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Epson Shows BT-300 AR Headset

by Chris Chinnock

Epson announced no new products at NAB, but was there to show off its projectors and AR headset, the BT-300, especially the new Drone Edition version. They made the point that this may be …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Epson| Mobile Display Monitor| NAB 2017| Vol 24 - Issue 17

Augmented TV is a concept where a phone, tablet or headset is used to add additional information for the user while watching TV in a traditional living room situation. We saw examples from Technicolor, …

“HoloTour” at PoS – Saturn is based on Augmented Reality

by Bob Raikes

Saturn, the German retailer (and part of the Metro group, along with MediaMarkt) is running a ‘Holotour’ from 4th of May to 22nd July and taking in 20 different cities. The company will show …

Acer, Starbreeze, Microsoft and IMAX Discuss VR/AR/MR

by Matthew Brennesholtz

On Thursday April 27thAcer had its annual Next@Acer product introduction and technology event at the IMax theater on Broadway at 67th Street in New York. This theater has the largest screen of any IMax …

Michelin-Starred Restaurant Launches AR Cocktails

by Alan Spencer

The Michelin-starred London restaurant and bar, City Social, is to launch this month, ‘Mirage’, claimed as the world’s first AR cocktail menu. Mirage, a purpose-built app, took 18 months to develop and was created …

Tags:AR/VR| Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 17

Wien Energie Using A/R for Maintenance

by Bob Raikes

Wien Energie, of Vienna, Austria, is working with ViewAR and using the Microsoft Hololens to study how real time plant data could be useful for repair technicians. The project uses indoor navigation to help …

Tags:AR/VR| Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 16

VR @ SXSWedu: Reality or Hype?

by Len Scrogan

With the AR/MR/VR market expected to hit $150 billion by 2020, schools, colleges and universities are now getting the hard sell on making an investment in the “next big thing.” In a well-attended SXSWedu …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Education| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 17

Facebook Looks at Snapchat for AR Ideas

by Norbert Hildebrand

During the Facebook’s F8 developers conference Mark Zuckerberg announced the closed beta release of an AR platform that seems to be modeled on the Snapchat augmented reality app, ‘Lenses’. Facebook admits that it wrongly …

Avegant Wins More Funding

by Bob Raikes

Avegant, which has so far focused on headsets for viewing video, has raised $13.7m in additional funding to further develop its ‘light field’ displays. The FT reports that Avegant has now raised around $50 …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Investment| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 15

AMD Acquires Nitero for Wireless VR/AR Technology

by Alan Spencer

California-based semiconductor company, AMD, has acquired intellectual property and key engineering talent from Texas-based Nitero. The move is to enable AMD ot produce the next generations of wireless VR and AR headsets. Nitero can …

VR First Programme Developing

by Bob Raikes

We reported on the VR First initiative at IFA last year. The organisation said that it now has 26 labs operating in the US, Europe, Asia and Oceania and will bring the number up …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 15

AREA Defines Hardware and Software Requirements for AR

by Norbert Hildebrand

AREA (Augmented Reality for Enterprise Alliance) has published a first draft of hardware and software requirements for augmented reality headsets for use in professional environments. The goal of these ‘functional requirements’ is to help …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 14