Covid-19 and technology convergence – The role of immersive realities

The response to Covid-19 has required new forms of working and of business engagement. That has prompted an acceleration in adopting digital technologies for remote and on-line activities. Based on ongoing research on emerging digital technologies and the current emergency, the talk will discuss the move towards smart working, the role of emerging digital technologies in the EU Recovery and…

Future Integrated Civil Aerospace: Smarter, Cleaner, Faster and Cheaper

Despite the substantial damage to aviation sector at the era of COVID-19 driven low-demand airlines and aviation, the aerospace sector is heading towards futuristic integrated structures, and is becoming smarter in technology, cleaner in emission, faster in flight, cheaper to return-to-service, and last but not least, safer for air travel: “Towards the world’s first zero-emission commercial aircraft: ZEROe”; this headline…

How Virtual Therapeutics Will Revolutionize Medicine

Not so far from now, instead of prescribing another pill, doctors might recommend a beach vacation to ease aches and pains. Psychiatrists might treat social anxiety by inviting patients to a dinner party, or reminisce with Alzheimer patients in a replica of their childhood home.Hospitals might immerse children in fantastical play lands while they receive chemotherapy or undergo frightening medical…

XR in Healthcare: Unrivaled Program Implementation & Rollout Strategy

The Healthcare XR boom has invited several players to the market. As a result, sifting through the options available is quintessential. The usage of an approved system that bears standardized hardware and software is of utmost importance. It’s crucial to define the judging criteria to deem any particular XR system as acceptable or aproved in a Healthcare facility, the talk…

Yes, artificial intelligence exists, but it will not save the world !

The scientific reality of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is very different from the fantasies conveyed by a sci-fi marketing. As an example, the Covid19 pandemic has precisely highlighted the limits of “Deep Machine Learning” for decision making in crisis situations : like a colossus with feet of clay, this type of “AI” that specializes in reproducing the “big data” of the…

From Augmented Reality to Hive Minds, a Thirty Year Journey in Extended Reality

Dr. Louis Rosenberg has spent thirty years working in the fields augmented reality, virtual reality, and human-computer interaction, starting in 1990 when he began developing the Virtual Fixtures platform for the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). Virtual Fixtures was the first immersive AR system ever built, enabling spatially-registered sights, sounds, and touch (haptics) to be overlaid upon a user’s…