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PTC to Acquire Qualcomm’s Vuforia Augmented Reality technology
Qualcomm announces the sale of its AR subsidiary Vuforia to PTC. Most see this as a move to raise value and placate restive investors who are seeking the breakup of Qualcomm. The acquisition will help PTC build its IoT division.
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Usens extends its virtual reality hardware line
Super Reality blurs the distinction between augmented and virtual. The two-year-old company Usens walked away with being named a ...
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Real 2015 explores the intersection of reality and computers
Autodesk threw a fair and invited a few other software vendors to celebrate the emergence of capture–compute–create workflows. By Kathleen Maher ...
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2014 wasn’t that bad, was it?
Product introductions from 2013–2014 will make for an eventful 2015 By Kathleen Maher This year saw a return of optimism ...
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Immersive technology innovators to gather in Toronto
A new conference aims to be the meeting ground for the nascent immersive technology industry. A new conference in late ...
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LinceoVR moves product simulation into augmented reality
Real-time rendering and Microsoft Kinect hooks offer new ways to examine products in Altair HyperWorks. Microsoft’s decision to provide easy ...
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Khronos OpenVX will accelerate computer vision applications
The cross-platform specification runs on CPUs, GPUs, DSPs, or dedicated hardware. Khronos leads the way again. By Jon Peddie Khronos ...
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Augmented Reality still casting about for the right model
Research continues to merge reality and data into one blended image. By Jon Peddie In 1992, Boeing researcher Tom Caudell ...
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Augment, a market platform aided by AR
French start-up Augment has a free augmented reality app for Android and iOS that places 3D objects in the device’s ...
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8Tree delivers single-purpose FastCheck 3D scanner
3D scanning is combined with augmented reality to provide instant analysis of fuselage rivets. Started just a year ago by ...
