March 9, 2021 –
Vuzix Corporation, a supplier of smart glasses and augmented reality (AR) technology and products, has announced that global mining group
Rio Tinto has deployed its Vuzix smart glasses at its Oyu Tolgoi mine located in Mongolia, which has one of the world’s largest known deposits of copper and gold, according to the company.
Rio Tinto noted in its 2020 Annual Report, that technology has played an essential role in helping the company keep its operations running, smoothly and safely, during the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of this, the company stated that it has increased its use of drones and mine pit cameras, as well as introduced video headsets (including smart glasses) to conduct visual inspections of tailings facilities and equipment while complying with travel restrictions and physical distance requirements.
February 26, 2021 –
EON Reality, a provider of augmented and virtual reality- (AR/VR, collectively XR) based knowledge and skills transfer for industry and education, has recently announced a new partnership with the Hassan II Agronomic and Veterinary Institute (IAV Hassan II) in Morocco. EON Reality stated that the collaboration will focus on building a world-class XR Center to help integrate XR training along with research and development in the agricultural sector.
The Center, which looks to expand the XR presence in Morocco that began with the
IDC Morocco project, will evolve training paradigms towards an AI-powered XR experience that drives further learning, training, and meaningful research for teachers, students, and professionals throughout Morocco and beyond, according to EON Reality.
January 23, 2021 –
The US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM), Army Research Laboratory (ARL), has recently announced that it is employing the use of augmented reality (AR) overlays in its research for the detection of roadside explosive hazards, such as improvised explosive devices (IEDs), unexploded ordnance and landmines.
Route reconnaissance in support of convoy operations remains a critical function to keep Soldiers safe from such hazards, which continue to threaten operations abroad and continually prove to be an evolving and problematic adversarial tactic. To combat this problem, ARL and other research collaborators were funded by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, via the ‘Blood Hound Gang Program’, which focuses on a system-of-systems approach to standoff explosive hazard detection.
December 16, 2020 –
Vuzix Corporation, a supplier of smart glasses and augmented reality (AR) technology and products, has recently announced that
Plug Power, a provider of hydrogen engines and fueling solutions for enabling e-mobility, has developed and successfully deployed an AR smart glasses-based remote training and onboarding program utilizing the Vuzix M400 Smart Glasses powered by
Ubimax’ Frontline productivity solution platform.
According to the company, the arrival of COVID-19 presented new challenges for Plug Power operations to train and support its field technicians and growing customer footprint. Vuzix stated that in a matter of weeks, Plug Power was able to adapt its in-person training and onboarding programs into AR virtual smart glasses-based training programs.
December 15, 2020 – Virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) collaboration platform,
Spatial, which turns any room into a 3D workspace to help connect remote teams, has today announced its free native AR app for iOS and Android, which the company states will help to break down the barrier to entry by offering Spatial on a device that people already own.
Spatial added that following interest and growth over the last year, the Spatial app was re-designed from the ground up to be mobile first and leverage Apple’s ARKit or Google’s ARCore to allow users to participate in a holographic AR experience right from their smartphones.