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Microsoft Launches Pre-order for HoloLens and Meta Follows Suit

by Norbert Hildebrand

After a long waiting period, we can finally see the Microsoft HoloLens device being offered for pre-order. The HoloLens device is an augmented reality headset with two displays and some form of holographic technology …

Tags:AR Glasses| Augmented Reality| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 08

Epson Ditches LCD for OLED in Moverio

by Tom Allen

It has been several years since we saw the first Moverio headset from Epson – a look through our archives shows that the product was first revealed in November 2011. The Moverio is an …

Restructuring Halts Toshiba Product Launch

by Tom Allen

Wearvue grew out of the Toshiba Glass concept, first seen in 2014 (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 41)An augmented reality product from Toshiba, called the Wearvue TG-01, has been scrapped – just one week …

Are AR and VR Becoming the Tech Bubble of the 21st Century?

by Norbert Hildebrand

Writing about augmented and virtual reality is kind of fun, as it describes a new technology that is developing incredibly fast, where nobody knows what will happen each day. There’s anticipation before the computer …

Meta Talks About the Next Generation of AR Glasses

by Norbert Hildebrand

Meta has been making AR hardware for quite some time now. They are in this market for an astounding two and a half years (based on the successful Kickstarter campaign closing) as an augmented …

Teraglass the next Augmented Reality Headset Seeks Crowdfunding

by Norbert Hildebrand

Teracle, a California and Korea based start-up company, is seeking crowdfunding support for its Teraglass augmented reality headset. The campaign is running until March 3 and has so far (February 16) achieved less than …

Tags:AR Glasses| Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 23 - Issue 06

AR, VR, Holodeck or Somewhere in Between

by Norbert Hildebrand

The interaction between marketing and manufacturing is supposed to determine success or failure of products and technologies. At least, this is the basis for every business book I have ever seen. After capitalism achieved …

Tags:AR Glasses| Augmented Reality| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 06

Is Apple Interested in AR / VR?

by Norbert Hildebrand

In its recent earnings call, Apple’s CEO Tim Cook was asked what his level of interest in virtual reality may be. He answered “In terms of virtual reality, no, I don’t think it’s a …

Lux Research Sees Changes in the Smart Glasses Leadsership

by Norbert Hildebrand

Lux Research, the US based Research Institute with a focus on emerging technologies has published a report on the status of smartglasses in enterprise applications. In this research, they have studied more than 70 …

Why Do I Believe that AR / VR is a Hot Topic this Year?

by Norbert Hildebrand

In my last Display Daily I was trying to condense the recent CES show into a short article and one of the topics was the abundance of AR/VR solutions. As my colleague, Steve Sechrist, …

Tags:AR Glasses| Augmented Reality| Oculus VR| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 04

CES and The Upside of VR

by Steve Sechrist

Among the hottest topics at this year’s CES was virtual and augmented reality (VR and AR for short.) The technology has received much ink of late, especially for an aging technology that dates back …

AR / VR Device Round – Up

by Norbert Hildebrand

Lumus Optical, the Israel-based developer showed their latest LCOS based DK 50 binocular AR device as well as some older models for comparison. Unlike other technologies, they couple their image into a planar waveguide …