Reimagining the Construction Industry with AI, IoT, VR, AR, Blockchain and Cloud Computing

Reimagining the Construction Industry with AI IoT VR AR Blockchain and Cloud Computing
AI, IoT, blockchain, AR, VR and cloud computing technologies are reshaping the construction industry.  Now, the introduction of digital technologies in construction is about to change the construction industry forever. In November 2018, two buildings collapsed in the city of Marseilles in France. While the authorities found six dead bodies in the rubble, many others went missing in the debris, and the search operation became extremely challenging given the heavy rains. Construction deficiencies and failures can be responsible for not just millions of dollars’ worth of property loss but can end up taking several lives too. Such situations can be avoided with the help of digital technologies in construction.Modern technologies can automate vital operations and create a data-driven and collaborative approach towards construction. Leveraging...

Hands On With Campfire’s New Holographic Computing Enterprise Headset And Platform

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I’ve been aware of San Diego-based XR company Campfire since CES last year, where I swore to secrecy in order to gain access to its first AR demos. Since then, Campfire has quickly matured into a complete solution for professional 3D design and collaboration —one that explicitly seeks take advantage of existing platforms to advance and improve AR and VR. Campfire has already raised $8M in seed funding and its platform is on pace for commercial availability before the end of this year. However, while Campfire could easily be mistaken for just another AR or VR headset, it is much more than that. Let’s take a closer look. The headset If Campfire’s headset looks familiar, that’s because a lot of the headset’s IP comes from the defunct Meta View AR headset which shut down in 2019 and sold to what would become Campfire. While Meta View’s...