Page 5 - Latest Updates on Augmented reality
Atal Innovation Mission partners Snap for AR skilling among Indian youth
Niti Aayog's Atal Innovation Mission on Tuesday said it has joined hands with camera firm Snap Inc, which owns social media platform Snapchat, to drive AR skilling among the Indian youth.
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Meta reportedly breaks up 300-person team that was building hybrid VR/AR OS
This comes after recent reports that the company had halted work on the team's project creating a unified custom operating system for its VR and AR headsets, citing The Information, The Verge reported
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Apple completes production tests for AR/VR headset, says report
The report added that the headset is expected to debut by the end of 2022.
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Metaverse to help AR/VR headset market reach 14 mn units in 2022
The year 2023 is forecast to see 18.8 million AR/VR device shipments, riding on the Metaverse momentum.
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McDonald's files trademarks for virtual restaurants in metaverse
The company filed 10 applications with the US Patent and Trademark Office earlier this month for the McDonald's brand and McCafe
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Apple working on realityOS for its upcoming AR/VR headset: Report
The AR/VR headset is reportedly expected to run a new operating system, previously referred to as "rOS", which stands for Reality Operating System
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Apple reportedly hires Meta's AR communications lead Andrea Schubert
Apple is working on the most advanced chips for its unannounced AR/VR headset
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Apple's AR/VR headset may launch as early as next year: Report
Apple is working on the most advanced chips for its unannounced AR/VR headset and now a new report has claimed that the headset could be in customers hands sooner rather than later.
Meta, CBSE expand tie-up to enable 10 mn students to embrace immersive tech
The announcement was made by Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg at Meta's Fuel for India, 2021
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How will metaverse, digital technology change the future of our world?
The future of digital technology will be three-dimensional, with virtual reality and augmented reality serving as building blocks, reports Neha Alawadhi
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Understanding augmented reality, virtual reality and mixed reality
Today, wearable headsets are blurring the lines between physical and virtual worlds. This is enabled by augmented reality, virtual reality and mixed reality. How do they differ from one another?
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TMS, Ep 36: Muhurat trading, IRCTC U-turn, Rebel Foods Q&A, and AR-VR-MR
What will be the biggest market drivers in Samvat 2078? What does govt U-Turn on IRCTC mean for other PSUs? How did Rebel Foods become India's first cloud kitchen unicorn? Get all the answers here
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Virtual assistants become smarter
The hybrid work format has speeded up the use of intelligent virtual assistants, for customer-facing roles as well as internal enterprise management functions
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Flipkart builds Snap's Camera Kit into its app to offer users AR experience
Snap's AR technology coupled with Flipkart's understanding of its 350 million customer base will help build an immersive e-commerce experience for Indian users
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Facebook introduces AR experiences for group video calls on Messenger
Facebook on Thursday announced that Group Effects are now available on Messenger video calls and Messenger Rooms, and will soon come to Instagram.
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Sign up for metaverse: The virtual world Facebook's Zuckerberg is building
A metaverse could change how we see technology. It is likely to be a virtual world connecting work, play, meetings, and more
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Facebook's smart glasses can take calls and photos, lack augmented reality
The social network on Thursday showed off the glasses, called Ray-Ban Stories -- a direct rival to Snapchat's Spectacles.
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TikTok is building its own AR development platform: Report
TikTok has launched a new creative toolset called TikTok Effect Studio that will allow its own developer community to build augmented reality (AR) effects for the platform.
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Snapchat new lenses to help users train like Olympians
Popular social media platform Snapchat on Friday announced that the official Olympics account on the platform will have an innovative Augmented Reality (AR) Lens
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What makes Indrajaal, India's first autonomous digital drone system unique
Developed by Hyderabad-based Grene Robotics it can protect an area of 1,000-2,000 sq km per system against threats such as UAVs, incoming weapons, loitering munitions, low RCS targets autonomously
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