SightCall Round Shows Maturity in Enterprise AR Market

J.C. Kuang, Analyst Augmented Reality, Augmented Reality Intelligence Service, Enterprise Transformation, Enterprise xR Intelligence Service, Insight Articles, Interfaces, Software, Venture Capital, Private Equity, and M&A

Field Service applications continue to lead applications of augmented reality in scalability and ROI potential, as evidenced by a new round of funding for German AR startup SightCall. The company raised $42 million for its remote AR task guidance solution, which targets traditional applications such as vision picking and B2B/B2C service and maintenance. SightCall uses marker-based tracking and is compatible … Read More

Realwear Demonstrates Practical AR In Response to COVID-19

J.C. Kuang, Analyst Augmented Reality, Augmented Reality Intelligence Service, Devices & Technology, Enterprise Transformation, Head-Mounted Displays, Healthcare, Insight Articles, Telecommunications

Since the beginning of March, AR hardware provider Realwear has mobilized its ruggedized industrial AR solution across a variety of high-need zones impacted by coronavirus-driven screening and quarantine policies. The spread of COVID-19 has resulted in increasing disruptions to global business continuity. Reduced travel, manufacturing and logistics stoppages, and inability to access on-premises tools and facilities has begun to negatively … Read More

Top VR and AR Companies to be Honored with Greenlight Insights 2019 Innovation Awards at xRS Week

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Greenlight Insights recognizes winners of its prestigious awards at the world’s leading strategy conference for business leaders in VR/AR/XR. San Francisco, October 16, 2019 — Over two hundred organizations were considered for the 2019 Innovation Awards. In the end, a panel of analysts and judges made the difficult selection of the four winners of the Greenlight Insights 2019 Innovation Awards, … Read More

GlobalFoundries, PTC Announce Adoption of Vuforia AR for Training

Chelsea Mercer, Analyst Augmented Reality, Enterprise Transformation, Enterprise xR Intelligence Service, Insight Articles, Software

Following its Q3 earnings call, PTC announced on July 30th that semiconductor manufacturer GlobalFoundries (GF), will begin using its Vuforia augmented reality solutions platform. GF will implement the newly released Vuforia Expert Capture (providing location-specific augmented reality guidance) software for use with AR HMDs such as RealWear’s HMT-1. GF will also be using PTC’s Vuforia Studio (its drag-and-drop authoring environment), … Read More

New Funding Helps RealWear Lead Augmented Reality Strategy Evolution

J.C. Kuang, Analyst Augmented Reality, Augmented Reality Intelligence Service, Devices & Technology, Enterprise Transformation, Enterprise xR Intelligence Service, Head-Mounted Displays, Insight Articles

Augmented reality technology provider RealWear announced on June 1 an $80 million series B financing round, comprised of a combination of equity and debt from investors including Teradyne, Inc., Bose Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures, Kopin Corporation, and JPMorgan Chase & Co. According to RealWear, the round will fund future development of new upcoming hardware and software platforms and expansion into new … Read More

Transforming Energy: Shell Commits to RealWear Head-Mounted Display Deployment

Chelsea Mercer, Analyst Augmented Reality, Enterprise Transformation, Enterprise xR Intelligence Service, Head-Mounted Displays, Insight Articles

International energy company Royal Dutch Shell has expanded its integration of xR in ongoing operations, with plans to equip workers with AR headsets for use in the field. The headsets will be utilized across the globe to assist on major projects. Shell’s move to adopt RealWear’s HMT 1Z1 device is a digital workflow solution. Shell’s field operators will use the … Read More