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Qtum launches 10,000-transactions-per-second enterprise blockchain
Open-source public distributed ledger blockchain platform the Qtum Foundation announced Thursday the launch of Unita, a blockchain protocol built for enterprise environments. With Unita, businesses can securely store data and automate information transfer processes at speeds in excess of 10,000 transactions per second. “Speed and customization are two of the main barriers for enterprises looking to ...
Google’s VR painting app Tilt Brush is coming to Oculus Quest headset
The best open-source virtual reality painting app, the Google LLC-developed Tilt Brush, is coming to Facebook Inc.’s all-in-one standalone VR headset the Oculus Quest. Facebook announced the upcoming software migration Wednesday. Tilt Brush is Google’s 3-D painting app that enables artists to “draw” in all dimensions without the need for a standard 2-D canvas or computer ...
Shutterstock launches a ‘view in room’ augmented reality feature for artwork
Shutterstock Inc., the website best known for providing artwork and photos for use by web designers, today announced the release of a new feature that allows users to see what a piece of artwork would look like in their room. The “view in room” feature uses a mobile device’s camera and augmented reality technology to display ...
NexTech opens augmented reality entertainment studio in Hollywood
Augmented reality technology provider NexTech AR Solutions Corp. announced Friday that the company is taking its industrywide software development in a new direction: to Hollywood. With its new AR Studio in Hollywood, NexTech intends to launch a proprietary entertainment venue that will focus on producing immersive content using next generation AR on mobile devices and smart ...
Albertsons and IBM put romaine lettuce on the blockchain for food safety
Albertsons Cos. LLC and IBM Corp. announced today that they’re looking to improve the safety of sandwiches and salads by piloting a program that will track romaine lettuce with distributed ledger blockchain technology. The blockchain-based IBM Food Trust network will supply the service to Albertsons so it can track bulk heads of romaine, which was ...
ShelterZoom launches Mithra, a blockchain smart contract platform
Blockchain-based real estate purchase and rental deal platform ShelterZoom Corp. today announced a next-generation deal, contract and transaction management platform called Mithra that’s built atop blockchain technology designed to enable smart contract execution. Mithra uses distributed ledger technology, better known as a blockchain, to enable participants to code contracts that legally hold property and money ...
Insolar joins industry standards body Blockchain in Transport Alliance
Insolar Inc., an enterprise-grade distributed ledger blockchain platform producer, today announced it has been accepted into the standards body Blockchain in Transport Alliance, which aims to drive the adoption of the technology in logistics and supply chains for freight and shipping. The Blockchain in Transport Alliance already boasts a number of big companies in the transport industry, ...
Bitfury and Longenesis team up to build medical consent platform for research
The medical industry got a little more interesting today with the launch of a distributed ledger blockchain-based patient consent management platform for researchers from The Bitfury Group and health data company Longenesis. This blockchain solution allows doctors and researchers to do a better job of tracking and managing user consent for individual studies and medical ...
Edgybees launch of the Argus platform bring AR to industrial workers and engineers
Edgybees Ltd., a provider of augmented reality real-time visual intelligence technology, today announced the launch of its Argus platform and developer tools. The platform is designed to allow developers and engineers at industrial sites to implement AR capabilities quickly to help workers increase situational awareness in operational environments such as in the field, work sites and ...
Orbs launches enterprise-ready open-source blockchain network
Hybrid blockchain technology provider Orbs Ltd. today announced the launch of the company’s production-ready environment for its service: an enterprise-grade blockchain developed using all new open-source code. “I began my blockchain journey looking for a network that would actually allow real businesses to create solutions on decentralized networks, but the product simply didn’t exist,” said ...
