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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 …

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 …

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

Epson to Demonstrate Augmented Reality Applications for Moverio BT-300 Smart Glasses at Augmented World Expo 2016

by Isaac Oburu

AUGMENTED WORLD EXPO, Epson, providers of the Moverio® augmented reality (AR) smart eyewear platform, will demonstrate AR applications for the Moverio BT-300 smart glasses at the 7th Annual Augmented World Expo (AWE), June 1-2, …

Tags:Augmented Reality| AWE 2016| Epson| Events| USA

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 …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Events| Eyewear| Vuzix

How Does the Public Look at VR and AR Today?

by Norbert Hildebrand

While Display Week is just ending and Infocomm coming up soon, there is no shortage on news about new displays and gadgets per se. To break away a little from the ‘news about new …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Google Glass| Oculus Rift| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 22

Microsoft Provides Hololens Commentary

by Tom Allen

Microsoft has, for the first time, provided a look at the hardware inside its Hololens augmented reality headset, at the Imec Technology Forum in Belgium. Although there have been teardowns of the dev kit …

Tags:Augmented Reality| IMEC| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 21

IC12 Microsoft Summarises AR & VR Developments

by Bob Raikes

The final talk was by Dr Bernard Kress from the Microsoft Hololens Team. He gave a very, very ‘high bandwidth’ overview of what is happening in VR and AR. There were 175 slides! Before …

IC11 Kopin Adds Battery & Voice Technology to Displays

by Bob Raikes

Dr Hong Choi is CTO of Kopin which is concentrating on AR and VR markets. The company has developed a lot of technology and has 300 patents. It has $90 million in cash and …