Industrial Immersive Tech at CES 2024

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CES 2024 took place last week, and we have the scoop on hot new gadgets related to industrial immersive tech. 

Immersive Headsets

Glasses, headsets, and wearables stole the show in terms of immersive tech at CES. 

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Sony showed off an unnamed headset that is targeted toward commercial and industrial users. The headset is said to have better quality color display and optimized split rendering, where the headset and computers (and/or the cloud) share computing workload.

The Xreal Air 2 Ultra was available for demo at CES, showing off its comparatively low $699 price tag. The Air 2 Ultra looks more like regular glasses than a hefty headset, however it has to be tethered to another device during use. 

Ultraleap showed off its hand-based haptic feedback technology with a bonsai tree VR demonstration. Users can see and “feel” the bonsai tree as they’re experiencing the blend of hand tracking, haptic feedback, and VR. 

Other wearables, many consumer-focused, were also release and/or demoed: 

  • Garmin Epix Pro

  • Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones

  • Jabra Elite 8 Active

  • Vuzix Ultralite S Smart Glasses

  • Proxgy SmartHat

All this hardware requires software to run it. Qualcomm launched its XR2 Gen 2 platform, saying it will “take XR productivity and entertainment to the next level by bringing spectacularly clear visuals to use cases such as room-scale screens, life-size overlays, and virtual desktops.”

Spatial Computing

Wondering what spatial computing is? Forbes did a write-up ahead of CES covering what spatial computing is, where it stands, and what the future holds. The article defined spatial computing how the attributed creator of the term did. “...human interaction with a machine in which the machine retains and manipulates referents to real objects and spaces. It [Spatial Computing] is an essential component for making our machines fuller partners in our work and play.”

The Gadget Flow took things a step further and covered the top spatial computing tech at CES, including many of the headsets and technologies discussed here. 

Sony was busy at CES where it also touted a recently released immersive spatial content creation system. Sony is partnering with Siemens and the system is aimed at supporting creators in sophisticated 3D content creation. 

AI and the Metaverse

AI Business covered a panel on “The Future of a Post-Hype Metaverse” at CES. While the consumer metaverse hasn’t lived up to the hype, the industrial metaverse is being used for digital twins and other applications. 

Siemens also touted the industrial metaverse at CES, showing off tools for creating digital twins and doing engineering activities in virtual reality. 

Content Creation

PIXO VR and Dimension X have collaborated on the creation of an industry-changing low code extended reality (XR) builder for enterprises. PIXO Platform allows enterprises to easily manage, distribute, report on, and now create VR/AR/MR training globally, paving the way for widespread adoption and scale.

What were your takeaways from CES 2024? Share with us at editor@stonefortgroup.com.

Want to see the latest Industrial Immersive Tech for XR, Digital Twins, 3D Reality Capture and Gen AI?  Then be sure to come over to Industrial Immersive Week March 5-7, 2024 in Houston, TX and join 500 of the top leaders and early adopters from the industrial metaverse.