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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 …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Epson| Eyewear

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