Microsoft). Samsung’s investments in DigiLens, the company behind tech found in AR display devices, may further substantiate the idea that the former will be handling the physical gadgetry in its collaboration with Microsoft.
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More on augmented reality in this blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=Augmented+reality

02
Dec
2021

immersive for autistic students

categories: AR, Digital literacy, e-learning, educational technology, information literacy, instructional technology, VR
Newbutt, N., Schmidt, M. M., Riva, G., & Schmidt, C. (2020). The possibility and importance of immersive technologies during COVID-19 for autistic people. Journal of Enabling Technologies, 14(3), 187–199. https://doi.org/10.1108/JET-07-2020-0028
#lowend #mmersive approach for students with #autism
The authors also pursue low-end vs hi-end approach in the adoption of immersive technologies:
here my annotations in hypothes.is
https://hyp.is/go?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.emerald.com%2Finsight%2Fcontent%2Fdoi%2F10.1108%2FJET-07-2020-0028%2Ffull%2Fhtml&group=__world__
or if you don’t use it, link to the article
https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JET-07-2020-0028/full/html
it also follows the same venue of mindful use of immersive, which Gill, Mark C and i tried to pursue several years ago
As described and developed by Riva and Wiederhold (2020) we suggest that the use of a low-cost spherical, video-based virtual reality mindfulness intervention could reduce the psychological burden of COVID-19 for autistic people, alongside a developed package of at-home educational and support materials to empower families/caregivers delivered via an online eLearning platform to support effective implementation.

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