We are proud to announce that Conficio have been selected as finalists for the ‘Entrepreneurs’ Team of the Year Award’, at the prestigious Natwest Great British Entrepreneur Awards, London, 2018. But what makes a team and why do we think we should win? The team at Confico have done a sterling job of establishing a business, which to date, achieves …
As the world surrounding us becomes more connected, Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) are fast becoming an ingrained part of our everyday lives without many of us truly realising it; rescue charity, the RNLI allow you to view the engine room of an RNLI lifeboat with even stepping onboard the vessel using VR. Retail giant IKEA enable you …
Often we do not give our data security a second thought. Data sharing in apps can be enabled by default to add to big data sources, these can be incredibly helpful in applications such as satnavs. However, there is often an overlooked side to this. The type of data and it’s end use can be critical and must be considered …
Internet of Things or IOT is the ability for devices to be connected to each other. By being connected to everything massive amounts of useful data begins flowing in the background. The data can be analysed and trends discovered that can help users, businesses, medical professionals, governments, and many others in their strategies and tasks. To make the Internet of …
Advertising and Shopping Augmented reality has been around for a while in the advertising and shopping space. Currently there are already apps that use QR codes or other digital markers to make the tagged item come alive or give you more details. It has been common for some time to tag advertising posters, t-shirts and slogans so that anybody can …
The first use of Virtual Reality was, logically, in the games industry. By using Virtual Reality, a user can feel like they are in a game and with tracked controller the user can navigate the VR world. There are many other potential applications for VR outside of the gaming industry. Health Care Psychiatrists at the University of Louisville use VR …
Virtual Reality devices attach to the head (head mounted device or HMD) of a user and effectively puts a screen in front of the user’s eyes and using through electronic sensors, when a user turns their head in the real world, their virtual self’s head moves which creates the illusion that you are inside the virtual world. For a user …
The real world (RW) is the world that we live in and interact with. The Virtual World (VR) is at the other end of the spectrum to the RW. VR is effectively the world inside of a computer and consists of lots of data with meaning (information). Traditionally we have interacted with the Virtual World using a computer terminal where …
