{"id":5018,"date":"2022-01-02T22:50:06","date_gmt":"2022-01-02T22:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cybersecurityinstitute.com\/blog\/?p=5018"},"modified":"2022-01-13T23:28:37","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T23:28:37","slug":"ar-vr-newsalert-2022-01-02","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cybersecurityinstitute.com\/blog\/index.php\/2022\/01\/02\/ar-vr-newsalert-2022-01-02\/","title":{"rendered":"AR &#8211; VR Newsalert &#8211; 2022-01-02"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a>Table of Contents<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Google is building a new augmented reality device and operating system<\/li><li>HBAR Foundation Supports MetaVRse With Grant To Support Growth of the Metaverse<\/li><li>Oppo&#8217;s Air Glass is a heads up display for your daily life<\/li><li>Five Reasons Why RealWear Navigator\u2122 500 Will Transform Frontline Work<\/li><li>Boeing wants to build its next airplane in the \u2018metaverse\u2019<\/li><li>Solotech Acquires XR Studios To Expand Virtual Production Services<\/li><li>DARPA Awards PARC $5.8m for AR Training Tool<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/googleglass-760x380.png\">&nbsp;<strong>Google is building a new augmented reality device and operating system<\/strong><br><em>Samuel Axon<\/em><br><em>Ars Technica<\/em><br>On LinkedIn, operating system engineering director Mark Lucovsky announced that he has joined Google.<br>He previously headed up mixed reality operating system work for Meta, and before that he was one of the key architects of Windows NT at Microsoft. &#8220;My role is to lead the Operating System team for Augmented Reality at Google,&#8221; he wrote.<br>Other job listings say new hires will be working on an &#8220;innovative AR device.&#8221; And one specifies that Google is &#8220;focused on making immersive computing accessible to billions of people through mobile devices.&#8221;<br><strong>Link:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2021\/12\/google-is-building-a-new-augmented-reality-device-and-operating-system\/\">https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2021\/12\/google-is-building-a-new-augmented-reality-device-and-operating-system\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dkoding.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cropped-siteicon-dkoding-1-270x270.png\">&nbsp;<strong>HBAR Foundation Supports MetaVRse With Grant To Support Growth of the Metaverse<\/strong><br><em>D K Oding<\/em><br>TORONTO, Dec. 14, 2021 \/PRNewswire\/ \u2014 The HBAR Foundation and MetaVRse, a web-based, low-code 3D creation platform, today announced a partnership to build metaverse solutions for the world\u2019s largest organizations on the Hedera Network.<br><br>The creation of the metaverse will require tools that are easy to use and accessible to all, and MetaVRse is enabling creators to build the next generation of the internet quickly and simply with turnkey solutions.<br>The HBAR Foundation is supporting these efforts via a grant and organizational support to fuel building the infrastructure of the enterprise metaverse on the Hedera Network.<br>The organizations share a vision that the future belongs to creators, and this partnership will open up massive opportunities for careers in the metaverse.<br><strong>Link:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dkoding.in\/press-release\/hbar-foundation-supports-metavrse-with-grant-to-support-growth-of-the-metaverse\/\">https:\/\/www.dkoding.in\/press-release\/hbar-foundation-supports-metavrse-with-grant-to-support-growth-of-the-metaverse\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" src=\"https:\/\/www.liambi.com\/favicon.ico\">&nbsp;<strong>Oppo&#8217;s Air Glass is a heads up display for your daily life<\/strong><br><em>Willy Liambi<\/em><br><em>Liambi<\/em><br>Oppo Air Glass is a lightweight monocle-styled display designed to fit on custom spectacle frames that gives users an easy view of helpful info projected in front of their eyes.<br>Delivered in a lightweight, minimalist design.<br>Oppo envisages that this smart display will make users&#8217; lives a lot easier with at-a-glance info displayed when you need it most.<br>Imagine having your calendar projected and visible at a glance or cycling directions clearly visible without taking your eyes off the road.<br>Oppo Air Glass is coming with an open SDK so developers can create uses for it in future but could include some very handy uses cases.<br><strong>Link:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.liambi.com\/2021\/12\/oppos-air-glass-is-heads-up-display-for.html\">https:\/\/www.liambi.com\/2021\/12\/oppos-air-glass-is-heads-up-display-for.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.realwear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/favicon-16x16-1.png?fit=16%2C16&amp;ssl=1\">&nbsp;<strong>Five Reasons Why RealWear Navigator\u2122 500 Will Transform Frontline Work<\/strong><br><em>Realwear Blog<\/em><br>We\u2019re introducing our next generation of assisted reality solution \u2013 RealWear Navigator\u2122 500) It can do everything that HMT did and more, but far better.<br>This marks the beginning of a new chapter for us as we not only launch this product but will develop a new line of products under the RealWear Navigator portfolio.