by Angela Guess A new press release reports, “The Augmented Reality for Enterprise Alliance (AREA) announced today that two new members joined the only global membership funded alliance helping to accelerate the adoption of enterprise augmented reality(AR) by creating a comprehensive ecosystem for enterprises, providers, and non-commercial institutes. PTC, provider of the ThingWorx® industrial Internet […]
Baidu Launches Augmented Reality Division as Users Embrace the Technology
by Angela Guess A new press release reports, “Baidu, Inc., the leading Chinese language Internet search provider, announced today it has established an Augmented Reality Lab dedicated to developing state of the art technologies and building AR-based applications for a diverse set of industries. The new lab, which is a spin-off from Baidu’s Institute of […]
Baidu Introduces DuSee, New Augmented Reality Platform for Smartphones
by Angela Guess A recent press release out of the company reports, “Baidu, Inc., China’s leading search engine, today announced DuSee, a new augmented reality (AR) platform developed for smartphones. DuSee will be integrated into Baidu’s flagship platform apps, such as the Mobile Baidu search app, which has a vast user base of hundreds of […]
How DeepHand Uses Deep Learning to Improve Virtual Reality
by Angela Guess Researchers at Purdue University have created a new system to be used in both virtual reality and augmented reality which allows users full use of their hands. According to an article out of the university, “A new system, DeepHand, uses a ‘convolutional neural network’ that mimics the human brain and is capable […]
Facebook’s 10 Year Plan: AI, Drones, and Virtual Reality
by Angela Guess Jennifer Booton recently wrote in MarketWatch, “Facebook Inc. plans to eventually make an augmented reality device so small it might one day resemble a pair of glasses. The company unveiled this Google Glass-like aspiration along with drones, solar-powered planes and bots as part of a 10-year road map for the company on […]