VR, AR, and the Future of Learning
Microsoft set the tech community abuzz with a demonstration of their new Wearable Technology, HoloLens, at the recent Build event. HoloLens works with Windows 10 to create a holographic augmented reality environment that is highly immersive …
Virtual Reality was the new arrival at the Tribeca Film Festival this year, spurred on by the development of inexpensive VR gear from Oculus, Samsung and Google (Google Cardboard). Stanford professor Jeremy Bailenson, founder and director …
After a wave of Virtual Reality apps for Android phones (no surprise given Google’s role here), VR apps are now coming to the iPhone. RoundMe is a newcomer to this group and after downloading it last night, …
Apple Watch redefines the Wearable Tech category this week. Within weeks, thousands of people will be walking the streets with a miniature computer strapped to their wrist. The talk will be: How do you use it? …
If there’s a single company that understands Wearable Technology, it’s Disney with the rollout of its MagicBand Wearable in the Magic Kingdom theme parks. Google stumbled (though we can assume another version of Glass will appear) …
As we get ready for the Apple Watch release on April 24th, developers have been hard at work designing the apps. Evernote has taken to heart lessons learned from designing apps for the Pebble smartwatch and Android Wear, …
The conversation from our Wear to Learn session on Wearables in Education at SXSWedu continues. We truly enjoyed the active participation in our session and were excited to see some after-conference summaries that both captured and continued …
Read more Beyond SXSWedu: The Wearable Conversation Continues
The New York Times has published an article by Nick Bilton on Wearables in the Style section that tackles possible health concerns with the Apple Watch – surprisingly, it reads more like click-bait than a serious …
Apple’s ResearchKit reveals the disruptive potential for the mobile devices and the Quantified Self. In just 24 hours, 11,000 iPhone owners signed up for a heart health study. As Alan Yeung, medical director of Stanford Cardiovascular Health …
Read more Apple’s ResearchKit may Transform Medical Research by Crowdsourcing Data