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Augmented Reality (AR) is being implemented in many sectors of modern industry, for its ability to enhance the user experience. According to a recent MarketsandMarkets report, the AR market, which was valued at around $10.7 billion in 2019, is tipped to reach $72.7 billion by 2024. In this blog, we will focus on the opportunities […]
An increasing number of modern companies are striving to optimise the cost of their IT infrastructure, including those who’ve already adopted cloud-based services. So cloud vendors are adapting to the challenge by changing their services to offer flexibility and more options for human involvement. The result of this is serverless architecture, and I’ve taken it […]
You can hardly find a person today who hasn’t heard of blockchain with its promise of security, immutability and transparency. Decentralised, distributed and tokenised networks are now top of mind for nearly every business leader. We can see businesses, and even entire governments, investing in blockchain initiatives. As more and more decentralised apps are entering […]
Chatbots are the hot topic. There are lots of articles that explain how to create a chatbot without coding. At the same time in our article, we just recently explored the complexity of Natural Language Understanding (NLU) and how to deal with it. So, where is the truth? And how do you create the best […]
The fundamental elements of Artificial Intelligence, NLP and NLU are capturing industry hype these days. Since AI-powered bots can handle customer inquiries faster than any human representative, NLP shows great promise to the customer services industry. Over the last few years, businesses keep making attempts to jump on the bandwagon of AI innovation. Unfortunately, many of them […]
Virtual reality rapidly evolves from a niche to mainstream technology, conquering domains beyond entertainment and gaming. VR applications have the potential to penetrate many industries, providing extra capabilities for training, testing, simulation or customer service. There is plenty of evidence that this technology is not just another short-lived fad. Nearly a quarter of automotive, media, […]
Virtual Reality is expanding its business relevance across the variety of industries. Stemming from it, the amount of virtual reality use-cases grows and creates new opportunities for business owners. In December 1993, id Software released Doom. First-person shooters had been released before, but none compared to Doom’s impact – effectively overnight, the industry changed. Everybody […]
Intelligent personal assistants have the real potential to transform our daily lives in the nearest future. At least this is what Gartner says in its report on the Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2017. For businesses, this means an excellent opportunity to refine their offers and improve customer experience, providing smarter and more effective […]
Digital transformation is now among the most rapidly evolving trends. It reshapes almost every aspect of business today, offering new ways to connect with customers, powered by advanced and memorable interactions. While organizations started actively adopting digital innovations, the tech landscape responded immediately, delivering new solutions to meet the emerging demand. Among the latest novelties […]
UPD April 2018: this article has been updated to share the insights and the outcomes we received after deploying a similar solution for one of our customers from the finance industry. Back in 2016, blockchain wasn’t as widely adopted for commercial use. Today, custom blockchain development is capturing the attention of investors and big businesses […]