Augmented Reality for Enterprise Alliance

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3D Asset Usagein Enterprise AR

This is a public summary of the complete AREA research report prepared by Eric Lyman, Director of 3D Technologies at 3XR Inc. under contract with the AREA.

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AREA Membersoffer pandemic support

As organizations throughout the world cope with the quarantining and work-from-home restrictions necessitated by the global coronavirus pandemic, AREA members are springing into action to help.

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ROICalculator

The AREA provides the ‘RoI Calculator’ as a tool to help AREA members understand potential cost savings and other business benefits when deploying AR solutions.

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Wearable Enterprise AR Security Technical Report Summary

This AREA technical report summary introduces the first, comprehensive research into enterprise wearable AR data security risks

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Explore the AREA Startup Membership Today!

The AREA’s Startup Membership offers qualifying organisations the full benefits of a Contributor Membership for just $1500 per year. Learn how you can generate greater awareness of your company, gain access to AREA thought leadership content, network with prospective customers, and more.

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The AREA Augmented Reality Portal

The Augmented Reality for Enterprise Alliance (AREA) is the only global non-profit, member-based organization dedicated to widespread adoption of interoperable AR-enabled enterprise systems.

The Augmented Reality for Enterprise Alliance (AREA) was incorporated in the state of Delaware in December 2013 as a member-driven non-profit organization committed to the global advancement of Augmented Reality technology in enterprise. It emerged out of collaboration between thought leaders and early adopters of AR who share a stake in the successful expansion of a vibrant and healthy AR ecosystem to realize new revenues, cut operational costs, reduce risk to workflow, property and lives, and increase operational successes.

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  • Sep 16 2020

    Iristick Partners with Aviapartner and Air Cargo Belgium to Introduce Smart Glasses Technology to Air Freight Industry

    Sep 16 2020

    The project will function in the following way (visualised in Auganix’s article): Warehouse operator starts acceptance checklist Automatic damage/shortage detection...

  • Sep 16 2020

    How to Accelerate Your Digital Transformation

    Sep 16 2020

    70% of companies either have a digital transformation strategy or are working on one, according to ZDNet. VP of Engineering...

  • Sep 15 2020

    Standalone AR/VR headsets are finally ready to make a big leap forward

    Sep 15 2020

    Key points in the article include: In 2019, Qualcomm foreshadowed that XR2 was on the cusp of being adopted by...

  • Sep 15 2020

    AREA member RealWear’s Firmware Release 11.2

    Sep 15 2020

    Release Highlights: Cloud Sync A new application that enables customers to easily authenticate to cloud storage drives including Microsoft OneDrive,...

  • Sep 7 2020

    Enterprise AR software provider Taqtile graduates from 5G Open Innovation Lab

    Sep 7 2020

    Founded by Intel, T-Mobile, and NASA, the 5G OI Lab is an international ecosystem of enterprises, startups, developers, government institutions,...

  • Sep 5 2020

    Porsche Triples Down on AR

    Sep 5 2020

    Mike Boland of AR Insider claims that there are key lessons to be learned from Porsche’s investment, as it indicates...

  • Sep 4 2020

    AirV Labs Wins Prestigious Manufacturing Innovation Award for Novel Virtual Reality Technology

    Sep 4 2020

    AirV Labs is a Silicon Valley-based technology company specialising in analytics and VR-based solutions. Its award-winning tool, the AirVu™ Platform,...

  • Sep 1 2020

    K & A partners with vGIS to offer Augmented Reality expertise

    Sep 1 2020

    AR provides users with an interactive experience of a real world environment, enabling them to visualize digitally-created objects within the...

  • Aug 31 2020

    Ultraleap and Qualcomm announce a multi-year agreement

    Aug 31 2020

    The leading standalone VR headset, Oculus Quest, has been increasingly focusing on controllerless hand-tracking as a means of input for...

  • Aug 25 2020

    What The Future Of Manufacturing Could Look Like With AR/VR (Forbes)

    Aug 25 2020

    Our community of readers interested in AR in the enterprise are likely to be interested in a recent article in...

  • Aug 21 2020

    A new 3D approach to remote design engineering

    Aug 21 2020

    And trying to untangle complex problems remotely from thousands of miles away is fraught with difficulties – even when using...

  • Aug 20 2020

    5 Tips on How AR Smart Glasses Increase Employee Satisfaction – Ubimax

    Aug 20 2020

    Here are Ubimax’s top 5 tips: 1. SMART GLASSES IMPROVE WORKING ERGONOMICS Smart glasses allow working with both hands throughout....

  • Aug 6 2020

    Smart Glasses In Surgery: Expert Analysis Outside The Operating Room

    Aug 6 2020

    Surgical teams around the world consist of doctors with diverse levels of training, experience and expertise. Sometimes, members of those...

  • Aug 6 2020

    Digital twins and predictive maintenance to increase efficiency at Repsol facilities

    Aug 6 2020

    It was already in 2017 when this alliance was sealed to integrate tools such as the cloud within the oil company , to...

