augmented reality

Ask anyone who’s spent their career in manufacturing, and they will confirm everything happens on the manufacturing floor. Operators run tools to make parts on the shop floor. Maintenance technicians repair equipment on the shop floor. Production supervisors and foremen monitor workflow and maintain…

Augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) technologies have begun to make their leap from nascent technologies to comprehensive solutions that enable and empower many mainstream consumer/enterprise applications, customer experiences and various industry workflows. A revolution that started in…

Imagine being able to wear something that makes you more efficient and productive at your job. Smart Glasses may have missed the mark for consumers, but now they are saving jobs. Upskill is a company that provides augmented reality solutions for the industrial workforce. As part of our Cisco Investm…

(Continued from Part 1) Dave Ward, Cisco, left; Ben Havey, Walt Disney Studios, right, during “the reveal” of Disney’s StudioLAB Leslie Ellis: Such as what it takes to make a blockbuster film. As in, hundreds of people, and it takes months. Whereas with new and emerging VR tools,…

Hi, it’s Rog. On June 26, at Cisco’s Building No. 9, in San Jose, we and the Advanced Imaging Society, hosted our first-ever “XR on the Bay: Where Silicon Valley Meets Hollywood” event. Jim Chabin, President of the AIS, kicked things off with a rather brilliant observation, which summed up the entir…

We are pleased to announce our investment in Pixvana, a rapidly growing augmented reality / virtual reality (AR/VR) technology startup that provides VR content platforms and creators with the tools they need to create and deliver high-quality next-gen video experiences. Cisco Investments has funded…

Craig Tranter is a former educator, and now serves as a technology presenter for Cisco. This blog is the seventh in his series on advancements and opportunities in education. All views are his own.  Textbook and PowerPoint are old hat now. So, what can we do as educators to really bring the classroo…

Mobility continues to change how people interact with data—and what data types they want to interact with. In addition, better availability and accessibility of data, now in real time, increases an individual’s ability to make informed choices. This digital transformation is putting pressure on comp…

What will work look like in 10 years? We’ve heard a lot about the ways new technologies—artificial intelligence, virtual reality, robotics and the like—will disrupt work as we know it. Will we have a shiny new future, where machines take over menial or repetitive tasks so people can be free to pursu…