Augmented and virtual reality News, Features, and Interviews

Augmented and virtual reality
News, Features, and Interviews

News

Domain rolls out VR training: ‘role plays won’t ever cut it again’

Domain Group has given all of its staff immersive, virtual reality experiences of being excluded and bullied in a bid to boost employees’ sense of belonging at the company.
Knosys CTO reveals tech trends of 2019

Knosys CTO, Nic Passmore, the self-proclaimed ‘antichrist of AI’, advises Australian businesses in 2019 to consider the cost-benefits of “shiny, new technologies” like AI and instead bolster existing systems first in order to drive technology transformation forward.
7 disruptions CIOs may not see coming: Gartner

CIOs may not be prepared for seven digital disruptions, including quantum computing, swam technology and nanotechnology, according to Gartner’s latest research.

View AI as ‘augmented intelligence’: CIO roundtable

Technology and digital leaders discuss the challenges and benefits of rolling artificial intelligence and related technologies
RMIT pilots digital assistant, launches AI, AR and VR short courses

RMIT is piloting a 'digital assistant' for students, which it says will remove the need for students to queue and fill out forms to complete university admin.
VR gives training provider Harness a head for new heights

Workplace training provider Harness has unveiled the first of 20 virtual reality experiences which will be integrated into its education programmes.
Interview: Sanjay Brahmawar, CEO, Software AG

CIO Australia sat down with Software AG’s new CEO, Sanjay Brahmawar to discuss his plans for the 49-year-old German enterprise software giant.
Australia’s only female GCSIO, Dr Maria Milosavljevic reveals her top priorities

As the only female government chief information security officer (GCISO) in the country, Dr Maria Milosavljevic knows a thing or two about being the only woman at the boardroom table.
IAG ramps up team with seasoned data analytics expert

IAG has named consumer data analytics expert, Bora Arslan, to the role of chief analytics officer, where he will lead a team of 70 people to drive analytics and artificial intelligence functions across the company.
5 Australian cities battle for ‘smart city’ glory

Brisbane, Adelaide, Ipswich, Sunshine Coast and Canterbury-Bankstown have been shortlisted for the top prize at the inaugural Australian Smart Cities Awards.

Whitepapers

Four common misconceptions about data in the Public Cloud

Microsoft may host the infrastructure for Office 365, but the ownership of your data in the cloud, its access, recoverability and transfer is your company’s obligation, not Microsoft’s.