Augmented Reality – Page 113

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 …

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 …

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 …

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