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Bringing the National Museum of African American History and Culture to the world

CIO

In 2022, with the pandemic subsiding, the National Museum of African American History and Culture at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, once again served more than 1 million visitors. A VR/AR experience requires the use of headsets that can often cost hundreds of dollars, he reminds.

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Thinking of hibernating through the metaverse winter?

CIO

McKinsey & Company calls the metaverse “ the next version of the Internet.” Some examples are interacting in marketplaces to purchase virtual goods or services, playing games, exploring museums or gardens, touching or seeing 3D versions of objects, hiking, attending conferences or musical events, painting, and composing music.

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A year on from Russia’s invasion, Ukrainian startups show astounding resilience

TechCrunch

After 2 months in an underground shelter they have also used their technology to register evidence of war crimes and provide the ability to immerse oneself into Ukraine to experience it, it’s now developing applications for psychological trauma treatment, VR medical trainin, combat surveillance systems and making the de-mining process safer.

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Radar Trends to Watch: December 2022

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

The British Government has started a scan of all Internet devices located in the UK. Their geography, culture, and national sovereignty could be preserved in a virtual world. When is VR too connected to the real world? Palmer Lucky, founder of Oculus, has built a VR headset that will kill you if you die in the game.

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Radar Trends to Watch: October 2022

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

It consists of a series of 3D animations. IGLUE (Image-Grounded Language Understanding Evaluation) is a benchmark that tests an AI system’s performance in 20 different languages, and includes culture-specific images. The Atlantic Council has published a report describing an international strategy for securing the Internet of Things.

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7 Must Know Mobile App Development Trends for 2017

Enlume

Integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in apps, Internet of Things (IoT), growing popularity of Location-based services (LBS) and Instant Apps are some of the important trends observed in 2016. Trend #2: AR & VR. Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) revolutionised the gaming and entertainment industry in 2016.

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Insider’s Guide to the New Holographic Computing

CTOvision

I’ve been blogging for years about a variety of research efforts which additively culminated in today’s announcements: HoloLens, HoloStudio for 3D holographic building, and a series of apps (e.g. I’ve worn it, used it, designed 3D models with it, explored the real surface of Mars, played and laughed and marveled with it.

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