<br>1) RealWear Navigator\u2122 500 is comfortable for longer hours (full-shift operation)<br><br>2) It\u2019s the most enterprise-ready wearable available for peace of mind (including both safety and IT security features)<br><br>3) Our voice-controlled app ecosystem is growing fast, and well curated<br><br>4) Looking forward, hybrid work will be the way<br><br>5) Empowering the frontline workforce is no longer optional<br><strong>Link:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.realwear.com\/blog\/five-reasons-why-realwear-navigator-500-will-transform-frontline-work\/\">https:\/\/www.realwear.com\/blog\/five-reasons-why-realwear-navigator-500-will-transform-frontline-work\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stltoday.com\/content\/tncms\/site\/icon.ico\">&nbsp;<strong>Boeing wants to build its next airplane in the \u2018metaverse\u2019<\/strong><br><em>Lisa Brown<\/em><br><em>St.Louis Post-Dispatch<\/em><br>SEATTLE \u2014 In Boeing Co.\u2019s factory of the future, immersive 3-D engineering designs will be twinned with robots that speak to each other, while mechanics around the world will be linked by $3,500 HoloLens headsets made by Microsoft Corp.<br><br>It is a snapshot of an ambitious new Boeing strategy to unify sprawling design, production and airline services operations under a single digital ecosystem \u2014 in as little as two years.<br><br>Like Airbus, Boeing\u2019s holy grail for its next new aircraft is to build and link virtual three-dimensional \u201cdigital twin\u201d replicas of the jet and the production system able to run simulations.<br><br>More than 70% of quality issues at Boeing trace back to some kind of design issue, Hyslop said.<br>Boeing believes such tools will be central to bringing a new aircraft from inception to market in as little as four or five years.<br><strong>Link:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stltoday.com\/business\/local\/boeing-wants-to-build-its-next-airplane-in-the-metaverse\/article_4f7007e1-3ab4-5604-8b6e-d775108325c2.html\">https:\/\/www.stltoday.com\/business\/local\/boeing-wants-to-build-its-next-airplane-in-the-metaverse\/article_4f7007e1-3ab4-5604-8b6e-d775108325c2.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prosoundweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/cropped-PSW-Icon_May2020-270x270.png\">&nbsp;<strong>Solotech Acquires XR Studios To Expand Virtual Production Services<\/strong><br><em>Pro Sound Web<\/em><br>Solotech president and CEO Martin Tremblay announced that the company has acquired XR Studios, a Los Angeles-based agency specializing in extended reality that\u2019s comprised of augmented reality technology for live broadcast and virtual productions.<br>As part of the strategic plan, XR Studios will continue to operate as a separate entity and brand.<br><br>With the acquisition, Solotech\u2019s recently created Media and Entertainment Technology (MET) Division will make another step towards realizing its vision of developing new technologies that are at the crossroads of fans and artists, content producers, and online gamers.<br>Solotech saw the increasing need for live streaming services and virtual production and adapted its offering to support its clients and create new opportunities.<br><br>The acquisition of XR Studios also brings new talent and chief technical officer Scott Millar onboard, who\u2019s worked on multiple, large scale international AR projects with a focus on installation, engineering, and general AV technology.<br>He\u2019s been instrumental in the founding of the extended reality workflow, collaborating with software teams such as disguise, Notch, Unreal Engine, and Touch Designer, making Millar a vital expert of this technology.<br><strong>Link:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prosoundweb.com\/solotech-acquires-xr-studios-to-expand-virtual-production-services\/\">https:\/\/www.prosoundweb.com\/solotech-acquires-xr-studios-to-expand-virtual-production-services\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" src=\"https:\/\/www.xrtoday.com\/android-icon-192x192.png\">&nbsp;<strong>DARPA Awards PARC $5.8m for AR Training Tool<\/strong><br><em>Demond Cureton<\/em><br><em>XR Today<\/em><br>The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded a $5.8 million contract to the Paolo Alto Research Center (PARC) to collaborate with several key universities to develop augmented reality (AR) technologies, it was announced on Thursday.<br><br>The Xerox company will work on projects with AR firm Patched Reality as well as two institutions\u2014the University of California at Santa Barbara and the University of Rostock\u2014to build artificial intelligence systems designed for completing complex tasks greater than a workforce\u2019s capacity, the company said.<br><br>The new Autonomous Multimodal Ingestion for Goal Oriented Support (AMIGOS) for DARPA\u2019s Perceptually-enabled Task Guidance programme is an artificial intelligence (AI) tool to execute tasks such as converting text and video manuals to instruct users with AR solutions as well as monitor tasks.<br><br>According to the company, DARPA will receive an offline system for learning using multiple sources such as visual and language data to extract information used to complete tasks and create content.<br><strong>Link:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.xrtoday.com\/augmented-reality\/darpa-awards-parc-5-8m-for-ar-training-tool\/\">https:\/\/www.xrtoday.com\/augmented-reality\/darpa-awards-parc-5-8m-for-ar-training-tool\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google is building a new augmented reality device and operating system<br \/>\nHBAR Foundation Supports MetaVRse With Grant To Support Growth of the Metaverse<br \/>\nOppo&#8217;s Air Glass is a heads up display for your daily life<br \/>\nFive Reasons Why RealWear Navigator\u2122 500 Will Transform Frontline Work<br \/>\nBoeing wants to build its next airplane in the \u2018metaverse\u2019<br \/>\nSolotech Acquires XR Studios To Expand Virtual Production Services<br \/>\nDARPA Awards PARC $5.8m for AR Training 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