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What's new in the past week of AR and immersive tech? Haptic touch – nano-thin, visualization of bluetooth and Wi-Fi signals and a another light-weight MR glass contender and more, in this week of Arilyn's AR weekly.

So what's new in AR and immersive tech this week? Well, Facebook is making advancements in hand-tracking on two different fronts, personalised 3D avatars are all the rage as well as drone pilot training with the help of AR. 

WebAR, or as we like to call it, browser-based AR, is Augmented Reality that can be experienced from a mobile browser, straight from your smartphone. Why is this such a big deal? Because while WebAR means no applications – it also means a more seamless experience for consumers. Augmented Reality available from every smartphone browser without app installs. Count me in!

What's happened this past week in AR and immersive tech? Well to name a few, we got holographic boardgaming, a new ultra lightweight AR headset and Facebook going Ray Ban for their rumoured AR headset. 

The latest in AR and immersive tech brings us an immersive experience in the Amazon rainforest, AR helping map and size up any and all trees, another haptic advance broadening the playing field of controllers, as well as the release of the Microsoft MR headset, Hololens 2.

The latest in AR and immersive tech brings us a hint that Apple's AR glasses are still in development despite setback rumours, augmented 3D mapping of the future as well as lost items founds with AR as well as yet another military AR application.

This week in immersive tech gives us two new augmented reality headsets, both on the low-budget range, as well as holographic battlefield planning and news for the future of professional sailing.

The latest in AR brings you one tech giant challenging another in mapping services, holographic displays going from product to prototype as well as the latest in haptic development.

Snap's new spectacles, bionic AR vision and the future of radiology among the latest in augmented reality.