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Vuzix Brings Pokémon to NYC Offices

by Tom Allen

Vuzix has released a video demonstrating its waveguide augmented reality technology, showing footage viewed through the waveguide at Vuzix’s offices in New York.

Tags:Augmented Reality| Back Panel| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 28| Vuzix

Magic Leap Hints at Releasing its Mixed Reality Product

by Norbert Hildebrand

According to Reuters, Magic Leap has hinted at ramping up production of their mixed reality product. This information came from the Fortune Magazine Brainstorm Tech Conference 2016, where Magic Leap’s CEO Rony Avbovitz has …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Light Field Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 27

Airbus Develops ‘Promising’ AR Tool

by Tom Allen

The SART (Smart Augmented Reality Tool, aka MiRA) solution, developed by Airbus, and shown at Laval Virtual, has been listed as one of CIO Review’s ’20 Most Promising Augmented Reality Technologies’. The system imposes …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Back Panel| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 27

Juniper Predicts Four-Fold Automotive HUD Increase

by Tom Allen

Juniper Research predicts that the automotive HUD market will exceed 16 million installed units worldwide by 2021. Increasing HUD adoption in mass-market vehicles will drive the forecast four-fold growth, with a boost from aftermarket …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Automotive| Head Up Displays HUDs| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 27

eMagin Patents Dual AR/VR HMD

by Matthew Brennesholtz

eMagin Corporation is a company that specializes in the development, design and manufacturing of OLED on silicon microdisplays that target the Head Mounted Display (HMD) market. The main target market for these devices is …

Tags:Augmented Reality| eMagin| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| OLEDs| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 27

Augmented Reality is About to go Mainstream

by Tom Allen

If you’ve watched sports on TV, you’ll have seen examples of augmented reality – the practice of placing virtual elements into the real world – when commentators highlight plays with graphics on the field. …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Game Playing| Nintendo| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 28

Compiling the Evidence of Apple’s AR/VR Interest

by Tom Allen

If there is any company whose absence has been noted in the AR/VR space, it is Apple. While rivals like Samsung and Microsoft sit on top of a steadily growing ecosystem, there has been …

Tags:Apple| Augmented Reality| Patents| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 32

Elbit and ATR Cooperate on HUD

by Norbert Hildebrand

According to the Aviation International News (AIN Online), Elbit and ATR are working together on a new HUD system for the aviation industry. This new device will be based on a wearable form factor …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Aviation| Head Up Displays HUDs| Mobile Display Monitor

Nintendo

Nintendo Researching AR/VR Without Committing To Anything

by Norbert Hildebrand

In their recent shareholder meeting the Nintendo management was asked about their plans for AR, VR and Mixed Reality technology. The answers were relatively vague. It seems that, for now, the upcoming Nintendo game …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Nintendo| Nintendo Consoles| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 26

Vuzix Invites M300 Early Access

by Tom Allen

In preparation for the launch of its M300 smart glasses, Vuzix has launched the M300 ‘Vuzix Industrial Partner’ (VIP) programme. This will provide more support for software app partners. It is invitation-only programme for …

Tags:Augmented Reality| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 25| Vuzix

Do You Believe in AR?

by Tom Allen

Then practice what you preach! The iconic ‘Sword of Damocles’ prototype AR systemIvan Sutherland and his team at Harvard University built the first AR system in 1967-68. The project was supported in part by …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 24

Epson Moverio Partners with Atheer to Deliver Remote Expert Collaboration

by Isaac Oburu

Epson, providers of the Moverio® augmented reality smart eyewear platform, today announced a partnership with Atheer, creators of the AiR™ (Augmented interactive Reality™) software suite, to deliver remote expert collaboration, rapid task flow deployment …

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