Archive for the ‘augmented reality’ category: Page 47
Apr 29, 2017
Nike’s Augmented Reality Tool Lets You Design Your Own Sneakers
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: augmented reality
Apr 29, 2017
Holographic Snake
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: augmented reality, entertainment
Apr 20, 2017
‘Alien’, ‘Blade Runner’ Director Ridley Scott Launches VR Film Division
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: alien life, augmented reality, entertainment, virtual reality
Ridley Scott Associates (RSA), the film production company of famed director Ridley Scott, is launching RSA VR, a new division dedicated to the production of high-end immersive films using VR, AR, and mixed reality. Scott and co. is known for work on acclaimed films such as Alien (1979), Blade Runner (1982), Gladiator (2000), Black Hawk Down (2001), and more throughout his career as a director now going on 40 years.
RSA today announced the launch of RSA VR, a formalization and expansion of RSA’s recent work in VR space which has included the production of The Martian VR Experience (2016) and a forthcoming Alien: Covenant experience.
In a prepared release, the studio calls RSA VR, “a new division dedicated exclusively to the creative development and production of VR, AR and mixed media.”
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Apr 19, 2017
Zuckerberg: Facebook Is Working on a Brain Interface That Lets You “Communicate Using Only Your Mind”
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: augmented reality, robotics/AI, virtual reality
In case you missed it, Facebook’s annual developer conference started today. At the event, CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed key details about where the company is going next, specifically focusing on what Facebook is working on in relation to bots, virtual reality, augmented reality, and new communication methods (such as advances they are working on in Messenger).
Oh, and he also said that key details are going to be revealed tomorrow about Facebook’s “direct brain interface.”
The work comes from Facebook’s mysterious “Building 8 (B8),” which has apparently been working on brain-computer technologies for some time. In their recent call for an engineer, B8 states that they are seeking “an experienced Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) Engineer who will be responsible for working on a 2-year B8 project focused on developing advanced BCI technologies.”
Apr 17, 2017
Hospital makes $119 million bet on virtual, augmented reality center
Posted by Nancie Hunter in categories: augmented reality, biotech/medical
“The 192,000-square-foot facility will house UNMCs Interprofessional Experiential Center for Enduring Learning, or iEXCEL program, which aims to help physicians and other healthcare professionals do clinical training exercises and develop surgical skills via advanced simulation technologies, virtual immersive reality, augmented reality and holographic technologies, officials say.
The center’s advancements will include the creation of 3D/virtual and augmented reality content for clinical and surgical training modules; leading-edge technology such as the iEXCEL Helix – an extended 280-degree curved screen creating a 2-D/3D immersive environment; laser-based “3D iSpace,” a five-sided virtual immersive reality environment, and a 130-seat holographic auditorium.
The goal is to move beyond traditional lecture-based models to embrace more hands-on experiential learning, which can improve retainment of skills competencies proficiencies. Thus, the traditional mentor-based “see one, do one, teach one” training model for physicians will now be complemented by human patient simulators, surgical simulation, interactive visualization tools such as head-mounted displays, interactive “learning walls” and 3D virtual immersive reality environments.”
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Apr 11, 2017
Digital Projections Are the Future of Augmented Reality
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: augmented reality, entertainment
Mar 25, 2017
Provo doctors use hologram imaging to change the way surgeons operate
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: augmented reality, biotech/medical, holograms
Two Provo doctors are using Microsoft’s HoloLens with advanced medical imaging to create holograms of MRIs and X-rays, and they’re certain this will change the way surgeons operate.
Mar 18, 2017
You Can Ban a Person, But What About Their Hologram?
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: augmented reality, holograms, law, media & arts
If you think augmented reality is only fun and games, consider that we’ve already witnessed the first known police action taken against hologram technology. During the summer of 2015, a performance by controversial gangster-rapper, Keith Cozart, was shut down when local police discovered the musician was broadcast as a hologram into a benefit concert in Indiana—close to the border of his home state of Illinois.
Cozart, who goes by the stage name “Chief Keef,” is from a rough neighborhood in Chicago, and has ties to local gangs as well as a criminal record including felony gun charges. His music, which glamorizes a gang lifestyle and violence, has prompted public officials—including Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel—to pressure music festivals to avoid inviting Cozart because they say it poses a “significant public safety risk.”
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