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The Future of Reading: Augmented Reality Books

Kitaboo

AR is an emerging tool in various disciplines like medicine, entertainment, and the military, along with education. Learners can use an AR app or a device to scan the pages of a physical textbook to have a more engaging 3D experience. How will the learning experience benefit by adding sounds, visual effects, and other 3D elements?

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How Nvidia became a trillion-dollar company

CIO Business Intelligence

Its founders spotted that generating 3D graphics in video games—then a fast-growing market—placed highly repetitive, math-intensive demands on PC central processing units (CPUs). Although Nvidia’s first chips were used to enhance 3D gaming, the manufacturing industry is also interested in 3D simulations, and its pockets are deeper.

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10 emerging innovations that could redefine IT

CIO Business Intelligence

The IT department has a big role in this debate as it tests and deploys the second and third generation of collaboration tools. Basic video chatting is being replaced by more purpose-built tools for enabling standup meetings, casual discussions, and full-blown multi-day conferences. The debate is not just technical.

Tools 145
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Apple wins early support from its ‘friends at Microsoft’ in transition to new Mac processors

GeekWire

Apple confirmed plans to shift its Mac lineup to its own processors , moving its notebook and desktop computers away from Intel chips after 15 years, and said Microsoft and Adobe are already updating their software for the new architecture.

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Digital twins are primed to revolutionize the infrastructure industry

CIO Business Intelligence

Keith Bentley of software developer Bentley Systems describes digital twins as the biggest opportunity for IT value contribution to the physical infrastructure industry since the personal computer, and they’re used in a wide variety of industries , lending enterprises insights into maintenance and ways to optimize manufacturing supply chains.

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5 best practices for digital twin implementation

CIO Business Intelligence

According to Martin Rapos, CEO of AR/VR platform Akular, which converts 3D models into digital twins, the impact of every dollar spent early is an order of magnitude higher than if you spend it five years down the road as a follower. Delaying its development can result in missed opportunities for optimization and innovation.

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The biggest enterprise technology M&A deals of the year

CIO Business Intelligence

Perforce Software buys Puppet. Perforce Software, a privately held provider of software development tools, has agreed to buy the infrastructure automation software platform Puppet. Perforce already owns development tools such as Helix and the testing tools, including Perfecto and BlazeMeter.