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Avatar XPRIZE

77 teams enter next stage of ANA Avatar XPRIZE competition for virtual travelers

Seventy-seven teams from 19 countries around the globe have qualified to participate in the $10 million ANA Avatar XPRIZE competition,… Read More

Kevin Kajitani

How ‘avatars’ could let you see the world — and your family — through telepresence

When it was time for Kevin Kajitani to put his ideas for traveling through telepresence to the test, he chose… Read More

Avatar X Lab

ANA Holdings partners with Japan’s space agency on ‘Avatar X’ telepresence program

Telepresence robots on the moon and Mars? That’s the vision laid out for the partnership between ANA Holdings, the parent… Read More

Telesar robot

Beyond the Avatar XPRIZE: ANA airline unveils ambitious vision for telepresence

All Nippon Airways’ newly announced sponsorship of a $10 million contest for real-life avatars is just one part of a… Read More

XPRIZE avatar android

ANA Avatar XPRIZE puts up $10 million to boost breakthroughs in telepresence

All Nippon Airways is sponsoring a $10 million, four-year competition to spur the development of real-life avatars that could provide… Read More

Seat 14C illustration

‘Seat 14C’ short stories imagine a 20-year time warp – and now you can hop on board

Imagine you’re a passenger on a jet that mysteriously time warps to the year 2037: That’s what a team of… Read More

R2-D2 takes to the skies with ANA’s new Boeing Dreamliner 787-9

Star Wars and aviation geeks converged on Boeing’s Everett Factory this morning for the unveiling of the R2-D2 jet, a… Read More

Jet ‘Star Wars’ style in this awesome R2-D2 plane

With everything coming up Star Wars these days, it’s a bit of a surprise it took this long for a… Read More

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