Mixed Reality
Spend a Day in The Metaverse
Why all the excitement about the Metaverse? The Metaverse is a powerful, immersive social and professional VR platform that is growing and developing by the minute. By merging physical, virtual, and augmented reality, the Metaverse is set to completely change the way we do business and collaborate socially in the coming years. Hundreds of companies…
Read MoreHow Extended Reality is Transforming Education
How does Extended Reality fit into education? Extended Reality (XR), which includes Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR), has the power to transform education. Immersive digital experiences provide unique learning environments and will change the way students of all ages engage with new information. Educational Institutions across Canada ranging from elementary to post-secondary are adopting…
Read MoreSelecting the Best XR Solutions for Your Goals
Selecting the Best XR Solution for Your Goals Are you ready to digitally transform your business? One of the first steps is choosing what solutions work best for your team and your goals. Here we will explore the definitions, benefits, and common applications of Augmented and Virtual reality technology to help you become more familiar…
Read MoreA Guide to the Metaverse
What is the Metaverse? The Metaverse is a virtual-reality platform in which users interact in real-time with a computer-generated environment and its components for the purpose of business, pleasure, and everything in between. Whether users engage with the platform using a VR Headset for a true immersive experience, or just log on using their web…
Read MoreWhat Half-Life: Alyx taught us about Virtual Reality Development
The virtual reality PC game Half-Life: Alyx just had its first birthday, so I wanted to take the opportunity to talk about how great of a Virtual Reality experience playing this game is, and what exactly about it makes it so far ahead of anything else I’ve tried in the genre. This game is very…
Read MoreRESEAU: How AR is being used to promote Training and Remote Troubleshooting.
RESEAU Operators’ Walkthrough Lab (OWL™) is an Augmented Reality application for assisted training. This application covers several modules and is being used to provide off-site assistance in installation and start-up training for operators in water treatment plants found in first nations communities. In May of 2020, Transform Interactive partnered with RESEAU-CMI to discuss interactive technologies…
Read MoreLenovo’s ThinkReality A3: Transform the way you work
Earlier this month Lenovo’s ThinkReality A3 was unveiled during CES 2021. Lenovo has been one of the leading companies in XR products along with Microsoft, Magic Leap and soon to join those ranks, Apple. For those who still have yet to see what ThinkReality A3 looks like, take a few seconds to check out the…
Read MoreLet’s talk displays- will the HoloLens 2 look better?
A conversation about the original HoloLens will always circle back to field of view– that is, how much of your field of vision the Hololens display can cover. The HoloLens 2 is said to significantly expand the field of view when compared to its predecessor. However, there is one specification that Microsoft is aiming to…
Read MoreComparing HoloLens Generation 2 to its predecessor
Earlier this year at Mobile World Congress, Microsoft announced HoloLens Generation 2. Since then, the industry, as well as the world, have been extremely intrigued with a hint of doubtfulness regarding this impressive piece of technology. Not many people have had the privilege to have a hands-on session with one of these devices so it…
Read MoreMicrosoft Announces HoloLens 2 Development Edition
After announcing the HoloLens 2 earlier this year, Microsoft has just announced the Development Edition of the HoloLens 2. You get the same hardware in the Development Edition as the regular edition- the difference is only in bundled software. The Developer Edition gets you $500 in Azure credits, in addition to a three month trial…
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