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Augmented, virtual, and mixed reality can target everything from 3D gaming to digital twins.

Mixing Realities

Exploring the Latest in Extended Reality (XR)

July 5, 2024

Check out some video highlights from AWE USA 2024.

AR/VR

Quick Poll: What Do You Think of Mixed Reality Technology?

Jan. 25, 2024

The new "virtual" spatial computing world is a mixed, or eXtended, reality, which includes the augmented- and virtual-reality arenas.

AR/VR

Mixed Reality Gets Real

Jan. 23, 2024

Spatial computing is all about augmented, virtual, and mixed reality. What stage are we at with the technology, and will the latest advances move it into prime time?

AR/VR

AR/VR Platform Built for Industrial Applications

Jan. 5, 2024

Lenovo’s ThinkReality VRX headset and software solution are designed with industrial application developers in mind.

AR/VR

Solve Augmented-Reality Display Challenges with Laser Beam Scanning

Nov. 29, 2023

MEMS-based laser beam scanning (LBS) engines offer an alternative solution to current AR technology challenges, leading the way to stylish, lightweight, affordable, and powerful...

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Test & Measurement

Is It Time for Engineers to Enter Augmented Reality, Too?

Feb. 9, 2023

Cadence’s InspectAR can visually display information about a circuit board over a real-time view of the physical hardware.

Automation

Delivering Augmented-Reality Glasses for Industrial Application

Feb. 23, 2022

Vuzix CEO Paul Travers talks about the uses and implementation of augmented-reality glasses and the company's new M400 series.

Automation

Industrial Augmented Reality Is Practical Now

Jan. 11, 2022

PTC's Terrance Strom discusses the advantages of augmented reality in an industrial setting.

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Automation

These Technologies Help Speed the Adoption of Augmented-Reality Systems

Nov. 10, 2021

What are the fundamentals behind augmented-reality technology and what are the driving forces that makes it work?

Automation

Virtual Reality Isn’t Just for Games

May 10, 2019

Virtual reality is finding its way into a range of applications, from controlling drones to training workers about safety zones.

Automation

The New Reality: AR/VR at CES 2019

Jan. 24, 2019

Augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) was out in a big way at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show.

Automation

A Brave New Augmented Reality Awaits

July 19, 2018

Apps and tools for smartphone-based augmented reality will help facilitate the creation of next-generation apps on AR glasses.

Embedded

Virtual Reality Starts with SoCs

April 5, 2018

The Snapdragon 845 from Qualcomm is the key ingredient in the company’s latest systems-on-chips and reference designs targeting virtual reality.

Automation

Another Dose of Augmented/Virtual Reality at CES 2018

Jan. 9, 2018

AR/VR developments on display at this year’s CES go beyond the new hardware, offering up intriguing solutions- and applications-oriented advances such as healthcare training and...

Automation

Apple, Google Enter the AR Fray

Sept. 7, 2017

Apple’s ARKit and Google’s ARCore are just the latest augmented reality software development tools.

Embedded

HP Delivers Virtual Reality Backpack

Aug. 1, 2017

Hewlett-Packard’s Z VR Backpack G1 Workstation targets mobile virtual reality applications.

Automation

Google Glass is Back—in the Factory

July 19, 2017

Google Glass has returned, but this time it’s targeting industrial augmented reality.