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While some technologies followed expected growth patterns, the reality of a global pandemic has resulted in unprecedented technology acceleration that has fundamentally changed how we live and work, according to a report from professional services firm Deloitte Austraia..

Broadband services provider CommScope has been selected by the New Zealand Ministry of Education (MoE) to help 2,500 schools meet the connectivity demands of its student populations, with the deployment of up to 38,000 Wi-Fi 6 access points and 12,000 Multi-gig switches.

TAFE NSW has been awarded an internationally recognised Learning Impact Award for outstanding applications of technology that address the most significant challenges facing global education.

Half-Life 3’s “imminent” arrival has been a running joke for such a long time that a generation of gamers will know about the meme without ever having played the original games.

UK-headquartered virtual reality company Igloo Vision has opened a new office and virtual reality centre in Melbourne to service the Australian market and as a base for its Asia Pacific support and business development team.

The National Basketball Association in the US and Unbnd, an Australian technology company, have announced a content partnership to broadcast NBA TV — the league’s 24/7 dedicated linear channel — and game highlights in a "mixed reality theatre experience" to fans in Australia and Singapore.

Sydney-based communication company Curiious has closed a $2 million capital raising as it looks to scale up the global expansion of its multi-user, immersive learning and collaboration platform.

Augmented reality and virtual reality will rely on 5G to change the customer experience inside and outside retail stores, according to one global analyst firm.

Indian outsourcing giant Infosys has introduced a series of big data and analytics, artificial intelligence as well as virtual reality and augmented reality-based experiences at the Australian Open tennis championships.

The CSIRO’s digital innovation group, Data61, has opened its new Immersive Environments Lab, a facility purpose-built for applied research into novel augmented reality, virtual reality and 3D Web technologies – industries set to be worth $143 billion by 2021.

Blockchain tops the list of major trends in ICT for 2018, with artificial intelligence, machine learning, robotics, and virtual and augmented reality all having the potential to deliver disruptive outcomes and reshape digital business, according to the latest global survey from ICT solutions company Dimension Data.

The “HP Mars Home Planet” experience teams up with partners on a global co-creation project to imagine what a human population of one million could look like on Mars.