Bringing Outlook Mail and Calendar to Microsoft HoloLens — from blogs.office.com
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Microsoft Outlook makes its Augmented-Reality (AR) debut on HoloLens — from eweek.com by Pedro Hernandez
Introducing the New Blippar App: The power of visual discovery — from blippar.com
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Blipparsphere is our new proprietary knowledge graph baked right into the Blippar app as of today. It builds on our existing computer vision and machine learning technology to capture deeper and more rich information about the world around you.
This augmented reality app will now have an added feature — from by Sneha Banerjee
Blipparsphere is live now in the Blippar app for iOS and Android.
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This technology startup, which specializes in augmented reality, artificial intelligence and computer vision, launched Blipparsphere. This is a new proprietary knowledge graph technology, which is live now on the Blippar app. Blipparsphere builds on the company’s existing machine learning and computer vision capabilities to deepen and personalize information about a user’s physical surroundings, providing a true visual discovery browser through the app.
5 top virtual reality & augmented reality technology trends for 2016 — from marxentlabs.com by
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What are the top Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality technology trends for 2016?
2015 was a year of tantalizing promise for Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality technology, with plenty of new hardware announced and initial content forays hitting the mainstream. 2016 is shaping up as the year that promise is fulfilled, with previously drooled over hardware finally making its way into the hands of consumers, and exciting new content providing unique experiences to a public hungry to experience this new technology. So where are Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality headed in 2016? Here’s our top 5 emerging trends…
CASE STUDY: How Lowe’s used the PIONEERS framework to lead a successful augmented reality and virtual reality project — from marxentlabs.com by Beck Besecker
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PIONEERS Case Study: Lowe’s Innovation Labs
By following the PIONEERS framework, Lowe’s Innovation Labs was able to create a brand new buying experience that is wowing customers. A project of Lowe’s Innovation Labs, the Lowe’s Holoroom is powered by Marxent’s VisualCommerce™, which enables Lowe’s to fill the Holoroom’s 3D space with virtual renderings of real products stocked by the home improvement retailer. Shoppers can design their perfect kitchen and then literally walk into it, share it via YouTube 360, and then buy the products that they’ve selected and turn their virtual design into reality.
College students experiment with virtual reality — from edtechmagazine.com by Eli Zimmerman
Innovative course curricula at three higher ed institutions give students hands-on practice with virtual reality.
