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Center of Excellence for Immersive Technologies

 Contents

• Immersive Technologies
• Impacts on Aerospace and Defence
• Beacon Labs

 VR, AR and MR – Collectively XR

MIXED or

 Key Sector Impacts

• Aerospace and Defence
• Medical
• Arts and Creative Industries
• Gaming and Interactive
• Simulation and Training
• Data Visualization
• Geospatial Technologies
• Entertainment
• Education
• Communication
• Architecture and Construction
• Travel and Tourism
• Sports
• Real Estate
• Museums and Galleries
• Retail
• Smart Cities and Location‐based Information

Sectors and Verticals where XR technologies are being deployed

 Global XR Market Perspective

Mixed is the New Reality

• VR Initially gaming focused with Oculus, HTC‐Vive, Sony Playstation
• Acceleration of Mixed Reality and AR Platforms – Microsoft Hololens, Magic Leap, Meta 2
• Multiple camera solutions available for 360 video content – evolving to light field, holograms and volumetric video
• Major AR software platforms launched in 2017 – driving AR implementation on mobile devices
• Facebook AR Studio, Apple AR Kit, Sony 3D Creator, Google ARCore

The total global market is estimated to be valued at $142,393.40 Million USD by 2023

Source: BCC Research

 Application of XR – Aerospace and Defence

• Training and Simulation
• Increase retention and effectiveness
• More “hands on” opportunities
• Maintenance optimization
• Evaluate new procedures
• Significant ROI potential
• Exposure to rare and hazardous situations
• High cost equipment simulations
• Gamification
• Augmented Information
• Maintenance guides
• Situational awareness
• Support for rare circumstances and

emergency situations

• Location based information
• Battlefield information
• Develop new formats

 Application of XR – Aerospace and Defence

• Remote Control
• Drones and other AV’s
• Visualize synthesized sensor and camera

data

• Mental Training and Psychology
• Scenario repetition and preparedness

assessment

• Rehabilitation
• Phobias and PTSD
• Product Design and Development
• Simulated prototyping and testing
• Pre‐visualization
• Evaluate proposed manufacturing

processes

 Application of XR – Medical

• Training
• Vision Testing
• Wellness
• Patient Comfort and Distraction
• MRI Distraction
• Pain Mitigation
• Psychology
• Therapy
• Rehabilitation

 Beacon Labs Review – Vision/Mandate

VISION To maximize the potential of human interaction within immersive technologies (AR, VR and MR ‐ XR) MISSION Beacon Labs facilitates multi‐disciplinary collaboration, innovation, and commercialization through access to advancing technologies, platforms, and projects in immersive technologies. MANDATE

• Research and Development
• Identify and facilitate XR research and projects, which drive collaboration and partnerships across

industry, studios, universities, colleges, tech hubs and government.

• Industry Support and Engagement
• Educate and support industry on XR impacts and their potential for the technology – providing an

environment/facility with access to the best in class XR technologies.

• Education and Outreach
• Drive XR community and ecosystem growth with technology training, industry events, and immersive

technology awareness – engaging relevant experts, technical leaders, and university researchers.

 Beacon Labs

• Latest technology and tools
• Hardware – Vive, Oculus, Sony, Microsoft, Haptics, etc.
• Software – Simulation, Creation, Apps, etc.
• Tools – Unity, ARKit, Unreal, etc.
• VR experience/development rooms
• Multiple environments
• Flexibility to support Green Screen and other

technologies

• Support multiple teams and projects
• Work space
• Meeting rooms
• Collaboration/workshop
• Facilities for training
• Likely external locations

 Beacon Labs – Project Potential

• Simulation and Training with tracking for Multiple Devices and

Participants

• Explore beyond current capabilities
• Using immersive technologies for under water tracking and

training

• Explore new tracking sensors
• Multi‐location and multi‐interface for pre‐visualization, design,

testing and training

• Increase collaboration and variety of participants
• Development of Medical simulation and training tools
• Leverage sensory trackers and indicators into a wide range of applications
• Data Visualization across multiple sectors
• Integration of multiple large data sets
• Evaluate training effectiveness
• Translate learning from Art and Medical research

 Industry and Community Engagement

Academic and Pubic Support Industry Support

 Beacon Labs – Regional/Partner Benefits

• Research and Development
• Connecting industry with Atlantic Canada’s universities and colleges for

collaborative R&D

• Job Creation and Labour Force Development
• Exciting careers in XR which will attract and retain young talent
• Expand XR labour force to stay competitive in the immersive technologies
• Training and Education
• Collaboration with universities and colleges to enable AR/VR/MR courses

and learning

• Putting partner technologies into the hands of leading edge developers and

researchers

• Innovation and New Idea Generation
• Collaboration surrounding XR technologies and related industries will

generate new ideas, products, and services – driving entrepreneurial growth.

• Investment Attraction
• Beacon Labs provides another advantage to draw companies to the region

 Join the Beacon Labs team

• Become a sponsor
• Promote your brand by directly sponsoring the facility
• Promote your software by providing training on your solutions
• Promote your hardware by providing gear
• Develop your business by providing your expertise (and that of your team)
• Become an investor or partner
• Drive new R&D in key areas
• Define and engage in research projects
• Develop new product solutions
• Partner with others in industry and academia