VR/AR

The UK is at the forefront of global innovation, with skilled engineers and electricians being called to work on projects all over the world. However, we’re experiencing a skills crisis that’s threatening the future of the construction industry. Here, HellermannTyton discusses how VR can help overcome this skills shortage and create a new breed of future-ready electricians.

Yodel has integrated barcode scanning software from Scandit, into its newly developed driver and courier app. Yodel delivers millions of parcels every week across the UK. As part of its digital strategy, Yodel has a transformation programme to change the Hand-Held Terminals (HHTs) and replace them with smart devices using a mobile app. Yodel selected Scandit to provide the barcode scanning software after it out-performed all other softw...

XR, or extended reality, products are at the forefront of technological change. Virtual reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), and Mixed Reality (MR). With so many different XR products now available for a variety of use cases, it is important to understand how the different technologies are used, and companies which create them.

The new virtual reality ride will be open to the public this month at The Blackpool Tower, and features a first for VR – a bespoke townscape of Blackpool’s iconic skyline and the Fylde Coast, offering unseen views of the landscape and icon buildings, such as The Blackpool Tower, the three Piers and The Pleasure Beach.   

Fearsome, lethal, killers … the reputation of the tiger shark has long haunted our culture, leading to these creatures being miscast as villains of the seas. Immotion’s new VR experience, Shark Dive, sheds a revealing light on the personality and habits of these wonderous animals, allowing people to get closer to them than ever before, and understanding their strategic place as an apex predator in a fragile ecosystem.

According to the company, the Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2 Platform is the world’s first 5G-supported extended reality (XR) platform. It unites Qualcomm’s 5G and AI innovations with XR technology to usher in a new era of mobile computing. This platform unveils custom features and boasts multiple firsts that can be scaled across Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR) and Mixed Reality (MR).

Plessey, an embedded technologies developer at the forefront of microLED technology for the Augmented Reality (AR) and display markets, has successfully developed a world’s first GaN on Silicon-based Red LED. Whilst InGaN-based Blue and Green LEDs are commercially available, Red LEDs are typically based on AlInGaP material or colour converted Red.

Belfast Harbour, BT and mixed reality partners Ubimax and VRtuoso are showcasing the tangible benefits that 5G can deliver to business and industry across the UK. In a first for the UK, the demonstrations, performed 'live' over BT’s public 5G network, show two 5G enabled applications that are being explored by Belfast Harbour as part of their vision for creating a 'Smart Port' and an iconic waterfront for the City.

Fearsome, lethal, killers; the reputation of the tiger shark has long haunted our culture, leading to these creatures being miscast as villains of the seas. Immotion’s new VR experience, Shark Dive, sheds a revealing light on the personality and habits of these wondrous animals, allowing people to get closer to them than ever before, and understanding their strategic place as an apex predator in a fragile ecosystem.

HYPER, the London-based startup born from the EIT Digital-supported ‘HyperCRC’ innovation activity, has launched a spatial design platform that fuses virtual reality with real, motion-tracked models, enabling companies and clients to physically experience their visions.