Digital threads link workflows across users

Esri users share how they employ digital twins, which will benefit from a complementary technology known as digital threads. AR/VR – VentureBeat & George Lawton

Esri boosts digital twin tech for its GIS mapping tools

Esri software helps build digital twin technology. The company is honing ArcGIS and its other products for the new market. AR/VR – VentureBeat & George Lawton

What Waabi’s launch means for the self-driving car industry

Waabi claims its next-generation self-driving technology can scale autonomous driving technology research and make it commercially viable. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Ben Dickson

Qualcomm will acquire Nuvia, server CPU maker led by ex-Apple chip architect

The deal could give Qualcomm the high-performance chip design chops to match or beat Apple, which now offers powerful M1 computer chips. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Jeremy Horwitz

Apple and Facebook spin antitrust claims: ‘We’re misunderstood’

ANALYSIS: In late July, a Congressional subcommittee successfully compelled four major tech company CEOs to formally answer questions over allegedly monopolistic business practices — a public spectacle marred only by COVID-19-related isolation of the attendees. Amazon, Facebook, and Google faced some of the heaviest questioning, but Apple certainly didn’t walk away untouched, as it was peppered with evidence […]

AR/VR – VentureBeat & Jeremy Horwitz

Researchers bring Google Sheets and Microsoft Excel into VR

An international team of researchers has revealed intriguing ideas about how the next generation of spreadsheets will work in virtual reality. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Jeremy Horwitz

Apple’s ARKit 4 introduces new depth capabilities and expands face tracking to more devices

Apple announced ARKit 4.0 during its 2020 Worldwide Developers Conference, bringing a slate of augmented reality improvements. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Kyle Wiggers

How to watch Microsoft’s Build 2020 stream with 100,000 attendees

Microsoft’s Build 2020 developers conference runs between May 19 to May 20. Tune in to watch the event stream and livestream for 48 hours. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Emil Protalinski

Apple releases ARKit 3.5, adding Scene Geometry API and lidar support

Apple’s augmented reality development kit is updated to version 3.5, adding the ability to create topological maps of rooms, and better occlude people. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Jeremy Horwitz