Product News
Avantis Education launches Eduverse+ VR/AR ‘library’
The creator of ClassVR for schools says the Eduverse+ content is designed to enable schools to create dynamic, immersive, and AI-powered experience and can...
augmented reality
Product News
Pixotope launches AI-powered graphics tool for live production
Pixotope Reveal's advanced AI extracts on-screen talent from any background, enabling the placement of graphics both in front of and behind presenters, integrating the...
Immersive tech
RM Technology to supply VR/AR in UK after accreditation by Avantis Education
Accredited status means RM Technology, a supplier of technology and services to the education sector, can now provide virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) solutions...
Product News
Vizrt launches PTZ3 PLUS camera range
New range boasts AI-driven talent tracking, greater microphone choice with phantom power, and integration with augmented reality (AR)
Thought Leadership
Edtech Q&A: AV’s growing role in educational environments
Ben Taylor, CEO of Cassette Group, on the role of AV and immersive technology in education, and how it can help to modernise and...
Case Studies
Stage Precision recreates Super Bowl in live AR world
Silver Spoon deployed SP tracking and controls solution, to recreate the action in an alternate reality from SpongeBob SquarePants
Product News
Vizrt introduces AR hybrid video solution
Research into the preferences of Gen Z inspired the development of Viz Virtual Studio Go, a new approach to hybrid video communications using augmented...
Case Studies
Scalable provides immersive study experience at US university lab
WorldViz selects Scalable Display Technologies software to help students at Yale University's BEEM lab to explore collaborative experiences encompassing immersive technologies
Immersive tech
Virtual reality: A progress report
A few years ago – prior to the pandemic – VR was one of the hottest topics throughout the pro-AV world. As 2023 draws...
Immersive tech
Special report: Interacting with history and art
Once regarded as dusty receptacles of the past, museums are now joining the age of new technology to not only inform but also entertain....
Thought Leadership
Connectivity revolution: How 5G is reshaping the future of manufacturing
Dijam Panigrahi, co-founder and COO of GridRaster Inc, a leading provider of cloud-based AR/VR and 3D AI platforms, on the forthcoming 5G revolution
Case Studies
Trail Blazers become first NBA Team to broadcast AR graphics from a handheld cam
Powered by disguise, graphics bring fans live visuals, with in-depth stats and player information that looks like it’s right there on the court
Thought Leadership
Exclusive: How the evolution of UCaaS is supporting the growing collaboration needs of businesses
Wayne Gratton, chief commercial officer at Nuvias UC, on the growth of UCaaS and developments in AI and VR/AR
Broadcast
ENCO named exclusive North American distributor for Qimera VP tech
ENCO will demonstrate Qimera’s real-time virtual production compositing tools at InfoComm this week and support Qimera’s sales, marketing and product development initiatives
Broadcast
Ross Video partners with AR specialist DreamWall to “revolutionise” VP
Partnership brings together Ross Video’s advanced graphics technology and creative services with DreamWall's augmented reality and virtual studio production services
Immersive tech
An enterprising year for XR
Yanna Zhu, metaverse & XR strategy specialist at BCG, reflects on the emergent metaverse and its underlying technologies in the last year, and the...
Immersive tech
Exclusive: What the metaverse & ‘assisted reality’ means for AV
Jon Arnold, VP of sales EMEA for RealWear Inc, discusses the tech helping to deliver the industrial metaverse
Projection
VIOSO projection tech creates life-size mapping solution for architects & their clients
German restaurateur and events planner Plan Live is giving its clients' customers a true-to-scale glimpse of the home of their dreams with an innovative...
Immersive tech
Special report: UK University brings extended reality to life
The University of Portsmouth’s CCIXR centre is bringing world-leading XR facilities to the UK
Ed Tech
Bringing extended reality to life
The University of Portsmouth’s Centre for Creative and Immersive XR (CCIXR) is bringing world-leading XR facilities to England’s south coast, with the intention of...
Immersive tech
Innovating the education metaverse: MR virtual campus
Two British tech companies are leading the global race to innovate the tech education metaverse
Immersive tech
Uni of Portsmouth boosting city’s cultural economy with XR
New Enabling XR Enterprise (eXRe) project utilising £628,000 grant
Immersive tech
AR visuals create virtual competitors for new comp
Avatars created for Alter Ego, Fox’s first avatar-based, AR singing TV show
Events & Production
A new reality for Singapore National Day celebrations
Signal and data transmission solutions from BroaMan were used for first ever augmented reality production of the Singapore National Day Parade
Immersive tech
Lights, camera, XR!
Athomas Goldberg, co-founder of Shocap Entertainment, an entertainment studio specialising in live events, looks at the rise of mixed reality and virtual production
Immersive tech
Exclusive commentary: Mixed reality’s leap into the metaverse
Martin Taylor, director and co-founder of Prox & Reverie, on a new multi-reality experience company innovating new ways to bridge physical, digital and imagined...
Broadcast
First human space flight celebrated in AR gala concert
Augmented reality technology from Pixotope deployed at gala concert celebrating the 60th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's first human space flight
Ed Tech
Special Report: How AV and VR can elevate learning experiences
AR and VR have the potential to contribute to a better distance learning experience.
Immersive tech
VR and the remote working future
Charlie Neuner, strategy, XR, PwC believes virtual reality can be effective for remote working and collaboration, with Covid-19 acting as an accelerant
Immersive tech
Extended realities
Display visuals have long been influenced by warped realities – as the Victorian’s Pepper’s Ghost trick proves – but today’s mixed reality solutions are...
Immersive tech
How VR and immersive tech can shape the post-Covid workplace
Colin Yellowley, R&D director at Igloo Vision, on 2020 and the future of working
Technology
Making extended reality real: Building the Centre for Creative and Immersive XR
Pippa Bostock, business and development project manager at University of Portsmouth, on the £5.2m CCIXR
Case Studies
Augmented chords at the Finnish Music Hall of Fame
Our man on the ground in Helsinki, Phil Ward witnesses the fitting launch of Genelec’s Smart IP platform
Technology
Visitor attractions: Room for innovation
In the first part we presented the current picture of social media in visitor attractions and how it is helping operators communicate directly and...
Case Studies
Anna Valley provides mixed reality for ITV’s Rugby World Cup 2019 studio
Anna Valley has revealed that they are the solution architects and technology providers for the mixed reality ‘window on the world’ feature in ITV’s...
Business
Digital Catapult to aid UK AR/VR startups with Augmentor programme
Early-stage companies to receive expert support and exposure to investors
Case Studies
Royal Liver Building 360 experience enters new dimension
The Royal Liver Building, an icon of the Liverpool waterfront, has undergone a physical and virtual transformation to immerse visitors in the city’s vibrant...
Case Studies
The National Theatre utilises AR to improve access for all
The Royal National Theatre has added Epson Moverio BT-350 AR smart glasses to its technology offering to provide a better experience for audience members...
Business
XR: new concepts and opportunities
"The best starting point is to gain some hands-on experience with headsets and experiences"
Business
XR: new realities
As adoption of XR technologies grows across sectors, Steve Montgomery looks at how AV integrators can get involved
Technology
XR: creating new opportunities for AV
Previously we looked into the terminology of XR and asked whether it's a help or hinderance, while also highlighting the potential opportunities AR, MR...
Technology
XR: to be, or not to be?
New technologies are emerging that combine, in varying degrees, the real world with the virtual world. Ian McMurray asks to what extent the AV...