Robotics
Why would a fairly sane person want to walk around with a robotic tail? Getting technical (or clinical) there are plausible reasons posed by three researchers in Japan, and they are getting much attention.
Business
Qualcomm has set up a $100 million fund to invest in virtual and augmented reality technologies in a bid to help jumpstart the metaverse.
Mar 22, 2022
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Robotics
Recent advancements in robotics have enabled the development of systems to assist humans in a variety of tasks. A type of robotic system that has gained substantial popularity over the past few years is wearable robotic arms ...
Telecom
A new technology developed by engineers at the University of California San Diego has the potential to make the extended reality (XR) experience smoother and more seamless. The technology consists of an asset localization ...
Dec 21, 2023
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Consumer & Gadgets
Throughout history, sonar's distinctive "ping" has been used to map oceans, spot enemy submarines, and find sunken ships. Today, a variation of that technology—in miniature form, developed by Cornell researchers—is proving ...
Nov 9, 2023
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Consumer & Gadgets
A team of biomedical and mechanical engineers at City University of Hong Kong, working with a pair of colleagues from Beihang University and one from Shandong University, has developed two versions of a system designed to ...
Software
While virtual reality has been around for decades, a combination of higher-resolution graphics, smoother tracking of the user's movements and cheaper, sleeker headsets has propelled the immersive technology into arenas beyond ...
Aug 16, 2022
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Computer Sciences
A virtual human can be as good as a flesh-and-blood one when it comes to helping people practice new leadership skills. That's the conclusion from new research published in the journal Frontiers in Virtual Reality that evaluated ...
Apr 16, 2021
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Internet
The metaverse has been a hot topic of conversation recently, with Facebook and Microsoft both staking claims. But what is the metaverse? And when will it get here?
Nov 10, 2021
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Computer Sciences
Researchers at Aalto University were looking for better ways to instruct dance choreography in virtual reality. The new WAVE technique they developed will be presented in May at the CHI conference for human-computer interaction ...
Apr 29, 2024
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