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Digital Twins to Air Monitoring: See 17 UTD Student Projects Solving Real-World Challenges for Companies

On the hunt for a resourceful, cost-effective solution to your company's tech challenges or project pileup? Or maybe you need a product prototype. UTDesign Capstone is now open for company project applications for Fall 2023. But hurry—the window of opportunity closes soon.

Check out these past projects. One of them is bound to spark an idea for yours..
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The Last Word: UTD’s Balakrishnan Prabhakaran on Virtual Reality Tech for Phantom Limb Pain
The Mr. MAPP system uses a laptop, camera, and VR headset to create a virtual 3D model of the user’s missing or paralyzed limb. Wearing the VR headset, Peterson played a series of games where the virtual model of his missing lower leg did things like stomp the floor or burst a bubble.
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Exclusive: Spacee, the Dallas-Based Computer Vision and AR Startup, Adds Former Best Buy CEO to Its Advisory Board
Bringing 36 years of experience from his Best Buy days, Brad Anderson isn't just joining Spacee's advisory board. He's also investing in the startup—which aims to transform retail businesses with its HoverTouch interactive experiences, while helping industries track inventories with its Deming shelf-mounted robots. "I was attracted to the company’s learners and adapters," Anderson tells Dallas Innovates. "They're a team of people that when you have a problem, they are unencumbered in their ability to innovate to solve the problem."
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Plano’s CareAR and Lenovo Join Forces On Wearable Smart Glasses for Enterprise Extended Reality Solutions
Plano-based CareAR, a Xerox-owned service experience management company, is bringing its augmented reality platform to Lenovo’s 5G-enabled wearable smart glasses. That allows field technicians to overlay what they're seeing in real time with interactive tools and instructional content. “We're fundamentally augmenting the intelligence of workers across a variety of industries," says Sam Waicberg, CareAR’s co-founder and president.
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AT&T is Ramping Up the Interactive Fan Experience at the Dallas Cowboys’ 5G-Enabled Stadium

by | Nov 18, 2020
AT&T and the Dallas Cowboys are making updates to AT&T Stadium—the first ever to be enabled with 5G—to bring new interactive experiences for Cowboys nation fans in person and at home. That includes virtually posing with the pros, live broadcasted reactions, and AR-powered gameday stats.
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M2 Studio's Michael Potts uses Spatial for augmented reality and business collaboration. The AR/VR tool can turn any room into a 3D workspace, according to Spatial. [Image: Spatial.io via M2 Studio]
How Augmented, Virtual Reality Bridges the Business Travel Gap in Age of COVID
by | Jun 29, 2020
"It’s clear that augmented reality remote collaboration is the future of business communication," says Dallas-based M2 Studio's Michael Potts. The self-described holographic architect has built AR/VR experiences for Klyde Warren Park, Texas Health Resources, and more. But the technology can apply to all types of businesses.
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‘The Future of Police Training’: SURVIVR Uses Virtual Reality to Prep Officers for the Real World
by | Jun 25, 2019
Founded by a recent UTD grad, VR training startup SURVIVR is working to change how law enforcement trains its officers, while cutting costs and saving lives along the way.
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Winter is Coming to Dallas With the Game Of Thrones Augmented Reality Experience
by | Mar 29, 2019
HBO is partnering with AT&T and AR startup Magic Leap to celebrate the TV show's final season—and let fans attempt to take on a White Walker—through immersive technology.
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Project Runway: New Innovation Officer Tackles Travel Roadblocks at Dallas Fort Worth Airport

by | Jan 25, 2019
Biometric scanning, virtual reality, and augmented reality are only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to improving the airport experience, says Dallas Fort Worth Airport's Chief Innovation Officer.
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Elbit Systems’ Military Gear May Seem Like Science Fiction, But It’s Real-World Tech
by | Nov 2, 2018
Elbit Systems' tech — such as its IronVision head-mounted display technology — allows military forces to be operational anywhere in the world, under any type of conditions.
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Travelocity App Launches Augmented Reality Experience With Roaming Gnome Feature
by | Oct 30, 2018
Dallas-based Travelocity's AR allows you to capture the Gnome from anywhere in the world. We tested the tech for ourselves, and took him on a mini photo tour around our downtown HQ. But, the little guy isn’t just for pics — sharing Gnome content through Nov. 18 could win you a trip to Mexico.
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Gurmeet Singh
Q+A: CIO Gurmeet Singh on How 7-Eleven is Redefining Convenience for the Digital Age
by | Jul 11, 2018
As technology becomes omnipresent in peoples' lives, the convenience retailer is going through its own digital transformation and turning to emerging tech such as artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, augmented reality, and more to improve the customer experience. 
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Accenture Immerses Tech Lounge Visitors in VR, AR Experiences

by | Jun 5, 2017
The recent Accenture Tech Vision Lounge showed off digital tools that are disrupting enterprise.
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Steve Deitz
900lbs of Creative Brings Brands to Life Via Immersive Content
by | Mar 6, 2017
The content creation company produces virtual and augmented reality experiences out of its converted automotive repair space in Bishop Arts District.
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Steve Nix’s ForwardXP to Shake Up VR Space
by | Dec 7, 2016
ForwardXP will create interactive, immersive experiences for both virtual and augmented realities.
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