  • Aug 5 2020

    Víctor de Ávila, CIO of Sacyr, awarded at the ‘CIO of the year Europe’

    Aug 5 2020

    November 2019 Barcelona hosted the first gala for the CIO of the year in Europe organized by IDG Communications. CIOs from...

  • Jul 31 2020

    AR and VR in security – challenges and opportunities

    Jul 31 2020

    AR and VR technologies are exploiting the consumers and decreasing privacy to a new level. Concerning both the technologies an...

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  • Sep 11 2020

    VRDays to Stream Two Enterprise AR Programs This November

    Sep 11 2020

    VRDays Europe 2020 (November 4 – 6) will be a virtual event this year and the three-day conference and exhibition...

  • Jul 21 2020

    Wanda Manoth-Niemoller on KLM’s AR Venture, NUVEON

    Jul 21 2020

    KLM, the flag carrier airline of the Netherlands, traces its history back to 1919 when Queen Wilhelmina gave it her...

  • Jul 20 2020

    “Urgency” Will Drive AR Adoption in the COVID-19 Era

    Jul 20 2020

    In addition to being CMO and President of RE’FLEKT, Dirk Schart is an industry expert who has been involved with...

  • Jul 13 2020

    Augmented Reality in Medical & Pharma: Industry challenges in medical device manufacturing and how to tackle them with AR solutions

    Jul 13 2020

    This editorial has been developed as part of the AREA Thought Leaders Network content, in collaboration with selected AREA members....

  • Jun 24 2020

    Equipping the AR workforce of tomorrow

    Jun 24 2020

    As part of the AREA’s mission to help accelerate the adoption of Enterprise Augmented Reality (AR) by supporting the growth...

  • Jun 18 2020

    Progress Report on AREA 3D Asset Reuse Research Project

    Jun 18 2020

    Researcher Eric Lyman of 3XR has provided an update on the progress of the AREA’s 7th research project. Eric and his team are tasked...

  • Jun 3 2020

    COVID-19: How Augmented Reality is helping mitigate business impact

    Jun 3 2020

    This editorial has been developed as part of the AREA Thought Leaders Network content, in collaboration with selected AREA members....

  • May 26 2020

    SAS Institute is Bringing “Intelligent Realities” to the Enterprise

    May 26 2020

    The SAS Institute has been a world leader in analytics software for more than four decades. Today, the privately-held North...

  • Apr 16 2020

    AREA Members Offer Pandemic Support

    Apr 16 2020

    As organizations throughout the world cope with the quarantining and work-from-home restrictions necessitated by the global coronavirus pandemic, AREA members...

  • Apr 14 2020

    Enterprise Augmented Reality Solutions – Build or Buy?

    Apr 14 2020

    Short of time? Listen to the accompanying podcast (~8 minutes) available here. This is a question with no simple answers....

  • Apr 14 2020

    Mixing and Matching Standards to Ease AR Integration within Factories

    Apr 14 2020

    AREA member Bill Bernstein of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shares his organization’s early work to improve AR interoperability.  ...

  • Mar 30 2020

    Masters of Pie Fulfills a Growing Need for Immersive Collaboration

    Mar 30 2020

    As its website proclaims, new AREA member Masters of Pie offers “the only industry-ready solution that provides heavy-duty immersive collaboration with end-to-end...

  • Mar 25 2020

    AREA Member Augmentir Offers Free Remote Assist Tool During Pandemic

    Mar 25 2020

    As organizations everywhere cope with the travel restrictions and work-from-home policies put in place to combat COVID-19, AREA member Augmentir is stepping...

  • Mar 12 2020

    AREA Research Committee Issues Call for Proposals to Study 3D Asset Usage in Enterprise AR

    Mar 12 2020

    The AREA seeks to receive proposals for a funded research project that will examine barriers to and recommend approaches for...

  • Mar 11 2020

    AREA Workshop Postponed; To Be Rescheduled as a Virtual Event

    Mar 11 2020

    In accordance with public health directives to reduce the spread of COVID-19, the AREA has made the difficult decision to...

  • Mar 6 2020

    Learn the Latest on AI in AR at the Free AREA/Augmentir Webinar on April 1st

    Mar 6 2020

    Enterprise Augmented and Mixed Reality (AR/MR) have made great leaps in assisting frontline workers across industries by delivering information via...

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    Upcoming Events

    Spatial Computing and AR Cloud Drivers and Obstacles | AREA/ETSI/XR4ALL Webinar

    This is an online webinar. Please use the links below to register. Sep 23 2020

    As spaces and objects become increasingly instrumented with network-connected sensors and users in those spaces carry and wear more sophisticated sensors on their devices, physical people, things and places are rapidly being captured in 3D. With machine learning and AI, the raw data about the physical world is being segmented and semantically enriched. Real world...

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    Field Service Palm Springs 2020

    California, US Sep 29 2020 - Oct 2 2020

    The Conference for Leaders in Customer Success, Service & Support Field Service is where cross-industry service, support, and customer success leaders come together to build world-class operations. With forward-looking content and unique session formats, Field Service is designed to help you achieve service excellence and drive profitability.  

