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XR experts see health care as the killer app
Virtual reality? Augmented reality? Mixed reality? Today at a Seattle symposium, experts settled on extended reality, or XR, as the catch-all term for devices that put computer-generated visuals in front of your face. And they settled on health care as … Continue reading
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Tagged Augmented reality, Technology, University of Washington, Virtual Reality
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Mixed reality takes you on an expedition to Titan
It’s doubtful anyone alive today will get to ride through the ice volcanoes of Saturn’s largest moon — but you can do the next best thing at Seattle’s Pacific Science Center, thanks to a mixed-reality experience called Expedition Titan. The walk-through … Continue reading
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Tagged Augmented reality, Hyperspace XR, Pacific Science Center, Space, Technology, Virtual Reality
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How ‘avatars’ will let you travel virtually
When it was time for Kevin Kajitani to put his ideas for traveling through telepresence to the test, he chose a familiar experimental subject: his son. Kajitani — the co-director of the Avatar division at ANA Holdings, the parent company of … Continue reading
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Tagged ANA, Augmented reality, GeekWire Summit, Technology, Telepresence, Virtual Reality
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Amazon lays out a way to guide deliveries with AR
Efficient package delivery is one of the keystones of Amazon’s retailing business, and a newly issued patent opens up a new frontier in efficiency: augmented reality. The patent, published today, outlines a scheme for alerting a delivery agent about the best … Continue reading
How VR can make things go better in the real world
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Can being in the middle of an opera take your mind off pain? Here at the University of Maryland, scientists are studying the therapeutic value of experiencing a virtual-reality recording of Francis Poulenc’s “Dialogues of the Carmelites.” The hope … Continue reading
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Tagged Augmented reality, Science, ScienceWriters, Technology, Virtual Reality
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AI experts turn soccer videos into ‘holograms’
Computer scientists have trained a neural network to transform the action from pre-recorded videos of soccer games into immersive augmented-reality “holograms” you can shrink down onto a tabletop. Get the news brief on GeekWire.
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Tagged Artificial Intelligence, Augmented reality, HoloLens, Soccer, Sports, Technology, University of Washington, World Cup
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Blended-reality mirror shows off virtual clothes
How would that glitzy cocktail dress look on you when you’re on the dance floor at the GeekWire Gala? Now Amazon has a patented technology for that: a blended-reality display that puts your image into a virtual scene, and puts … Continue reading
Augmented-reality shopping on your phone?
It’s no secret that Amazon is intrigued by the potential applications of augmented reality for e-commerce – and one of those applications is explored in a newly published patent. Imagine that you’re shopping online for a classy watch or bracelet, and you … Continue reading
Will HoloLens put travelers into mixed reality?
Imagine a world where headset-wearing flight attendants can instantly know how you’re feeling based on a computer analysis of your facial expression. Actually, you don’t need to imagine: That world is already in beta, thanks to Air New Zealand, Dimension … Continue reading
U.S. military takes HoloLens to the next level
Microsoft’s HoloLens augmented-reality system is scoring victories with the U.S. military, which means the goggle-eyed headsets are more likely to pop up at a wargame near you. Last November, the HoloLens system was incorporated into a platform known as the … Continue reading
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Tagged Augmented reality, HoloLens, Microsoft, Military, Technology
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