Tag: research and innovation
Interview: Dr Andy Levers, Executive Director, IDEAS
We’re sitting in a conference room in the recently inaugurated Digital Innovation Facility (DIF), a £12.7m centre of excellence for emerging engineering technologies. Headed by Dr Andy [more…]
Centre for innovation in XR technology opens in Portsmouth
The CCIXR is the UK’s first purpose-built facility to bring together a whole suite of the very latest ‘eXtended Reality’ (XR) technologies under one roof to support [more…]
Ice Age animals ready to roam the metaverse
A collaborative team based in California was investigating how AR affects learning in museums, but soon realised there weren’t any accurate Ice Age animals in the metaverse [more…]
String system simulates the feel of objects and walls in virtual reality
Physical objects like walls and furniture that are experienced in virtual reality could be given a new weight and feel using a device developed by Carnegie Mellon [more…]
Researchers identify best method for teaching children how to use AR
A team of computer scientists in the US have found the strongest approach to help children operate augmented reality (AR) in a classroom setting. The researchers, based [more…]
AR smart contact lens lets wearer see the world in a whole new way
A US start-up has designed a smart contact lens for everyday use which delivers an augmented reality (AR) display in a user’s field of vision. The AR [more…]
