HTC Vive Shows Off Portable 5G Device With RC Cars

vrcoin on March 3, 2022

Set up a private 5G network for multiple VR headsets in under 30 minutes using the Reign Core.Today marks the final day of MWC 2022 in Barcelona and so far we’ve been treated to a variety of incredible announcements showcasing the future of connectivity. Day four of the event included informative talks featuring speakers from companies such as Amazon Web Services, Weta Digital, and Nolia as well as a plethora of incredible demos from a large list of exhibitors. One demo from HTC had attendees driving a small remote-controlled car fitted with cameras and 5G connections around a tiny racetrack using a portable 5G base station called a Reign Core.Vive Flow / Credit: HTCThose lucky enough to experience the demo had two different views of their carthanks to a couple of hi-res video feeds (POV and top-down) that were delivered using a 5G network from the Reign Core. As the drivers

Understanding the Atmosphere Around Policy in Emerging Technologies

vrcoin on November 1, 2021

“Emerging technologies” like extended reality, 5G internet, and blockchain are currently emerging faster than policy on them is developing. While this may allow increased experimentation with these technologies, we’ve seen what happened with the last round of emerging technologies like social media when policy lagged behind reality. Right now, legislation and protections around emerging technologies remain thin, but many, including many within the tech space, think that this needs to change. The Role of Ethicists and Organizations In the absence of legislation and policy regarding emerging technologies, in particular, people and agencies interacting with these technologies have the choice of existing in a vacuum of order, or trying to create that order for themselves. Those who take the latter route often do so by connecting novel concerns with less-specific and more familiar issues. “The process of XR ethics is asking what are these principles informed by human rights concerns,” XR

Book Review and Author Interviews on “The Augmented Workforce”

vrcoin on July 1, 2021

The Augmented Workforce: How Artificial Intelligence, Augmented Reality and 5G Will Impact Every Dollar You Make is the new book by authors Cathy Hackl and John Buzzell. To take you inside the cover, we read the book and were invited to interview the authors on their process and the book’s early reception. “A Belief Inspired This Book” “The future of how we live and work, our relationship with innovation, and our very construct for productivity and engagement, are overdue for a digital, physical, and hybrid renaissance,” futurist and “digital anthropologist” Brian Solis writes in the book’s forward. In a subtle and significant way, the passage sets the tone for the whole book. While many business owners and workers may fear “change,” the renaissance was a period of explosive growth. And the future can be too. The Augmented Workforce isn’t about how to resist or get through the impact that automation