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Microsoft Mesh and Viva: Revolutionizing the corporate dynamic for success
The two big announcements from this week's Ignite conference are impressive offerings that can connect employees while enhancing their skills and assuring their employment. That's good for the workers, and for business.
Microsoft’s Mesh aims for mixed-reality meetings of the future
At this week’s Ignite conference, the company unveiled the Azure-based developer SDK and offered a futuristic vision of remote collaboration.
Apple's indoor maps format is now a standard; here's why that matters
Adoption of the standard is a foundational step for new business opportunity and voice-first interface design.
How mixed reality (and Hololens) boosted productivity at Lockheed Martin
By using Microsoft's Hololens system in manufacturing and assembly, the aerospace firm found ways to save time and money. That bodes well for the use of mixed-reality systems in other industries.
Cisco’s Webex vs. Arthur Digital and the future of collaboration and communication
Cisco looks to be moving toward video phones; Arthur is focusing on mixed reality. Somewhere in the mix is the future of communication.
iPhone 12 Pro, Apple and LiDAR in the enterprise
The iPhone 12 Pro and 12 Pro Max carry Light Detection and Ranging LiDAR scanners. What is this, and why should it matter to your enterprise?
Dell World: Exploring the school and, by proxy, office of the future
Technology now allows us to envision a world of virtual offices and classrooms.
The financial market is driving monitor development to head-mounted displays
The need for more screen real estate and support for flexible work locations will drive us rapidly to high-resolution head-mounted displays.
VC money flows to collaboration start-ups as remote work booms
Collaboration software, which one analyst said was a “white-hot category pre-COVID” for investors, is “now hitting the stratosphere.”
Facebook’s Workplace embraces video, touts new users amid pandemic
At the same time CEO Mark Zuckerberg unveiled a new remote work policy, Facebook moved to strengthen the collaboration capabilities in Workplace to meet growing demand.
Will Apple's AR glasses revolutionize accessibility tech?
The company’s long-expected AR spectacles may well support prescription lenses.
What next for Apple retail?
Until we get COVID-19 testing and vaccination sorted out, main streets and malls will be quiet for a while.
Spatial and Nreal partner to make AR meetings a reality
The two companies plan to team up with telcos to sell 5G-enabled augmented reality technology for remote collaboration.
Apple quietly builds the business case for AR
Apple has introduced new AR features that should help the company push adoption of the technologies more into the mainstream.
Google opens up Glass Enterprise Edition 2 for direct purchases
Developers will be allowed to buy the smartglasses individually as Google looks to build business demand.
9 challenges Apple-based enterprises face in 2020
With 5G iPhones expected, AR continuing to evolve and voice-based assistants gaining momentum, 2020 could bring the seeds of change for many companies.
3 reasons you will be moved by haptics
Forget today's buzzing smartphones and rumbling game controllers. Next-generation haptics make the virtual real and smart enterprises will take notice.
