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augmented realityQuantum Dots Shrink Pixels from 30 Microns to 4 Microns

January 15, 2019 | Brian Wang |
 
Nanoco Technologies and Plessey Semiconductors have partnered to shrink the pixel size of monolithic microLED displays using Nanoco’s cadmium-free quantum-dot (CFQD quantum dots) semiconductor nanoparticle technology. Using its existing gallium nitride (GaN)-on-silicon monolithic process, Plessey will integrate the CFQD quantum …
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artificial intelligenceSuzanne Gildert CEO of Sanctuary AI is Making Synthetic Humanlike Robots -SU Summit 2018

August 21, 2018 | Brian Wang |
 
Suzanne Gildert is the CEO of Sanctuary AI which is making Synthetic Humanlike Robots. This is like the kind of human-mimicking robots of the movies Bladerunner and the TV Show Westworld. Prior to Sanctuary AI, Suzanne was co-founder of Kindred …
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3dLucid AI and software removing barriers to a world with mainstream 3D experiences and VR shopping

June 27, 2018 | Brian Wang |
 
Lucid is scaling its core 3D software technology into more mobile and smart devices featuring dual or multi-cameras. Lucid’s proprietary real-time 3D Fusion technology, which mimics how the brain processes and learns from what humans see with two eyes, will …
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augmented realitySingle thin lens able to focus the entire visible spectrum will transform augmented and virtual reality

January 2, 2018 | Brian Wang |
 
The Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) has developed the first single lens that can focus the entire visible spectrum of light — including white light — in the same spot and in high resolution. This has only …
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augmented realityChina has statue of a Transformer that is taller and heavier than the Statue of Liberty

December 28, 2017 | Brian Wang |
 
China has a $1 billion to $1.5 billion virtual reality theme park that has a 174-foot tall statue of a Transformer made of 750 tons of steel. The theme park is set to open in February 2018. The copper statue …
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augmented realitySingularity University Partners with Airbus on Mixed Reality Training

November 22, 2017 | Brian Wang |
 
In an effort to improve internal communications, Airbus recently partnered with Singularity University for a 6-month partnership. Together they were able to scope, design, engineer and test a prototype of a mixed reality (XR) communications, collaboration, and learning platform that …
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augmented realityPokemon Go follow up will be Augmented Reality Harry Potter Game

November 9, 2017 | Brian Wang |
 
Almost five years ago Niantic launched Ingress, first augmented reality mobile game, turning real-world streets, neighborhoods and cities into a global game board, and bringing people together in a shared digital reality. The incentives it created for exploration, exercise, and …
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augmented realityVirtual And Augmented Reality enable windowless armored vehicle to drive over 35 mph in offroad tests

October 23, 2017 | Brian Wang |
 
After two years of research on Ground X-Vehicle Technologies, Honeywell brings “out-the-window views” and enhanced awareness to closed-cockpit environments. Honeywell has successfully completed research and testing of a virtual window technology as part of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s …
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appleWill the new iPhones make Augmented Reality mainstream ?

September 13, 2017 | Brian Wang |
 
Apple is supporting the popularization of Augmented Reality with developers’ apps enabled by the ARKit tool, the new operating system, the hardware with the new iPhone 8, iPhone 8 plus, and iPhone X and Apple’s massive user base. The new …
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augmented realityLinkNYC wifi kiosks could add augmented reality and more

July 18, 2017 | Brian Wang |
 
London and New York are replacing outdated phone booths with Wi-Fi kiosks that have embedded computing tablets, USB charging ports, keypads for making phone calls, and large screens that display relevant information to passersby. New York started installing its “LinkNYC” …
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