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Mimesys Leverages ARKit as a Mobile Viewer into Collaborative Virtual Environments

Road to VR

VR remote collaboration company Mimesys has dreamt up an experiment which envisions mobile AR as a portal into remote virtual environments, allowing for quick spatial collaboration on-the-go, without putting on a VR headset. SEE ALSO Everything Wrong with Traditional Data Visualization and How VR is Poised to Fix It.

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Valve’s Standalone XR Headset ‘Deckard’ Reportedly Launching This Year at $1,200, Leaker Claims

Road to VR

Valve’s rumored standalone XR headset, codenamed ‘Deckard’, is practically the stuff of legend at this point, with speculation brewing since data miners first discovered mention of the alleged device in January 2021.

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Immersive Web Company Infinite Reality Raises $3 Billion From a Private Investor

Road to VR

Founded in 2019, Infinite Reality’s flagship product is iR Studio , an engine for building immersive websites that represent visitors as avatars in a virtual environment. .” Not only is this a huge fundraising round, such an investment coming from a single private investor is highly uncommon.

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Hands-on: Varjo XR-4 Focal Edition takes passthrough to the next level

The Ghost Howls

During the demo, between a crash of the virtual plane and the next one, the Varjo employee who was assisting me gave me some sheets of paper with some data that is usually of interest to the pilot. The mixed reality simulation was pretty good. This was my opinion until the demo of the cockpit.

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Are XR Digital Twins Better for Workplaces than Traditional 3D Workflow Management?

XR Today - Virtual Reality

With extended reality (augmented, virtual, and mixed reality) devices and digital twins , teams can do a lot more than review or rotate a 3D model on a screen. They can step into virtual versions of environments, experiment with processes, and leverage data to make better decisions in real time.

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AR/VR in the Supply Chain – the Way of the Future

ARPost

With data at their fingertips and the possibility to join their colleagues in a virtual environment, work does not have to stop, even though office buildings are closed. After running a pilot plan in 2018, the NHS has implemented an AR solution across several hospitals to track both inventories and patient data.

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Glossary: The Metaverse and its Key Components

XR Today - Virtual Reality

.” To understand the technology better, here is a quick introduction to the top Metaverse components, ideas, and technologies: Metaverse Avatars are a user’s digital embodiment in a virtual environment or game world, and may include hyper-realistic 3D representations powered by artificial intelligence (AI). Decentraland.