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Meta to Leverage Augmented Reality Smart Glasses Data for Robotics, Automotive, Healthcare Use Cases

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

On the other hand, the University of Iowa is leveraging the Aria framework to create healthcare services for people with hearing loss. Using the aforementioned Aria environmental data, Iowa researchers can create a device that can translate where a sound is coming from.

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Meta Opens Project Aria to Researchers Tackling All-day AR Challenges

Road to VR

Project Aria is a pair of sensor-packed glasses which Meta has been using internally to train its augmented reality perception systems. Announced in 2020, Aria doesn’t include AR displays of any type.

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EON Reality and Eastern Iowa Community Colleges (EICC) Open Interactive Digital Center in Davenport, Iowa

EON Reality

IRVINE, CA, June 11, 2018 – EON Reality, the world leader in Virtual Reality based knowledge transfer for industry and education, and Eastern Iowa Community Colleges (EICC) announce the opening of an Interactive Digital Center (IDC) in Davenport, Iowa. EON Reality’s Davenport IDC is located at 101 West Third St.

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Eastern Iowa Community Colleges grand opening of EON Reality Interactive Digital Center

EON Reality

Eastern Iowa Community Colleges invites the public to the grand opening of its EON Reality Interactive Digital Center on Tuesday. The center will be available to local manufacturers and businesses developing virtual and augmented reality training for their employees. For more information, visit www.eicc.edu/eonopening.

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The XR Week Peek (2024.11.19): Meta announces Project Aria research kits, a wave of Chinese smartglasses is coming, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Top news of the week (Image by Meta) Meta opens applications for Project Aria research kits A couple of years ago, Meta unveiled Project Aria, a set of glasses it was building as a stepping stone towards its future Augmented Reality glasses. To inspire potentially interested research centers.

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VR Innovation Academy at EICC Now Recruiting

EON Reality

Eastern Iowa Community College (EICC) teaches the skills needed to create Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality applications for enterprise and education. Award Options for Virtual and Augmented Reality. Find out how you can get started on an exciting career and earn an accredited certificate. Certificate.

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Big XR News from Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, Sony

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

In an official statement, Microsoft stated: On behalf of the entire HoloLens team, we thank our dedicated customers, partners, MVPs and developer community for helping to push the boundaries of the world of augmented reality for the past 8+ years. The latest update for HoloLens 2 includes several enhancements.

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