JPR expands its services in the graphics industry to offer in-depth electronic benchmarking. Jon Peddie Research (JPR) and Babel TechReviews, a leading international benchmarking site for performance analysis, XR reviews, and insights, are now join forces. This acquisition significantly advances JPR’s reach in expanding its global analysis, news and reporting capacity, and … [Read more...] about Jon Peddie Research’s latest acquisition: Babel TechReviews
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Nearabl embraces Bentley’s iTwin platform
The partnership will expand Nearabl’s indoor navigation technology and bring visualization capabilities to iTwin users. Nearabl, a New York City start-up and a recently named Bentley Systems iTwin Premier Partner, is bringing its augmented reality app used to view accurate digital indoor maps and more to Bentley’s iTwin platform, extending its reach and capabilities within … [Read more...] about Nearabl embraces Bentley’s iTwin platform
Auggie Award winners revealed at AWE 2022
An XR Prize Challenge with a cash prize of $100,000 also announced. AWE (Augmented World Expo) 2022 was held last week in Santa Clara, CA, where AWE cofounder Ori Inbar delivered the welcome keynote about how extended reality (XR) is making dreams come true. One of the highlights of the AWE event is its Auggie Awards, which celebrate excellence in XR. This year, there … [Read more...] about Auggie Award winners revealed at AWE 2022
Autodesk announces plans to acquire The Wild
Autodesk is adding to its tool kit for XR professional workflows. Autodesk has announced plans to buy The Wild, an XR platform company focused on the AEC market. The Wild includes its own cloud-connected XR product and also IrisVR, makers of the Prospect VR tool for AEC. The Wild has 700 customers worldwide across their two platforms, and their tools enable real-time … [Read more...] about Autodesk announces plans to acquire The Wild
XR season kicks off with HTC Vive Flow
HTC’s lightweight device puts the emphasis on stress—or lack of it. News is rolling out about XR devices and peripherals in advance of the AWE conference, which this year will be one of the first events to be held in real-life (IRL) as well as virtually and recorded. Many vendors aren’t waiting for the conference to introduce their new devices, nor should they. One side … [Read more...] about XR season kicks off with HTC Vive Flow
XR has a real chance now, thanks to Khronos
Doing what they did for mobile phones, Khronos has stabilized XR. The headline is: Khronos announced multiple conformant implementations of OpenXR are shipping from Oculus and Microsoft. That happened because of the newly opened OpenXR 1.0 Adopters Program and open-source conformance tests, which Khronos announced was coming after launching the OpenXR 1.0 specification last … [Read more...] about XR has a real chance now, thanks to Khronos
Unity announces new XR plugin framework
This framework will influence officially supported platforms, verified Solutions partners, and innovators. Unity has announced a unified plugin framework that will enable XR hardware and software providers to develop their own Unity plugins. According to Unity, some benefits will be: Multi-platform developer tools such as AR Foundation and the XR Interaction Toolkit. … [Read more...] about Unity announces new XR plugin framework
Nvidia offers cloud-based AR content rendering
AR images driven by Nvidia GPUs to your phone Nvidia has been in the clouds for ten years or more and they know their way around. You may remember GRID, the VMware/Citrix remote computing solution that Nvidia was a part of. And then there’s GeForce Now, its game streaming platform. The company also offers Shield, cloud-based TV delivery, and of course, its render farms, cloud … [Read more...] about Nvidia offers cloud-based AR content rendering
New development kit puts hands inside virtual reality
ManoMotion offers a way to add gesture recognition to products and apps. A new software development kit (SDK) makes it possible to add gesture recognition into products and applications for virtual reality, augmented reality, and other new immersive visual technologies. ManoMotion says its new SDK allows people to see their actual hands in VR/AR/MR. Using a standard … [Read more...] about New development kit puts hands inside virtual reality