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Boeing invests in virtual reality

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150914-N-PO203-043 SAN DIEGO, California (Sep. 14, 2015) Lt. Jeff Kee explores the Office of Naval Research (ONR)-sponsored Battlespace Exploitation of Mixed Reality (BEMR) lab located at Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific. BEMR is designed to showcase and demonstrate cutting edge low cost commercial mixed reality, virtual reality and augmented reality technologies and to provide a facility where warfighters, researchers, government, industry and academia can collaborate. (U.S. Navy photo by John F. Williams/Released)

Boeing is investing in virtual reality.

The aircraft maker’s venture arm, Boeing HorizonX, has joined a group of investors to put capital into C360 Technologies, a Pittsburgh-based company focusing on 360-degree video and augmented/virtual reality.

C360 Technologies focuses on linear and over-the-top (OTT) broadcast quality video solutions that has appeared in venues such as Fox Sports and ESPN. “Potential aerospace applications of C360′s innovative video technology include more capable autonomous systems and other advanced platforms,” said a Boeing announcement.

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