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Guttag Looks at the Magic Leap Display

by Milos Pavlovic

Sometime Display Daily writer, Karl Guttag (VR and AR Head Mounted Displays – Sorry, but there is no Santa Claus), has published a number of interesting blog posts that take a very detailed look …

Tags:AR/VR| Augmented Reality| Light Field Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 46

PTC and Unity Announce Strategic Collaboration

by Bob Raikes

PTC and Unity Technologies said that they would collaborate on AR development to integrate PTC’s Vuforia AR platform with Unity’s game and experience development platform. The aim is to make content creation quicker and …

Tags:AR/VR| Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 44

Lowe’s Delivers Augmented Reality: Now Available on Aisle 3

by Isaac Oburu

Lowe’s is giving home improvement customers an entirely new way to see their homes through Lowe’s Vision, one of the first applications using Tango, a Google technology that enables computer vision software on your …

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Lowe’s Vision Supports AR

by Bob Raikes

In the US, home improvement retailer, Lowe’s has developed an app called Lowe’s Vision which uses Tango, from Google, which adds computer vision to smartphones to enable augmented reality experiences. Using the app and …

Tags:AR/VR| Augmented Reality| Google Glass| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 44

Foxconn Startup is for Digital Signage

by Bob Raikes

Foxconn has set up a new company, in Taiwan, called LinkOOH, to develop augmented reality-based advertising for out of home applications. The company said at an event in Taipei’s main station that it has …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Digital Signage Software| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 44

Disney Tries AR Outdoors in Singapore

by Bob Raikes

Grand Visual in the UK said that it had worked with Disney to create a bus shelter in Singapore that combines an image from a camera with graphics to create an augmented reality digital …

Tags:Augmented Reality| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 44

And finally… Pokemon Go Makes You Healthier!

by Bob Raikes

Augmented reality apparently can be good for your health! A study by a group from Stanford University and Microsoft Research showed that the average Pokemon Go player took an extra 192 more steps per …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Nintendo| Vol 23 - Issue 43

Google Buys Eye-tracking Company Eyefluence

by Norbert Hildebrand

Eyefluence, a three year old technology start-up focusing on eye tracking technology, announced on their website that they will be joining Google. In other words, Google bought the technology company to add eye tracking …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Gaze Recognition| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 42

Gartner

Gartner’s Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2017

by Norbert Hildebrand

At the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2016, October 16-20 in Orlando, the market research company focused on the top technologies for 2017 as they identified them. These trends will require strategic decisions from many companies in …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Gartner| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| technology| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 41

NOS Supports AR in Portugal

by Bob Raikes

NOS of Portugal is offering TV content in a form that can be viewed in VR on Micosoft HoloLens headsets. Video can be viewed on the glasses, with content coming from a set top …

Tags:AR/VR| Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Portugal| Vol 23 - Issue 41

Hololens

Microsoft HoloLens Now Available Outside US

by Bob Raikes

Microsoft Hololens development systems are now available in Europe. The developer version is £2,179, with the “Commercial suite” costs £4,529. Those buying the kits are not allowed to resell them and they come with …

Tags:3D| Augmented Reality| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 40