Augmented Reality

Students and teachers can effortlessly switch between VR and the real world with just one click in laboratory lessons, learning from the virtual human body and real cadavers simultaneously.

NASA stakeholders discuss the potential for technologies supporting astronauts' mental health and cognitive functioning during a mission. 

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The augmented reality headset is priced at $3,500, while the Azure Kinect developer kits will run $399.

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Companies like Swift Medical, Tissue Analytics and Healthy.io replace inaccurate measurements with reliable ones, and that's just the beginning.

1Minuut Innovation's encrypted offering embraces augmented reality eyewear to enable hands-free clinician-to-clinician video. 

Researchers at Purdue University have developed a new system that lets young doctors in the field get support from experinced physicians via drones and AR glasses. 

Aaptiv, a fast-growing New York-based digital fitness content-maker, has added a follow-on investment from Bose Ventures, the investment arm of technology company Bose Corporation, to its recent $22 million Series C round, bringing the total up to $23 million.

The United States Patent Office has published a patent from Apple, filed December 18 of last year and not yet granted, for a "sunscreen detector" that could be incorporated into the Apple Watch or the iPhone and could even include augmented reality functionality.