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    Current Status and Future Directions of XR Technologies | AREA/ETSI/XR4ALL Webinar

    This is an online webinar. The duration will be 90 minutes. Please use the links below to register. Sep 30 2020

    XR technologies are used in many areas, and proven application scenarios have already found their way into everyday life. Integration and scaling are current challenges to move to the next level of adoption. Which topics will be most relevant in the future and which technology components will have to be further developed? What about frameworks?...

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    EWTS 2020

    San Diego, US Oct 20-22 2020

    The Enterprise Wearable Technology Summit (EWTS) is the longest-running and most comprehensive event dedicated to the business and industrial applications for wearables; including smart glasses and other HMDs, Augmented/Virtual/Mixed Reality, body-worn sensors, wrist wearables, and exoskeletons. What people are saying: “[EWTS] has consolidated its position as the nexus of the growing enterprise XR ecosystem.” –...

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    28th Convergence India

    New Delhi, India Oct 20-22 2020

    Launched in 1992, the Convergence India series of expos are credited as India’s leading Technology Show. Convergence India has come a long way. What started as a communications and ICT event, has become a mega expo showcasing convergence of technologies covering Communications, Digital Broadcast, Internet of Things, AR, VR, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Embedded Technology, Mobile...

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    AREA Research Committee Webinar | European Union ARtwin Project

    This is an online webinar. Please use the links below to register. Oct 21 2020

    In order to validate the benefits of an AR Cloud dedicated to industry and construction 4.0, the European Commission has granted members of the AR-Twin consortium support to develop a system capable of continuously maintaining a Digital Twin or BIM model that is as close as possible to the physical factory or the construction site....

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    The AREA Members

    AREA Members Spotlight

    RealWear is all about being real. Real transfer of knowledge in real-time.

    RealWear’s HMT-1 is the world’s first 100% hands-free wearable computer, controlled only with your voice while keeping your hands free for the work. Companies like Colgate Palmolive, Eastman Chemical, Toyota and State Grid have trusted RealWear to take their industrial workforce to the next level.

    Bring out the best in every worker with RealWear.

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    What Members Think

    Members Testimonials

    The AREA is a thought leadership forum that we’re proud to be part of. Being a Contributor member allows us to engage constructively in industry discussions and receive feedback from other market leaders.

    Vivek Aiyer
    Vivek Aiyer Founder / Director - Appearition Pty Ltd

    Augmenting the human in an industrial setting is of strategic importance to contextere and the AREA is the only organization combining both augmented reality and enterprise interests.

    Carl Byers
    Carl Byers Chief Strategy Officer - Contextere

    Our participation as an AREA charter member offers us options to reduce the barriers to AR adoption across our industry.

    Paul Davies
    Paul Davies Associate Technical Fellow - Boeing

    The world of AR is developing rapidly. It is very difficult for a single institution to stay fully abreast of an exponentially expanding sector. By connecting with the AREA, the AMRC with Boeing and Nuclear AMRC will have access to a single point of resource, enabling us to be better informed, and stay at the forefront of the technology.

    Chris Freeman
    Chris Freeman Head of Digitally Assisted Assembly - AMRC

    When the MTC began exploring AR, the AREA was one of the first websites we found. It was filled with valuable information. If you want to be serious about AR, you have to be in the AREA.

    David Varela
    David Varela Advanced Visualisation Team Lead - MTC

    At Proceedix, we are committed to building a strong and active AR ecosystem that delivers effective solutions to enterprises worldwide. Our participation in the AREA will advance that commitment.

    Peter Verstraeten
    Peter Verstraeten CEO - Proceedix

    The consolidation of the ecosystem around products, markets and standards has been the hallmark of mass adoption with any new and emerging technology. The AREA has been the torchbearer building the ecosystem required to widely scale augmented reality inside of enterprise. I have personally been part of AREA since the very beginning and now, at RealWear, look forward too many more years of collaboration!

    Andy Lowery
    Andy Lowery CEO - RealWear

    EyeSucceed understands that the AR ecosystem needs to share knowledge to advance the industry and promote adoption. We believe that participating in the AREA gives us the best opportunity to do that.

    Jennifer Tong
    Jennifer Tong Co-founder - EyeSucceed

    At Iristick, we're passionate about creating wearables that truly meet industry needs. By participating in AREA we get the opportunity to work directly with customers and partners enabling us to create the best solution possible.

    Johan de Geyter
    Johan de Geyter CEO - Iristick

    At CrossComm, we believe Augmented Reality has the potential to transform how we interact with the world around us, but it will require the collective vision and collaboration of pioneers to determine practical solutions and best practices within this new computing paradigm. The AREA is a community that fosters such collaboration – and we are proud to be working alongside other members to see AR reach its fullest potential.

    Don Shin
    Don Shin President and CEO - CrossComm

    The AREA is the place where we keep abreast of the latest developments and innovations in enterprise AR, from research & development to use cases and business models.

    Vivek Aiyer
    Vivek Aiyer Founder / Director - Appearition Pty Ltd

    At Pison, we believe it’s vital for members of the AR ecosystem to work together to accelerate solutions development. We are excited to partner with global industry leaders to create and deploy the next generation of AR.

    Dexter Ang
    Dexter Ang CEO - Pison

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