'virtual reality'

Facebook envisages an infinite office via VR

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Facebook envisages an infinite office via VR

Facebook is building on the functionality of its virtual reality (VR) software as an alternative solution for remote working.
Workplace : VR : Facebook
A virtual influencer becomes Marks & Spencer’s newest ambassador

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A virtual influencer becomes Marks & Spencer’s newest ambassador

Marks & Spencer has announced a new addition to its M&S Insiders influencer programme in the shape of a virtual persona.
Fashion : Media & Entertainment : Retail
Hightype creates three-dimensional typography

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Hightype creates three-dimensional typography

The new type foundry focuses on spatial typography for technologies such as VR, AR, games and visual effects.
Technology : Design : Typology
The Trend: Programmable Realities

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The Trend: Programmable Realities

In March 2019 we debuted Programmable Realities, one of our three cross-sector macrotrends that examined how technology – combined with new materia...
Media : Technology : Entertainment
Tilt Five melds digital and tabletop gaming

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Tilt Five melds digital and tabletop gaming

Tilt Five looks to bring augmented reality to board games with holographic lenses.
Media : Entertainment : Technology
Picture this: First exposure for new AR camera

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Picture this: First exposure for new AR camera

Picture this: First exposure for new AR camera
Ar : Augmented Reality : Try Before You Buy
Milan 2019: Water creates an interface between humans and technology

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Milan 2019: Water creates an interface between humans and technology

Is Memory Data? questions whether water could be used as a way to bridge physical and virtual reality.
Health And Wellness : Programmable Realities : VR .
Zalando’s website becomes a virtual world for sneakers

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Zalando’s website becomes a virtual world for sneakers

The fashion e-commerce site is focusing on the sneaker market with a campaign that celebrates the online network for sneaker fans
Youth : Fashion : Digital
This phygital food festival gamifies happy hour

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This phygital food festival gamifies happy hour

Alcohol brand Tiger Beer’s month-long food fiesta is an immersive online experience that aims to digitise street food for the Covid-19 consumer.
Food : Drink : Technology
Thought-starter: How will blockchain transform our future wardrobe?

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Thought-starter: How will blockchain transform our future wardrobe?

Through the lens of a fictional future scenario, we ask: what happens when we place caveats on where, when and how often we can wear virtual fashion?
Fashion : Blockchain : Far Futures
Foam Studio animates colour in the digital realm

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Foam Studio animates colour in the digital realm

For the second time, conscious chemical company BASF has tasked the studio with creatively imagining future automotive colour trends.
Automotive : Design : Technology
Astralis Nexus is a next-gen gaming universe

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Astralis Nexus is a next-gen gaming universe

Esports organisation Astralis is opening a gaming and entertainment centre to connect with global fans and welcome new audiences.
Technology : Entertainment : Gaming
Why retailers and marketers need to take VR seriously

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Why retailers and marketers need to take VR seriously

Anita Fontaine and Geoffrey Lillemon, creative directors of Wieden + Kennedy Amsterdam's Department of New Realities, blend speculative fiction wit...
Retail : Technology : VR
Hybrid Gaming

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Hybrid Gaming

Combining VR and AR with escape games, laser tag and drones, a new category of immersive interactive gaming is emerging in the leisure sector.
Youth : Technology : Leisure
Covid-19: An AR plug-in to support cosmetics brands

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Covid-19: An AR plug-in to support cosmetics brands

YouCam developer Perfect is offering cosmetics brands free augmented reality (AR) experiences, web subscriptions and product listings while the pan...
Beauty : Retail : Beauty Tech
The Big Idea: How retail is becoming a phygital playground

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The Big Idea: How retail is becoming a phygital playground

With bricks-and-mortar retail facing new challenges amid Covid-19, retailers looked to innovate with new experiences that invite shoppers to intera...
Retail : Phygital : Fashion
Super You experiments with the human form

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Super You experiments with the human form

Universal Everything has launched an app that allows users to transform others into augmented reality (AR) characters.
Technology : Media And Entertainment : Augmented Reality
Thought-starter: Will mixed reality boost physical retail?

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Thought-starter: Will mixed reality boost physical retail?

Maciej Zasada, technical director at UNIT9, explains why shoppers’ physical connection to real products, combined with an augmented environment, eq...
Retail : Leisure : Entertainment
Roblox believes generative AI can multiply video game creators

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Roblox believes generative AI can multiply video game creators

Online gaming platform Roblox has embraced generative artificial intelligence (AI) by introducing two new AI tools in February 2023 to its Roblox S...
Gaming : Media & Entertainment : Technology
Thought-starter: Should we design clothing based on demand?

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Thought-starter: Should we design clothing based on demand?

A new fashion business model is emerging, with start-ups re-inventing the made-to-order model through a pre-production process that is purely digit...
Fashion : Design : Manufacturing
Benoit Pagotto: IVR-Nation

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Benoit Pagotto: IVR-Nation

The IVR-Nation founder talks about how virtual reality will disrupt everything from fashion to travel.
VR : Ubiquitous Gaming Culture : Immersive Experience
Total Immersion

Design Directions

Total Immersion

The phrase ‘augmented reality’ has been bandied about at gamer conferences and innovation labs for the last decade but its scope, until now, remain...
Tracking : Layering : Phone
Preston Lewis on encouraging exercise through gamification

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Preston Lewis on encouraging exercise through gamification

The co-founder of Black Box VR discusses virtual reality gyms and their potential impact on consumers who want to raise their fitness levels in rea...
Health And Wellness : Health : Wellness
Digital Twin Cities

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Digital Twin Cities

From Silicon Valley to Stuttgart, digital twins of the built environment are enabling people to explore, engage with and evolve their real-life sur...
Future Cities : Architecture : Technology
Yoox boosts e-commerce with bespoke digital avatars

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Yoox boosts e-commerce with bespoke digital avatars

The online fashion retailer has introduced a new feature in its AI-powered virtual styling suite, YooxMirror.
Fashion : Digital : Technology
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