Medical students at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge are the first in the world to experience a new way of learning, using the latest in mixed reality holographic patients. The technology enables teaching and learning through life-like holographic patient scenarios, accessible from anywhere in the world. The new mixed-reality training application…
Cuban-born American singer, songwriter and actress Camila Cabello’s “Familia: Welcome to the Family” immersive live concert on TikTok, gave social media users a chance to experience her music like never before, drumming publicity and interest in her forthcoming album. Pioneers XR Studios used the disguise extended reality (xR) workflow to…
Ajman City in the United Arab Emirates has launched a virtual police service in the metaverse. Members of the public will be able to ask questions of the police and receive answers without needing to use the real-world service. According to reports in the regional press, Seven police officers have…
In the new era of hybrid work, most workers would agree that their jobs would be harder and less fun without video conferencing. But the rise of Zoom fatigue suggests video conferencing still has a number of issues that need addressing. According to Professor Jeremy Bailenson, founding director of the…
The University of Portsmouth’s new £7 million Centre for Creative and Immersive Extended Reality (CCIXR) has been officially opened. CCIXR is the UK’s first purpose-built facility to bring together a whole suite of the very latest XR technologies under one roof to support innovation in virtual, augmented and extended realities.…
A US Army programme to deploy Microsoft HoloLens devices that was thought to be worth $22 billion is running into scepticism. Microsoft signed a $480 million contract to supply 100,000 prototype devices to help soldiers train for combat in 2018. The company then announced last year that work had moved…
AmazeVR, the company behind a 10-city VR concert tour, entitled “Enter Thee Hottieverse,” is teaming up with Timex, named the # 1 watch brand in the world by Rolling Stone, for an interactive user experience featuring the cult classic Timex T80 watch. After arriving at a theatre and putting on…
A new immersive football entertainment experience has opened in London using AI and AR technology, including facial and body recognition to capture images of players which can be used in digital profiles. The pop-up METRIX: FOOTBALL RE-CODED venue at the Westfield White City shopping centre is the first of its…
Ant Middleton, former British Special Forces Operator, Sunday Times bestselling author, and TV star, has partnered with mixed reality smart glasses firm PhotonLens to create a virtual reality experience inspired by Middleton’s climb of Mount Everest. A total of 70 of the VR PhotonLens headsets preloaded with the content will…
Morehouse College, the alma mater of Martin Luther King Jr., Spike Lee, and Georgia senator Ralph Warnock, will lead higher education into a new frontier this spring as students will be offered two classes held in virtual reality (VR). “Providing an immersive classroom experience for our students during this pandemic…
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