The UK Science Minister David Willetts says the next Catapult technology and innovation centre will be dedicated to developing new space applications.

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He has also been working in a new project entitled "Immersive Space" (Cocoon), which is developing new ways of interacting across the web and beyond in 3D.

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Developing new hardware, especially in the relatively immature wearable space, takes a lot of time, money, and intellectual resources.

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