The Augmented Reality for Enterprise Alliance (AREA) Podcast

Research & Education: Inside the Augmented Reality Center (ARC)

In this episode, the AREA's Mark Sage chats with Deborah Kiefer of the School Engineering & Computer Science, at Oakland University in Rochester Hills, Michigan. They discuss the university's AR Center (ARC), where Deborah is the Project Manager. ARC focuses on research, education, and best practices in AR in business.Topics include:
- The origins and mission of the ARC, and  the synergy between ARC and AREA.- Identifying new capabilities for AR, and weaving those into business strategies.- Trends and challenges that ARC has found in AR adoption, and recommendations for overcoming those challenges through education and training.  
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Using AR to Train First Responders About Nuclear Hazards

In this episode, the AREA's Mark Sage chats with Ashley Stowe, Director of the Oak Ridge Enhanced Technology and Training Center, a uranium enrichment manufacturing facility that provides AR training for first responders dealing with emergencies featuring nuclear and other highly hazardous materials. They discuss: 
- Effective immersive training for dangerous environments- Challenges of moving from AR demo to deployment- Difficulties building manageable enterprise AR solutions- Advice for organizations looking into enterprise AR
Please visit thearea.org. Meet the Oak Ridge AR and AREA teams at the 3rd Annual ORETTC XR Symposium, April 22-23 in Oak Ridge, TN. Visit our website for complete information on this event. 

Challenges and Benefits of XR in Defense Manufacturing & Training

MBDA's Salvatore Errico, Industrial Digital Engineer, and Greg White, Design Tools Capability Lead, discuss AR/XR use cases in defense manufacturing and training. They examine the most important and impactful outcomes of XR deployment, including:
- Alignment with operational goals
- Workflow transformation
- Measurable benefits, such as efficiency and safety improvements
- The biggest challenges in implementing XR solutions
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XR Security Considerations and the AREA

How can enterprises address unique vulnerabilities introduced by XR devices, while ensuring compliance with their existing IT security frameworks? How can they benefit from engaging with the AREA Security Committee initiatives?
James Cooper,  Chief Technologist, Advanced Visualization at Raytheon (an RTX Company), and Chair of the AREA Security Committee, answers these and other questions about bringing AR/XR into the enterprise. Please visit thearea.org.

Top AR Trends for 2024: Privacy

Christine Perey, AREA Founder, chats with Jameson Spivack, Senior Policy Analyst at the Future of Privacy Forum about the privacy challenges in enterprise AR.
AI and computer vision advancements could address concerns over privacy in data collection and handling. Privacy and sensitivity to security risks from the use of cameras and other sensors in the workplace continue to be obstacles to large-scale AR deployments. 
Privacy is the #4 trend in Christine's Top 12 blog: "Top 2024 Enterprise AR Trends to Watch." Read it here: https://thearea.org/top-2024-enterprise-ar-trends-to-watch/
 

Top AR Trends for 2024: Sensors

Christine Perey, AREA Founder, chats with VoxelSensors' Johannes Peeters, CEO, and Boris Greenberg, VP of XR Solutions about current trends in Sensors.
Sensors are examined in the Hardware section of Christine's Top 12 blog: "Top 2024 Enterprise AR Trends to Watch." Read it here: https://thearea.org/top-2024-enterprise-ar-trends-to-watch/
Sensors is the #4 trend.
 

Top AR Trends for 2024: AI and AR

AREA Founder Christine Perey chats with Joaquim Jorge, Professor of Engineering at the University of Lisbon, and AI and XR Chair at UNESCO. 
They discuss the convergence of AR and AI is examined in Christine's Top 12 blog: "Top 2024 Enterprise AR Trends to Watch." Read it here: https://thearea.org/top-2024-enterprise-ar-trends-to-watch/
#1 and #2 are related to Generative AI and computer vision enhancements.

Top AR Trends for 2024: New Modes of Interaction

Christine Perey chats with Ognjen Todic, CEO of Keen Research. They discuss emerging ways to interact with AR, including voice and speech.
New modes of interaction are examined in Christine's Top 12 blog: "Top 2024 Enterprise AR Trends to Watch." Read it here: https://thearea.org/top-2024-enterprise-ar-trends-to-watch/
#6 and #7 are related to the User Experience, as new modes of interaction are beginning to complement/replace/displace the need for controllers and virtual keyboards.

Top AR Trends for 2024: Convergence of AI and AR

Christine Perey chats with Tarun Mehta, CEO of AR Genie. They discuss ways that AI and GenAI capabilities will enhance the benefits of AR deployments in the enterprise.
Convergence of AR and AI is examined in Christine's Top 12 blog: "Top 2024 Enterprise AR Trends to Watch." Read it here: https://thearea.org/top-2024-enterprise-ar-trends-to-watch/
#1 and #2 are related to Artificial Intelligence.

AREA Founder Christine Perey Named to XR Hall of Fame

AREA Executive Director Mark Sage chats with AREA Founder Christine Perey to congratulate her on being named to Augmented World Expo's (AWE)'s inaugural XR Hall of Fame class.
The XR Hall of Fame is a new institution dedicated to honoring the pioneers whose monumental contributions have shaped and propelled the extended reality (XR) industry forward. 
More on AWE's XR Hall of Fame: https://lavnch.com/lavnchcode/awe-announces-xr-hall-of-fame-inductees/
More on Christine Perey: https://www.awexr.com/hall-of-fame/2-christine-perey
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