As Published: Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse: What it means for the enterprise The idea of the metaverse has been percolating in tech circles since Neal Stephenson coined the term in his 1992 novel Snow Crash. This was the year after the World Wide Web was open to the public, and before websites for general use became widely available. The idea is that many virtual spaces will converge with the internet to...

Can a shift to AR from Mobile devices trigger a new wave of value migration? Augmented and virtual reality have been hyped for years with limited traction to date. Might that soon change? No one has a crystal ball, but it’s instructive to look at the potential through the lens of the patterns observed with other technologies. The bull case for AR and VR is that AR/VR glasses/headsets will be...

As published: Workflow Apps Increase Safety for Frontline Workers Three essential use cases that benefit from digital transformation solutions built for the frontline worker.By David Brebner, Founder and CEO, Umajin New, breakthrough workflow applications incorporating hands-free control, location technology, and visualization of key data are extending digital transformation to the frontline worker. By creating AI-enabled digital agents, activities that were previously high-touch experiences can be converted into touchless transactions, enhancing...

As published: Collaborative Application Development Platforms Shift the Dev Paradigm Business meetings have become more digitally collaborative in response to the sudden increase in remote workforces. Zoom and other online meeting services have empowered employees to continue collaborating from anywhere in the world. For the most part, this rapid transition to digital was quite successful in moving the typically in-person business meeting to the cloud. This transition to remote collaboration,...

As published: VR Training: The Benefits of Real-time Feedback - Training Industry Immersive learning using virtual reality (VR) provides employees with the opportunity to learn by doing, with real-time feedback and task repetition — all of which build proficiency. VR training is a way to safely replicate actual work environments and provide workers with the freedom to fail without causing physical injury, damage to property or loss of revenue. VR...

As published: Advanced location technology creates safer work environments Harassment of hospitality employees is unfortunately very common. Unite Here, a hospitality trade union, surveyed 500 hospitality employees, and found that 58 percent of hotel workers and 77 percent of casino workers surveyed have been sexually harassed by a guest. Unions have been pushing the industry to respond to this issue for years. Several cities and states have passed legislation addressing...

The demand for immersive 3D experiences is making its way into the office, and developers need a more efficient process to meet this growing demand, says David Brebner, founder and CEO of Umajin.  To be a game developer, you don’t have to be a coding ninja. Game engines can do a lot of the work for you, and they have been used to build some of the most amazing and popular...

Immersive Multiexperience: A New Generation of Enterprise Application Development Takes Flight https://dzone.com/articles/immersive-multiexperience-a-new-generation-of-ente

Umajin are the 2020 winners of the ATEED Hi-Tech Creative Technology Solution Award. The winner of this category will have developed a product or solution (including hardware, software and/ or services) that uses creative content or interactive design in a genuinely innovative way and can demonstrate how it is positioned for future success. Umajin beat Weta Workshop and IMAGR for the win. Weta Workshop created a mixed-reality game designed for the Magic...

“Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.” — Steve Jobs “Design-thinking firms stand apart in their willingness to engage in the task of continuously redesigning their business…to create advances in both innovation and efficiency - the combination that produces the most powerful competitive edge.” — Roger Martin, author of the Design of Business Design thinking is not just about making objects,...