Growth Acceleration Partners | May 18, 2018
Augmented Reality, IoT & Connected Devices
3 Top Trends in Wearable Tech
When Apple announced its AirPods last year, initially critics were skeptical of the wireless earbuds’ design — seemingly easy to lose and reminiscent of Q-tips or cigarette butts. Yet, aesthetics aside, the tiny protruding cylinders have become an increasingly prevalent accessory in recent months. Apple recently revealed its wearables revenue — from the Apple Watch, Beats headphones, and AirPods — rose 50 percent last quarter.
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Growth Acceleration Partners | October 5, 2017
Augmented Reality, IoT & Connected Devices, Voice Recognition
Unpacking Tech’s Potential to Transform Supply Chain Logistics
In today’s fast-paced business environment, companies are expected to have real-time visibility of their inventories and deliver goods at Amazon-like speeds. While emerging technologies such as augmented reality (AR), voice interfaces, and the Internet of Things (IoT) have entered the consumer mainstream, enterprises are beginning to explore how these new tools can enhance value and solve problems. One major area in which we’re seeing enterprises effectively utilizing new tech is supply chain logistics.
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Growth Acceleration Partners | June 13, 2017
Augmented Reality is Ready to Play
At Mission Data, we think a lot about how emerging technology can revolutionize the world of business. Immersive technologies such as augmented reality (AR) bring an opportunity for workers to be more efficient, informed, and safer in real-time. By laying digital interactions over the physical world, AR is essentially bringing surfaces to life. However, as AR moves from novelty to wider acceptance, it’s entertainment companies such as game and toy makers that are leading the way—and they’re turning the technology into a whole lot of fun.
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Growth Acceleration Partners | June 9, 2017
Tutorial Introduction: Using Photogrammetry to Create 3D Models
AR and VR technologies have been a key trend for a while now, and many are saying that augmented reality will be the “new mobile” in terms of the next major platform. The tech is increasingly becoming more accessible to developers, especially in the AR market. This is evidenced by Apple’s announcement of ARKit, Aryzon’s cardboard for mixed reality, and Occipital’s low-cost AR/VR tracking platform.
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Growth Acceleration Partners | November 23, 2016
Augmented Reality, IoT & Connected Devices
Exploring the HoloLens Content Lock Options
As with any augmented reality device, the HoloLens has the ability to overlay content on the physical world. The content can take on a number of different forms such as simple 2D gauges or complex 3D models. No matter what the content type is, it has to be positioned somewhere in the physical world. This is where content locking comes in. We have put together an example of each type of content lock option that is available for the HoloLens along with a few notes on each.
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Growth Acceleration Partners | August 4, 2016
Building a Virtual Reality Office Tour
We’ve begun to explore potential use cases for virtual reality, and decided to start with creating a virtual office tour - which we believe can be an effective recruitment tool for new employees.
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