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IC9 Meta Moves on From Kickstarter

by Bob Raikes

Soren Harner is Chief Product Officer of Meta which is at the seed stage after a successful Kickstarter campaign and is based in Redwood Shores in the Bay area. He spoke about how AR …

IC8 Vuzix Looks to Go Through ‘Oakley Gate’

by Bob Raikes

Paul Travers is the CEO of Vuzix which makes wearable displays and has been doing this for nearly 20 years. It has offices around the world. Until glasses get through the “Oakley gate” and …

IC7 ODG Sneaks a Preview of its New Glasses

by Bob Raikes

Pete Jameson is COO of Osterhout Design Group which is a private self-funded company that is based in the centre of San Francisco – with a clean room close to the baseball stadium! The …

Hyper-Reality – A Glimpse into AR Dystopia

by Norbert Hildebrand

Currently, augmented reality and virtual reality are considered the ‘Next Big Thing’. As such the viewpoint of most analysts is very positive, to say the least. The most critically discussed issue is that of …

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AR and VR Dominate CES Asia – Well, Duh!

by Chris Chinnock

AR and especially VR were very popular at CES Asia. There were so many demos it became a bit mind numbing after awhile. Booth after booth had lines of people waiting to try on …

Is there Such Thing as Too Immersive?

by Norbert Hildebrand

Following the development of virtual reality and to a certain degree also augmented reality technology, we keep hearing about how immersive these new experiences are. As a matter of fact, I have also used …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Video Editing & Production| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 20

VR Research Suggests Including Low Resolution Content in the Peripheral Vision to Decrease Nausea

by Norbert Hildebrand

A recently published article from the Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, “Augmenting the Field-of-View of Head-Mounted Displays with Sparse Peripheral Displays” by Robert Xiao, Carnegie Mellon University …

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Epson Expands Support of Augmented Reality Industry with Inaugural Sponsorship of Super Ventures AR Incubator

by Isaac Oburu

Epson, providers of the Moverio® augmented reality smart eyewear platform, today announced its inaugural corporate sponsorship of Super Ventures, the first combined incubator and investment fund dedicated to driving innovation and growth in augmented …

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Osterhout Design Group Teams with NuEyes for Solution to Help Those with Low Vision

by Isaac Oburu

In a partnership that could change the lives of millions of people, NuEyes, a pioneer in the field of low-vision technology, and Osterhout Design Group (ODG), maker of the world’s most advanced Augmented Reality …

Tags:Augmented Reality| SmartGlasses| Wearables

Leading Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Company Marxent Wins 2016 Gold Edison Award for Innovation in Virtual Reality

by Isaac Oburu

Marxent, the leading virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) company for enterprise retailers and manufacturers, has been awarded Gold in the “Cameras & Virtual Reality” category of The 2016 Edison Awards™. The accolade …

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AR in Enterprise Will Top 1 Million Units

by Tom Allen

The number of augmented reality smartglass vendors is increasing, with rises seen at both CES and MWC this year, compared to the 2015 shows. Taiwan’s MIC says that there are now more than 100 …

Tags:Augmented Reality| business| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 17

Magic Leap Keeps the Marketing Hype Up with a new Video

by Norbert Hildebrand

When you get as much money as Magic Leap from investors, you have to keep the hype up to not only make them feel good, but also to entice them, and others, to give …

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