virtual reality
Explore the interactive virtual healthcare tour
Today’s patients expect their experiences to be enabled by technology. This includes remote consultations, connectivity, and location-aware mobile services. Today’s staff require a secure, digital environment that makes it possible to be more efficient and provide better care, with access to the sys…
Global IP Networks Focus on Sharpening Their Edge
According to the latest VNI forecast, global service provider networks are getting edgier. By 2022, a third of service provider network capacity will be at the edge or within the metro, growing up from 27 percent in 2017. While the capacity in core regional networks will be 24 percent (down from 25…
Making Enterprise Virtual Reality a Practical Reality
Virtual Reality (VR) is starting to disrupt all manner of industries. From Construction to Healthcare, Financial Services to Formula One. It’s one of the cooler technology innovations to happen of late. The value of VR is clearly measurable, with early adopters gaining competitive advantage and crea…
XR on the Bay Recap: aka the Day Roger Didn’t Get to Meet Silicon Valley’s Gilfoyle (Part 2)
(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,…
XR on the Bay Recap: aka the Day Roger Didn’t Get to Meet Silicon Valley’s Gilfoyle (Part 1)
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…
Leading the Next Wave of Video Content with Virtual Reality Technology by Pixvana
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…
How Digital Giving Is Improving People’s Lives
Digital transformation is impacting nearly every industry and aspect of our lives. At this time of year, when our thoughts and actions turn toward giving, I want to show how digital giving is improving people’s lives around the world. Digital Giving Data Points According to the 2016 Global NGO Onlin…
Virtual and Augmented Reality in Education
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…
Creating Smarter, Safer, More Inclusive Workplaces: Are You In?
In our digital and connected world, the opportunities are simply too large and fast-moving for any one company to seize on its own. That’s why we created Cisco Hyperinnovation Living Labs (CHILL). CHILL gathers together an impressive cross-section of large industry players to tackle large industry i…