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Kaleido AR platform helps artists sell artwork globally

16Oct

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Kaleido AR platform helps artists sell artwork globally

A serial entrepreneur turned art collector has built the first interactive media platform for the visual arts. Kaleido is an augmented reality (AR) marketplace for artists interested in listing their artwork for sale.The software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform allows collectors to easily and securely buy art directly from artists. Most of Kaleido’s artwork can be viewed through its mobile application (iPhone and Android), which renders content as virtual augmentations on screen. Users can then read information about the artist, the art piece, and the artwork's provenance. Kaleido also uses artificial intelligence to allow artists to upload audio stories that can be accessed on the web and in AR.San Antonio native and founder Ian Panchèvre was inspired to start art collecting in 2017 ...

MedCognition positions for explosive growth in AR medical training

10Feb

By Iris Gonzalez1 Comment

Articles, Featured

MedCognition positions for explosive growth in AR medical training

Augmented reality (AR) can add a degree of realism to medical training, allowing students to feel like they are performing a procedure in real-time. Add in the COVID-19 pandemic, and it's understandable why on-demand medical training methods that reduce travel to training venues are on the rise.That's why San Antonio-based MedCognition is gaining traction with its users. The startup has a portable system that provides highly-realistic, clinically intuitive medical simulation training. Called PerSim, the startup's AR medical patient simulator leverages the holographic capabilities of the Microsoft HoloLens headset. The system is ultraportable for use in nearly any environment for in-place medical training.Physician and former medical training director Kevin King founded MedCognition...

The IMG Studio Shapes Visitor Experiences at Convention Center with AR-Enabled Platform

12Feb

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The IMG Studio Shapes Visitor Experiences at Convention Center with AR-Enabled Platform

The ability to connect people to their environment is unfolding in new, innovative ways as mobile phones become the most commonly used device capable of augmented reality (AR) content. The Pokémon Go craze of 2016 exposed people to location-based mobile games with 3D fictional characters projected as an overlay on their environment using nothing more than the camera on their cellphones.That AR capability has now reached large-scale meetings, particularly ones held at convention centers. The IMG Studio is working with hospitality specialists The RK Group to develop a new application for the Henry. B. González Convention Center. This new technology can “set San Antonio part from other destinations by allowing meeting attendees to set their schedules, network with fellow attendees, and na...