The emergence of Location-based Augmented Reality promises to transform the very fabric of our lives, offering unparalleled opportunities to revolutionize the way we engage with the world and interact with each other. As John Hanke, CEO of Niantic, Inc puts it…
Systems engineers as XR pioneers
7 June 2023
XR, or Extended Reality, is expected to become the fourth computing platform revolution after PCs, the Internet, and mobile phones. Enabling the implementation of disruptive use cases that other technologies simply cannot, it is already beginning to impact society across the…
"Virtual reality is now a mass phenomenon"
5 June 2023
On the occasion of the 25th edition of Laval Virtual, the international event on immersive technologies, many speakers are invited to talk about the future of virtual reality. Among them, Christoph Runde, director of the Virtual Dimension Center, is giving a presentation as…
Boarding Ring fights VR and motion sickness
27 January 2023
The French company Boarding Ring is currently making news with the first glasses against motion sickness. Launched years ago, the two founders want to go further with a children model. Boarding Ring is linked to virtual reality and to the Laval Virtual event, because they…
In a previous article, we tried to define the Metaverse. The French report called “Exploratory mission of the metaverse development” helped us list common characteristics and make a typology. We must now study the second part of the rapport: issues and challenges…
Metaverse: origins and definition of a modern phenomenon
2 January 2023
The Metaverse is a concept as fascinating as enigmatic. Lots of people tried to give a definition. Even the French government got interested and ordered a “Exploratory mission of the Metaverse development”. Let’s try together to analyze the conclusions of…