ARPost

APRIL 13, 2020

It’s specifically designed for designing with mobile platforms and eventually wearable XR technology. The first iteration is for mobile phones and the second iteration will be for wearable AR devices, Magic Leap and HoloLens.”. The new platform uses Unity’s existing AR Foundation but gives extra affordances for testing and app data.

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GizModo VR

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

No one wants their gadget to have crappy battery life, but it’s particularly annoying with wearables. Scientists have figured out how to build a wearable thermoelectric generator… Read more. If that new fitness tracker needs to be recharged too often, it’s going to collect dust in a drawer somewhere. Well good news, everyone.

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AR Insider

MARCH 24, 2021

By having architecture and content in place, AR experiences will be more compelling. And that will be required to sell AR glasses and other wearables. Boiling it all down, Apple’s geospatial AR efforts aren’t a monetization endpoint — as they are for Google — but a means to an end.

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GizModo VR

MAY 26, 2021

Nowadays, when you hear the term “wearables”, you probably think of smartwatches like the Apple Watch, fitness trackers, and VR headsets like the Oculus Rift. Several other devices had to crash and burn so modern wearables could flourish. However, these gadgets didn’t just appear out of the ether. Read more.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

OCTOBER 28, 2024

WEART looks to join this XR product shift with its wearable haptic product. With haptics covering a broad range of product engineers in verticals such as automotive, architecture, construction, industry, medical equipment design, and consumer goods.

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GizModo VR

JUNE 23, 2021

In late 2020, Peloton quietly snapped up a few startups specializing in wearable and fitness technology, sparking speculation that perhaps the connected fitness company was mulling a wearable of its own. Now, a Bloomberg report claims that Peloton is working on an armband that measures heart rate. Read more.

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Road to VR

MARCH 12, 2017

The listing for the former seeks a candidate who can “define new architectures for virtual reality products while collaborating with [industrial design] and human factors teams,” and can “travel as needed to […] manufacturing facilities overseas.”

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

AUGUST 29, 2024

The Unity-ready Vagon Streams solution provides a low-latency service for streaming 3D content, including enterprise-facing usages such as architecture visualization projects, product configurators, virtual worlds, and car design workflows.

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Tech Trends VR

AUGUST 13, 2018

An example of the sort of client that is employing Daqri technology is the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) which worked with Dubai-based company Takeleap , while the HoloLens has been widely used for years in a variety of sectors such as construction, architecture, mining, education, and infrastructure, to name but a few.

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GizModo VR

JULY 14, 2021

Estimating calorie counts is an imperfect science , especially when it comes to tracking how many you’ve burned during a given activity. Wrist-based fitness trackers and smartwatches’ estimates for calorie burn can be off by as much as 40-80%. However, engineers from Stanford claim they’ve created an inexpensive,… Read more.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

The bad news is that the Apple Vision Pro release date for the cheaper wearable could be further away. We also know the Apple Vision Pro will come with its proprietary software stack and an Apple silicon architecture. However, if Apple follows in the footsteps of other XR developers, less storage and simpler displays may be an option.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 30, 2022

For the first product Mojo Vision is going to release, the plan is to ship an external computational unit, making sure that it is small and wearable. Mojo Lens can give athletes a competitive edge, allowing them to stay focused on their workout or training and maximize their performance, without the distraction of traditional wearables.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 22, 2024

Their headsets have led to multiple partnerships with major automotive, architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC), aerospace training, art and music, and defence firms. The solutions are scalable, composable and modular, so they can be integrated into an existing XR architecture, or used on a standalone basis.

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GizModo VR

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Among fitness trackers, Whoop has always been an odd duck. To start, there’s no screen. It’s also one of the few bands that focuses on recovery. The hardware itself is free, but you pay a monthly subscription for the app, which caters to the type of fitness nerd that loves analyzing charts. And today, the company is… Read more.

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Anand Tech

OCTOBER 18, 2023

As part of a broad collaborative agreement with Google, Qualcomm this week said that that it will be adopting the RISC-V instruction set architecture (ISA) for a future Snapdragon Wear platform. Notably here, the announcement is for " a RISC-V based wearables solution," rather than a complete pivot to RISC-V with multiple solutions.

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Hypergrid Business

AUGUST 31, 2019

Beyond that, we’ll see the industries that have already adopted VR, such as architecture, engineering, construction, and real estate, grow in their utilization and capabilities. SH: We’re looking forward to incorporating more sensor data from consumer wearables into VR and AR experiences. 5G will open up new possibilities.

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GizModo VR

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

In the early days of the pandemic, dozens of researchers launched studies trying to see whether wearables of all sorts could potentially identify covid-19 before symptoms began. In one such study, researchers from Mount Sinai discovered that the Apple Watch was capable of detecting the onset of covid-19 up to seven… Read more.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 8, 2023

This wearable headset comes with a wide field of view, surround sound, and eye-tracking capabilities already built-in. Tobii also produces screen-based eye-trackers, capable of capturing gaze data at speeds of up to 1200HZ. The Swedish company has produced a number of eye-tracking solutions, including the Tobii Pro Glasses 3.

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GizModo VR

MAY 19, 2021

After years of neglect and incremental updates, yesterday Google dropped its most meaningful wearables announcement since it rebranded from Android Wear to Wear OS in 2018. Going forward, Wear OS will take the best parts of Samsung’s Tizen OS and Google-owned Fitbit to create a new unified platform for wearables. It’s… Read more.

