Microsoft presents 'HoloLens 2'
As part of the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Microsoft presented the new version of the mixed reality glasses 'Hololens'.
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As part of the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Microsoft presented the new version of the mixed reality glasses 'Hololens'.

From February 26 to 28, 2019, the doors of the Nuremberg exhibition halls will open for the embedded industry. In addition to record numbers of exhibitors and exhibition space, visitors to embedded world can expect a new 'start-up area' this year.

The digital transformation is also in full swing in the mechanical engineering sector. This is the conclusion reached by the VDMA Software and Digitalization Association in its 'IT Report 2018', for which around 100 companies were surveyed on investment projects and IT trend topics.

A cooperation between Google and Labster, a provider of laboratory simulations, has resulted in an app for virtual reality-supported laboratory simulation. Arizona State University will use it to offer a complete online degree course in biology.
Digitalization is changing the way industrial companies research and develop products, services and other benefits. But how do you go about it? A visit to the 'IIoT Innovation Center' can provide food for thought and initial practical experience.

Phoenix Contact / Deutsche Messe
Phoenix Contact and the Deutsche Messe Technology Academy have agreed on an active cooperation for qualification in the field of Industry 4.0: In 'Industry Academies', they want to impart specialist knowledge for digitization in an application-oriented manner in several countries.
The aseptic filling of food is a difficult task. The demands on the automation technology used in the machines are correspondingly high, especially in terms of motion control. One example.
Training courses using AR and VR technologies can prepare field technicians for real-life use in industrial plants. But where does it make sense to use it and what requirements are necessary?

Cebit 2018 / Mixed reality solution
In future, users of virtual reality (VR) will be able to interact with each other between real and virtual worlds even more easily, naturally and in real time. The Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute presented a new X-Reality technology that makes this possible at Cebit 2018.

A mobile edge computing PC combined with data glasses: Toshiba wants to enter the Industry 4.0 market with this assisted reality solution, as Jörg Schmidt, Head of B2B PC DACH at Toshiba Europe, explains.