Transforming Energy: Shell Commits to RealWear Head-Mounted Display Deployment
Chelsea Mercer, Analyst Augmented Reality, Enterprise Transformation, Enterprise xR Intelligence Service, Head-Mounted Displays, Insights
International energy company Royal Dutch Shell has expanded its integration of xR in ongoing operations, with plans to equip workers with AR headsets for use in the field. The headsets will be utilized across the globe to assist on major projects. Shell’s move to adopt RealWear’s HMT 1Z1 device is a digital workflow solution. Shell’s field operators will use the … Read More
Serving in the AR-my: The Evolution of Microsoft’s Hololens 2 into Integrated Visual Augmentation System
J.C. Kuang, Analyst Augmented Reality, Augmented Reality Intelligence Service, Enterprise Transformation, Head-Mounted Displays, Insights
Months after awarding its lucrative contract to Microsoft, the US Army has revealed additional details regarding some of the specifics surrounding the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS), based on the new Hololens 2 AR HMD. The new platform intends to increase soldiers’ effectiveness on both virtual and actual battlefields. Much like traditional VR, augmented reality is seeing meaningful adoption and … Read More
Medicine and xR: Virtual and Augmented Reality Are Making Their Way Through Various Healthcare Initiatives
Ben Delaney, Chief Analyst Client-Only, Enterprise Transformation, Enterprise xR Intelligence Service, Insights, Virtual Reality
Healthcare professionals are always looking at technology for new and better ways to treat, train, and explain. The Virtual Medicine Conference, held March 27-28, 2019 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, brought together 400 medical and technical professionals to examine the value of xR in medicine. There were 30 presentations and 21 exhibits. Healthcare applications that were discussed included … Read More
Matterport Raises Series D Funding To Expand 3D Model Database
Chelsea Mercer, Analyst Client-Only, Enterprise Transformation, Enterprise xR Intelligence Service, Insights, Software, Virtual Reality
Immersive technology company Matterport, announced a Series D funding total of $48M on March 5th. Investment firms DCM Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures, and Lux Capital led this funding round, which will enable the expansion of Matterport’s database of 3D scenes and models, and improve the accuracy of its 3D capture technology, by refining its AI engine that converts 2D images into … Read More