Month: August 2021

The US Department of Treasury isn’t generally known for being on the very edge of technology innovations (see the current hubbub around crypto), instead usually waiting until certain tools have been battle-tested in the mainstream or enterprise sector. Well, it looks like augmented reality has quietly passed that test as the US Internal Revenue Service is now looking to harness the powers of immersive technology. • Don’t Miss: Facebook’s Smartglasses Are the New AR Hype, but It’s Becoming Clearer That a Metaverse Platform War Is Coming In a new draft request for proposal (RFP) the agency is… more

The emergence of Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 as a cutting-edge US Army tool has focused a spotlight on the marriage between augmented reality and the military. Now a new startup is leveraging that interest in a different way by harnessing AR technology to assist the US Air Force, powered by recent funding and a new military-related contract. • Don’t Miss: New US Army Military-Grade HoloLens 2 Imagery Gives Us Star Wars Stormtrooper Vibes Santa Monica and Olando-based startup Red 6 has just revealed that it has entered into a contract “worth up to $70 million over 5 years” that will allow the… more

On this platform, we talk a lot about the future of augmented reality, and we pay attention to what is being said elsewhere as well. Sometimes the future chatter is about the hardware. Even more frequently, in recent months, the discussion is about the future of the AR cloud, or, as some like to call it, the metaverse. But the thing that seems to be missing in many of these discussions is the issue of trust. • Don’t Miss: Facebook’s Smartglasses Are the New AR Hype, but It’s Becoming Clearer That a Metaverse Platform War Is Coming Trust is the fundamental bedrock that will likely determine… more

Part of the mainstreaming of augmented reality is learning to adopt new habits around the hardware delivering these groundbreaking next-gen interface experiences. And while the top-tier, truly immersive AR devices like the HoloLens are not yet practical for day-long use, what is obvious to those who have been tracking the space is that AR wearables are pretty much inevitable at this point, despite the technical hurdles involved. • Don’t Miss: Snap Spectacles Finally Evolve into Full AR Smartglasses with Standalone Immersive Superpowers With that in mind, it’s time to begin taking a closer… more