Three companies have joined a T-Mobile Accelerator program that focuses on building applications for augmented reality (AR) smart glasses. The products will utilize the carrier’s 5G network and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Spaces XR developer platform. Companies in the accelerator get the…
Verizon and McGraw-Hill have introduced a free immersive and interactive augmented reality (AR) app for students in grades K-12. The goals of the app are to bring academic concepts to life and provide new ways to engage with the content….
Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, sees the need for a new peering infrastructure to support the metaverse and immersive virtual shared experiences such as Meta Horizon Worlds or the Supernatural fitness app. In an address at the Fiber…
Verizon’s 5G Ultra Wideband was key to providing augmented reality (AR) to tens of thousands of attendees of the Governors Ball Music Festival this past weekend at Citi Field in Flushing, NY. The service provider partnered with Snap’s Snapchat. Several…
T-Mobile has launched an augmented reality (AR) initiative involving its T-Mobile Accelerator program in conjunction with the Snapdragon Spaces XR Developer Platform. The plan is to work with startups, developers and entrepreneurs building immersive experiences for AR smart glasses. Smart…
There is cause for optimism as well as the recognition that a lot of work needs to be done to make the metaverse a success, according to a study by Morning Consult. The metaverse is a virtual world that many…
Verizon, Snap and Cirque du Soleil have introduced the latest augmented reality Snapchat Lens. It is a three-minute aquatic presentation inspired by “O,” a Cirque du Soleil aquatic live show normally seen at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. The presentation…
The metaverse offers opportunities for service providers but will require network advances, according to Meta, formerly Facebook. The company recently shifted focus toward enabling applications that leverage virtual and augmented reality to establish what the company calls the metaverse. “Over…
AT&T has introduced Warp Speed Worm, an augmented reality (AR) 5G-based Group Effects version of a classic video game. It was developed with Meta Reality Labs, a unit of the company formerly known as Facebook, and is available on the…
T-Mobile is the exclusive 5G North American launch partner for Qualcomm Technologies’ Snapdragon Spaces XR Developer Platform, which provides resources to create consumer and enterprise augmented reality (AR) applications. Beginning next year, T-Mobile will work with startups and developers via…
T-Mobile U.S. and the research and development unit of Deutsche Telekom, T-Labs, today unveiled T-Challenge, which the sponsors described as a global competition “for startups, developers, researchers and designers to submit innovative research and solutions for using 5G networks and…
Verizon and Snap –owner of Snapchat — have launched the second Landmarker Lens augmented reality (AR) experience. End users with 5G phones can open Snapchat and use a Landmarker lens at the site of a famous mural in Venice Beach,…
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