Augmented Reality Technology

Researchers team up to create virtual reality game to get people moving

03/15/202303/14/2023 Sam Lambert

University of Alberta researchers from Canada are working with a team from Japan on the project. Computing scientists from the University of Alberta in Canada have teamed up with Japanese researchers to develop a virtual reality game experience that will encourage people to get up from their seats and move around. The teams are hoping to create an experience that will appeal to everyone from children to seniors. Among the sounds and sensations the teams are hoping will get everyone up and moving include slicing flying fruit, popping balloons and…

World’s first AR campus test launched by St. Ambrose University

02/24/202302/23/2023 Stephanie Beck

A new VR and AR pilot project aims to improve student engagement. An unprecedented VR and AR campus “Metaversity” pilot project has been launched by St. Ambrose President Amy C Novak EdD in partnership with VictoryXR as part of strategic initiatives to help emphasize a new generation of learning and to bolster student engagement. The school will be the first in the world to test the launch of a fully augmented reality campus. According to Novak, St. Ambrose University (SAU), located in Davenport, Iowa, will be the world’s first school…

Apple delays its mixed reality headset launch to June

02/21/202302/17/2023 Sam Lambert

Mixed Reality Headset - Delayed Apple product

The iPhone maker will need another two months over its predicted release date for the device. Apple Inc. is delaying its intended unveiling of its first mixed reality headset, which was originally slated for April, but that is now being postponed for June. This, according to a recent report from Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the matter. This is only the latest of the California tech giant’s many setbacks for this project in recent months. Apple’s current goal is now to hold the product’s unveiling at its yearly Worldwide Developers…

Meta acquisition of Within Unlimited virtual reality company closes

02/14/202302/10/2023 L. Green

Virtual reality - Acquisition - Business

The Facebook parent company was able to win an antitrust lawsuit filed against it by the FTC. When Meta recently won an antitrust lawsuit filed against it by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the judge required the company to wait a week before closing its acquisition deal of virtual reality company Within Unlimited. The FTC’s lawsuit sought to stop Meta from being able to purchase Within Unlimited. Meta’s efforts to purchase the virtual reality company best known for its Supernatural fitness application were delayed by over a year as it…

Metaverse policing strategy is under development at Interpol

02/13/202302/10/2023 Jesse Collins

The global police agency is investing the ways crime can be regulated in a virtual reality universe. Jurgen Stock, secretary general at Interpol, said that the police agency is currently developing a strategy that the organization will be able to use to police crime that occurs in the metaverse. The virtual reality universe has seen a great deal of hype but has yet to experience any mainstream use. Interpol has developed its own virtual reality (VR) environment in anticipation of a potential widespread use of the metaverse. In Interpol’s VR…