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Is Apple Following in the Footsteps of Sony?

by Norbert Hildebrand

Many years ago a Japanese company named Sony set out to revolutionize the world with a new take on consumer electronics products. They invented new product categories and created stellar devices that to this …

Skully Shuts Down Over ‘Personal Piggybank’ Allegations

by Tom Allen

Skully was a crowd-funded company that had planned to produce augmented reality motorcycle helmets. Although its campaign was funded in 2014, the firm has told backers that it’s closing down, because it ran out …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 31

Pokemon Comes to Ora-2

by Tom Allen

Optinvent, a French company that we have been following since 2013, has produced the second generation of its Ora smart glasses. The Ora-2 is now in production, which will be ramped over the next …

Tags:AR Glasses| Augmented Reality| France| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 31

MIT Research Provides Basis for Plausible Manipulation of Objects in Video

by Norbert Hildebrand

When we see any movie today we see a wide array of special effects that are computer generated. These computer generated images are than combined with footage of real actors to create the final …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Visual Computing| Vol 23 - Issue 31

New Vuzix Industrial Partner (VIP) Ubimax Receives First European Shipment of M300 Smart Glasses

by Isaac Oburu

Vuzix® Corporation, a leading supplier of Smart Glasses, Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) technologies and products for the consumer and enterprise markets, is pleased to announce that Ubimax, a leading supplier for …

Tags:Augmented Reality| SmartGlasses| Virtual Reality| Vuzix

Under the Radar; Garmin Nautix Augmented Reality Headset

by Norbert Hildebrand

For some unknown reason we all missed the introduction of the Garmin Nautix augmented reality headset completely. First announced in February at the Miami International Boat Show; the device is now available from Garmin. …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Garmin| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 30

Global Gaming Reenergized: Augmented Reality, Location Based Gaming and Connected Toys Fuel Mobile Gaming, finds Frost & Sullivan

by Isaac Oburu

The mobile gaming market seems to have reached an impasse with increasing saturation, heavy consolidation, and steadily declining unit shipments. In recent years, strong game development companies such as Supercell and Mixi have also …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Cloud Gaming| Game Playing| Virtual Reality

Vuzix and Amimon Announce Joint Sponsorship of International Drone Racing Team

by Isaac Oburu

Vuzix® Corporation, a leading supplier of Smart-Glasses, Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) technologies and products for the consumer and enterprise markets, is pleased to announce that the Company is partnering with Amimon, …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Virtual Reality| Vuzix

Vufine Jumps on the Pokémon Bandwagon

by Norbert Hildebrand

After the surprising success of the Pokemon Go augmented reality game, it was only a question of time before augmented reality headset makers embraced this new application. The first to go public in offering …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Game Playing| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 30

AR Comes to Climbing

by Tom Allen

Aalto University in Finland is putting augmented reality to a new use: on a climbing wall. The wall operates as a huge touch screen, combining body tracking and custom computer vision software, depth cameras …

Emirates’ Passengers Enjoy AR Entertainment

by Isaac Oburu

Economy class passengers on Emirates will get augmented reality in their flight package starting from August. Passengers can scan a a QR code using an app from Blippar that can be downloaded and used …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Aviation| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 29

How Will VR be Used in Cinema?

by Tom Allen

The final session of the first day dealt with ‘Emerging Media Technology’ – virtual and augmented reality – in the cinema industry. Simon Gauntlett, CTO of the Digital Television Group, opened the discussion. Gauntlett …