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Bluedrop awarded contracts of over CDN $2 million to deliver its VR training system to LSI for US Air Force

April 29, 2019

April 29, 2019 – Bluedrop Performance Learning and its subsidiary Bluedrop Training & Simulation has today announced that it has received contracts of over CDN $2,000,000 to deliver its Hoist … continue reading

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Magic Leap Announces Partnership with Japanese mobile operator NTT DOCOMO

April 29, 2019

April 29, 2019 – Magic Leap has announced that it has entered into a partnership with NTT DOCOMO, INC., Japan’s largest mobile operator. DOCOMO will be the exclusive telecommunications partner … continue reading

NexTech signs AR e-Commerce deal with Cheeterz Firearm Accessories

April 28, 2019

April 28, 2019 – NexTech AR Solutions has announced that it has entered into an agreement with Cheeterz Firearm Accessories to render segments of its product line in Augmented Reality. … continue reading

HTX Labs Awarded SBIR Phase I by US Air Force for Virtual Reality Training Program

April 27, 2019

April 27, 2019 – HTX Labs, LLC, a creator of immersive training and simulation programs, has announced that it is a recent recipient of a US Air Force Small Business … continue reading

Vuzix partners with SightCall to deliver a see-what-I-see field service solution on Vuzix M300XL Smart Glasses

April 26, 2019

April 26, 2019 – Vuzix Corporation has announced a strategic partnership with SightCall, a San Francisco-based provider of remote visual support with operations in the US, UK, France, Germany and … continue reading

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Snap Inc. names Kenny Mitchell as new Chief Marketing Officer

April 26, 2019

April 25, 2019 – Snap Inc. announced yesterday that Kenny Mitchell will join the company as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) beginning in June 2019. In this newly created role, Mitchell … continue reading

Dynabook announces availability of Ubimax Frontline Application Suite for dynaEdge AR Smart Glasses

April 26, 2019

April 26, 2019 – Dynabook Americas, Inc. (formerly Toshiba America Client Solutions, Inc.), has announced the North American availability of the Ubimax Frontline application suite for the dynaEdge AR Smart … continue reading

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INDE appoints AccessAR as its business development partner for Canada

April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019 – INDE has appointed AccessAR as its business development partner for Canada, effective April 2019. AccessAR will be looking to develop opportunities for INDE’s core AR product … continue reading

Khronos establishes Exploratory Group for 3D commerce standards and guidelines in AR and VR

April 25, 2019

Snapshot of current distribution of real-time 3D content and opportunities for standards and guidelines to enable scalable deployment of virtual 3D products April 25, 2019 – The Khronos Group, an … continue reading

Childish Gambino’s Augmented Reality app ‘PHAROS AR’ built on Google ARCore

April 24, 2019

April 24, 2019 – Earlier this year, Google partnered with recording artist Childish Gambino to create an AR ‘Playmoji’ version of himself that dances and reacts to users in their … continue reading

Samsung Electronics to Invest KRW 133 Trillion in Logic Chip Businesses by 2030

April 24, 2019

April 24, 2019 – Samsung Electronics has today announced that it will invest KRW 133 trillion by 2030 to strengthen its competitiveness in System LSI and Foundry businesses, which are … continue reading

Trimble launches mobile Augmented Reality tool ‘Trimble PULSE Remote Expert’

April 23, 2019

April 23, 2019 – Trimble has today announced the launch of Trimble PULSE Remote Expert, an augmented reality (AR) tool that is designed to help improve the productivity of field … continue reading

INDE’s interactive AR experience lets NFL fans “meet their idol” at the NFL Draft

April 23, 2019

April 23, 2019 – Pizza Hut and UK based AR company INDE have partnered to offer a photo opportunity for visitors to the NFL Draft with a custom-developed large-screen Augmented … continue reading

UROS to provide RealWear AR devices powered by Qualcomm to 10,000 industrial workers for Kazakhstan digitization project

April 23, 2019

April 23, 2019 – Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., RealWear and UROS, have today jointly announced a digitization project set to begin in Kazakhstan later this year. This project has the mission … continue reading

7-Eleven launches Augmented Reality experience as part of launch of “Pokémon: Detective Pikachu” promotions

April 22, 2019

April 22, 2019 – 7-Eleven stores are teasing the theatrical release of the upcoming Pokémon movie, “Pokémon: Detective Pikachu”, through the use of exclusive interactive augmented reality experiences in the … continue reading

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