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GizModo VR

MARCH 22, 2021

There are wearables that measure your heart rate, your sleep patterns, and your blood oxygen levels. But then there’s a wearable that will let you know if you’re rushing or dragging on “ Caravan ,” which could be a life-saver in its own right. Read more.

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GizModo VR

MAY 13, 2021

When I first heard the rumors that Samsung might ditch its proprietary Tizen OS for wearables in favor of Google’s Wear OS, I was flummoxed. Tizen is snappy and free of the many problems plaguing Google’s wearables softeware. In fact, I’d say Tizen has played a large role in making Samsung’s smartwatches the best… Read more.

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

JANUARY 31, 2024

Luca Verre, the CEO and Co-Founder of Prophesee, also added: Frame-based acquisition techniques don’t meet the speed, low latency, size and power requirements of AR/MR wearables and headsets that are practical to use and provide a realistic user experience. What do Experts and Attendees Think?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

The Quest 3S is debuting as a cheaper and more lightweight MR product, and Bochud notes wearability and ergonomics are essential for headset vendors, especially in healthcare. ‘O Donovan said: What I think is fascinating is that, given the current technology and the architecture, the headsets are the size they are. .

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ARVR

AUGUST 11, 2020

Introduction Augmented Reality Glasses are smart wearables that put virtual content right in front of our eyes. Conceptualizing different architectures for the Vuzix Blade Apps and experimenting around with them requires access to a Vuzix Blade Glass which, as of now, I don’t possess. The Vuzix Blaze Smart Glasses is one such example.

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GizModo VR

AUGUST 30, 2021

It’s the first time in years the wearables platform has felt like a cohesive ecosystem, helped in part by the launch of Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 4 and Galaxy Watch 4 Classic, which are the first watches to run Wear OS… Read more. Samsung and Google’s upgraded smartwatch platform, Wear OS 3, is an exciting release for Android users.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Digital twins are a popular 3D data asset replicating real-world objects or spaces with a broad range of usages in enterprises across mining, architecture, and warehouse management industries-among others. However, the rise of less invasive XR wearables presents a new hurdle.

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ARVR

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

The field of view (FOV) is 2x that of Magic Leap 1, while its architecture achieves 12x more efficient light distribution. To Infinity Another common challenge with AR glasses is wearability and comfort. Practical Outcome One of the headlines for ML2 is its upgraded optics and display system.

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ARVR

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

The field of view (FOV) is 2x that of Magic Leap 1, while its architecture achieves 12x more efficient light distribution. To Infinity Another common challenge with AR glasses is wearability and comfort. Practical Outcome One of the headlines for ML2 is its upgraded optics and display system.

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GizModo VR

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Rumors that Samsung may potentially ditch Tizen , its proprietary OS for wearables, for Google’s Wear OS, have been flying lately. It’s a baffling idea, considering that Samsung smartwatches are the best Android-friendly smartwatches right now, and Wear OS is a stinking hot mess. Read more.

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GizModo VR

APRIL 21, 2021

When Apple unveiled FDA-cleared ECG capabilities with the Apple Watch Series 4, it spurred a slew of other wearables companies to do the same. Now, health tech company AliveCor has filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission claiming the Cupertino-based tech giant allegedly infringed on three of its… Read more.

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GizModo VR

JUNE 2, 2021

It’s just that, on the heels of Samsung giving up on Tizen and partnering with Google for a unified wearable platform, this doesn’t feel like an auspicious time to launch a flagship smartwatch running a proprietary OS. The Huawei Watch 3 is here , and as far as smartwatches go, it looks pretty good on paper. Read more.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The XR environment is particularly dependent on cloud edge computing as we move forward into a world where wearable devices will need to process larger amounts of data at rapid scale in order to facilitate immersive experiences. Let’s take a closer look at some of the trends influencing the edge computing market for 2022 and beyond.

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ARVR

JULY 7, 2020

User experience for wearables in general, and for VR headsets in particular, is a two-fold concept. The other side concerns the soft aspects of digital experiences like app architecture and design. Weak user experience is one of the key barriers to the mass adoption of VR applications.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 23, 2023

In future, device reach will make Web3 available across wearables, intelligent appliances, AR/VR gear, IoT interfaces, smart cars, and more. Open-source Web3 architecture allows anyone to use, modify, monetize, and extend XR content without restrictions. work procedures.

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Hypergrid Business

AUGUST 21, 2017

Architecture students from Egypt and the United States meeting in Second Life. Image courtesy Jon Brouchoud.). Educators are using virtual worlds, but not in the way they had used them in the past, and not in the same numbers. Those educators that remain in virtual worlds are leveraging them to create better experiences.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MAY 4, 2023

Nunez added: So, for example, a lot of manufacturers, and other architecture companies can digitally represent the content, most have CAD data models of some type, and they will represent them on a 2D screen. One is “design visualisation,” the ability to take digital content and reproduce it in an immersive environment.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Additionally, the architecture means Valve can ship new Steam capabilities into SteamVR much faster. Finally, in September 2023, Valve introduced the Beta mode of SteamVR to a select number of users just before Meta was set to host the annual Connect event, sharing details on the Meta Quest 3.

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