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Hololens Aids in Brain Surgery

by Norbert Hildebrand

Researchers at Duke University are exploring the advantages of using the Microsoft HoloLens augmented reality headset in medical applications where surgery is hindered by line of sight. One of the potential applications is the …

Tags:Applications| Augmented Reality| Medical| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 40

Oculus Working on Stand-Alone VR Headset

by Bob Raikes

We reported on the idea that VR headsets for A/R need to work out how to track accurately to the real world, known as ‘inside-out’ tracking. Now there are reports that Oculus is working …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Oculus VR| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 40

ICDM Starts Near-to-Eye Group for Display Measurement

by Bob Raikes

The ICDM, which develops the International Display Measurement Standard (IDMS) has established a new subcommittee for near to eye displays for VR/AR and HUDs. Tom Lianza of Photo Research as the subcommittee chair. The …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Back Panel| Head Up Displays HUDs| Measurement| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 39

Automotive HUD to Incorporate AR Features Soon

by Norbert Hildebrand

At the 2016 WardsAuto User Experience Conference, held on October 4 in Novi, MI, USA, Visteon, Continental and Bosch discussed their plans for the future development of head up display (HUD) systems for the …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Automotive| Head Up Displays HUDs| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 39

I Can’t Decide What the Hottest Trend is in the Display Industry Today

by Norbert Hildebrand

Writing about the display industry is sometimes challenging but never boring. There is always something new to write about. Here is my list of the most important trends in the display world as I …

Tags:AR Glasses| Augmented Reality| UltraHD & 4K| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 40| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

VR Funding Booms

by Bob Raikes

Another half a billion dollars was invested into virtual and augmented reality startups in the third quarter of this year, with a record $2.3 billion dollars invested in the last 12 months according to …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 39

Onix Plans High Res, HFR Curved OLED VR

by Bob Raikes

Our friends at Jon Peddie’s Techwatch flagged up to us a new start up company in the PC-based headset market, that will have an UltraHD curved OLED display with 120Hz refresh and 10 bit …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 40

Himax Hosts President Tsai Ing-Wen with AR/VR

by Bob Raikes

During a visit by Taiwan’s president, Tsai Ing-Wen, Himax, a fabless supplier of display drivers, showed the latest technology that Himax is developing in AR and VR. The company claims that it has already …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Back Panel| Himax| Mobile Display Monitor| Taiwan| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 39

First Study on Effects on Vision of HMDs Shows Little Impact

by Norbert Hildebrand

The Korea University College of Medicine in Seoul presented the results of the first ever study (reported by Healio Ocular Surgery News and published in the Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus) on the …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Human Visual System (HVS)| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 39

Enterprise Augmented Reality App Revenues to Approach $6bn B

by Bob Raikes

Juniper Research said that revenues from enterprise AR apps will reach $5.7 billion by 2021, rising ten fold from an estimated $515 million in 2016. Consumer apps in AR will stay behind enterprise over …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 38

Survey Points to Low Content Offering and High Price as VR/AR Adoption Hurdles

by Norbert Hildebrand

In the recent “2016 Augmented and Virtual Survey Report“, PerkinsCoie and Upload present some of the results of their online survey about the opportunities, challenges and hurdles for AR/ VR if it is to …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 38

Inside-Out Tracking is Positive for Hololens

by Milos Pavlovic

An article on the ‘RoadtoVR’ blog highlights a feature of the Microsoft Hololens that keeps track of objects in the real world and tracks (and differentiates between) static and dynamic objects in the real …

Tags:3D| Augmented Reality| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 37