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Autonomous aviation startup Xwing hits $400M valuation after latest funding round

TechCrunch

Automakers, suppliers and startups see growing market for in-vehicle AR/VR applications. We set up what’s effectively an airline,” Piette said. The autonomous flights are only one part of Xwing’s business activities.

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Immersive technologies in aerospace: From innovation to necessity

Capgemini

Airlines are struggling to meet surging travel demand, supply chain disruptions are delaying production, and a retiring workforce is creating a skills gap. Augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and extended reality (XR) are already transforming how teams learn, work, and innovate.

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The Station: Rivian trims its workforce and a supply chain-tainted earnings season begins

TechCrunch

Rutgers University researchers are using VR to help determine the feasibility of pop-up bike lanes in New Jersey. After lots of back and forth, the JetBlue-Spirit Airlines deal actually happened. The respective boards at JetBlue Airways and Spirit Airlines approved a merger agreement at a diluted equity valuation of $3.8

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Fed Tech News Roundup 8 July 2015

CTOvision

All United Airlines flights in US grounded: Computer “glitch” cited as cause CTOvision (Today) - The entire U.S. Some are already. The transparency. travel system is under strain today causing a major disruption to business and pleasure travel on all carriers do to what United is calling a computer systems.

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Embedding AI Into Every Aspect of Your Business

Cloudera

robots), AR/VR in manufacturing (quality), power grid management, automated retail, IoT, Intelligent call centers – all powered by AI – the list of potential use cases is virtually endless. . Airline schedules and pricing algorithms. We all lived through 2020, and now in 2021 we recognize the world has changed.

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Radar Trends to Watch: August 2024

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

A bad upgrade from CrowdStrike caused many Windows systems to crash, causing serious service interruptions for airlines, hospitals, and other organizations. Transfer Thought is an open source platform for developing WebXR (VR, AR, any other kind of R) experiences. Can AI do a better job of determining who should access what and when?

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4 Top Enterprise Mobile App Trends You Need to Pay Attention Now

Openxcell

AR & VR. AR (Augmented Reality) and VR (Virtual Reality) are two trends that have the capacity to support a number of applications in a range of industries. Use cases of AR/VR technology in an Enterprise Ecosystem. The latest in this section is VR Mobile Apps. The power of machine learning is growing big. #