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8i Wins $27 Million for Mixed Reality App

by Bob Raikes

8i, a company that is developing ‘holographic’ technology for VR & AR has won a $27 million Series B round of investment to release a new app called Holo. The round was led by …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Investment| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Vuzix Updates on Business and M300 Status

by Bob Raikes

Vuzix Blade 3000 prototype at CES Vuzix said that it has now achieved certification of its M300 glasses and expects to ship into Europe, the USA, Canada, Australia, India and New Zealand before the …

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Apple CEO: “AR more potential than VR”

by Bob Raikes

In an interview in ‘The Independent’, during a visit to Europe, Tim Cook of Apple said that he is very excited by AR because, unlike VR, it doesn’t block out the real world. “Most …

Tags:AR/VR| Augmented Reality| iOS (Apple)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 06

UK Start-up Invents Ground-breaking Augmented Reality Tech to Create Adverts the Size of Sky Scrapers.

by Isaac Oburu

New start-up, Lightvert Ltd., is set to disrupt the Digital Out-of-Home (DOOH) market with a ground-breaking new augmented reality solution called ECHO. ECHO is a patented technology that will take advertising to new dimensions …

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A-,M-,V-R; Are We There Yet?

by Norbert Hildebrand

Based on the number of articles written about AR / VR /MR we should all be sure that THE NEXT BIG THING has already hit us. Of course we all hear the underwhelming numbers …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Market| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 05

Machine Vision Positions Mixed Reality as Disruptor

by Bob Raikes

ABI Research has forecast the AR/VR device market at 37 million by 2018, representing 83% CAGR and believes that companies including Fovi3D, Meta and Sensics will be lead development. Companies such as Eonite Perception, …

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Machine Vision Positions Mixed Reality as Future Disruptor of Existing AR Enterprise Devices

by Isaac Oburu

With augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) head-worn device shipments to reach 37 million by 2018, at an 83% CAGR, ABI Research identifies several innovative companies that will lead market development, including Fovi3D, …

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Is the Consumer Ready for AR / VR / MR?

by Norbert Hildebrand

With CES just behind us and MWC looming on the horizon, we can see how the idea of augmented / virtual / mixed realities is dominating many of the headlines focusing on consumer electronics. …

AR/VR Vendor Brands Still Cautious

by Bob Raikes

Sources in the supply chain are suggesting that brands that are backing the Microsoft Holographic platform are not ordering high volumes of components for delivery in 2017, but are treating the market as being …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 03

DigiLens Secures $22M from Key Strategic Partners

by Chris Chinnock

DigiLens, a provider of diffractive waveguide technology for Augmented Reality (AR) and Head-up Displays (HUD), announced they have closed a Series B round of investment to the tune of $22M. “The round was oversubscribed …

TI Shows Range of DLP Products at CES 2017

by Chris Chinnock

TI had a suite in Central Hall at CES 2017 where they showed off mostly customer-based products using DLP chip sets, plus other components. We focused on their HUDs, AR/VR headsets and projectors. HUDs …

Augmented Reality is the ‘Step-Sister’ at CES

by Steve Sechrist

Augmented reality devices as a category seems to be taking a back seat its cousin, virtual reality, with VR stealing most of the press attention, with the help of multi-billion dollar acquisitions (Oculus Rift …

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