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AWE Round Up

by Bob Raikes

Atheer has been supplying smartglasses to be used with its software, but it is in the process of moving to become a software supplier, rather than hardware, so is also happy to work with …

Tags:Augmented Reality| AWE 2016| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 22

Intel’s Recon Instruments Sets out a Future Vision

by Bob Raikes

Dan Eisenhardt is from Recon Instruments, which is an A/R pioneer which was acquired by Intel and he gave one of the numerous keynotes at the event. He started by saying that by 2031, …

Tags:Augmented Reality| AWE 2016| Intel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 22

Meta Misjudges the AWE Tone

by Bob Raikes

We met with Meta, which had made a presentation at last week’s SID Business Conference (IC9 Meta Moves on From Kickstarter) and at AWE the company was running demos in its suites. Unfortunately, the …

Tags:Augmented Reality| AWE 2016| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 22

Leyard Invests in Magic Leap

by Norbert Hildebrand

In a recent article published by LED Inside, it was claimed that Leyard Optoelectronics has made an investment into Magic Leap. According to the article, Leyard formed a new company PV ML LLC that …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Leyard| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 22

Consumer Volume will Win in A/R

by Bob Raikes

Most of my week has been taken up with writing and editing our SID special report, which is a substantial one. However, I also found time, as I was in the San Francisco bay …

Tags:Augmented Reality| AWE 2016| Editorial| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 21

Atheer Brings AiR Suite for Enterprise to Osterhout Design Group’s R-7 Smartglasses

by Isaac Oburu

Atheer, pioneer of the AiR™ Computing Platform (Augmented Interactive Reality™) for Augmented Reality and smartglasses, has announced its’ collaboration with Osterhout Design Group (ODG), a leading smartglass designer and manufacturer. ODG’s R-7 smartglasses will …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Collaboration| Investment| SmartGlasses

Augmented Reality Glasses for Firefighters

by Norbert Hildebrand

It seems pretty straight forward that the augmented reality solutions are most beneficial in applications where visual content adds to the task at hand. In this case the EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Federale De Lausanne, …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Security| Vol 23 - Issue 22

AR/VR/HUD News

by Chris Chinnock

We did not review the many papers on AR/VR at SID, so below is a summary of what was being shown on the exhibit floor. BOE showed a prototype panel that was 2.8” in …

Tags:Augmented Reality| eMagin| Head Up Displays HUDs| Large Display Monitor| Microdisplays| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2016| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 21

Augmented Reality Glasses with Eye Tracking Showcased at AWE 2016

by Isaac Oburu

Eye tracking pioneers SensoMotoric Instruments and leaders in augmented reality near-to-eye displays Lumushave joined forces to create an AR experience like no other. The Lumus DK-50 AR glasses have been fitted with eye tracking …

Tags:AR Glasses| Augmented Reality

Vuzix to Participate in 7th Annual Augmented World Expo USA Event

by Isaac Oburu

Vuzix® Corporation, a leading supplier of Video Eyewear and Smart Glasses products in the consumer, enterprise, and entertainment markets, is pleased to announce that the Company will participate in the 7th annual Augmented World …

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