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Zeiss has New AR Waveguide Technology

by Chris Chinnock

One of the companies at the evening press events at CES was Zeiss. On display was a new waveguide technology the company has developed that is useful for see-through augmented reality applications. The optic …

PTC “Takes a Fresh Look at Things” with Its Vision of Augmented Reality for the Enterprise

by Isaac Oburu

The largest IOT-focused audience ever assembled joined PTC in taking ‘a fresh look at things’ during its recent ThingEvent™ broadcast, where the company showcased Vuforia®, ThingWorx®, and new ThingX™ technology to demonstrate how augmented …

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PTC Brings Augmented Reality to the Enterprise with Vuforia™

by Isaac Oburu

PTC today announced new features for the Vuforia augmented reality (AR) platform targeted for the enterprise. This includes support for Windows 10 devices and the introduction of the groundbreaking VuMark™ solution for delivering AR …

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PTC Updates Vuforia

by Bob Raikes

PTC has announced new features for for its Vuforia augmented reality platform. Vuforia will now support Windows 10 devices, and the new VuMark tool.

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Lux Research Sees Changes in the Smart Glasses Leadsership

by Norbert Hildebrand

Lux Research, the US based Research Institute with a focus on emerging technologies has published a report on the status of smartglasses in enterprise applications. In this research, they have studied more than 70 …

Why Do I Believe that AR / VR is a Hot Topic this Year?

by Norbert Hildebrand

In my last Display Daily I was trying to condense the recent CES show into a short article and one of the topics was the abundance of AR/VR solutions. As my colleague, Steve Sechrist, …

Tags:AR Glasses| Augmented Reality| Oculus VR| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 04

Eye-Worn Devices and the Next Wave of Wearable Displays

by Steve Sechrist

We saw how much of the buzz at CES was around virtual and augmented Reality (VR and AR), and the smartphones or near to eye micro-displays that power them. Out on the display horizon …

BETT Roundup

by Bob Raikes

Albion supplies Apple solutions to the UK education market, as well as training. We asked about the competition from Google’s Chromebooks – which are significantly cheaper – and were told that Apple’s iPads etc …

A New Glass-Type Product Under Development: MAD Glass

by Arthur Berman

Wearable glass type devices first appeared in the market several years ago. In a common configuration, the device is a monocle that is attached to one side of the frame of user worn glasses. …

Tags:Augmented Reality| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| SmartGlasses| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 03

AR / VR Developments

by Norbert Hildebrand

Microsoft announced their Room2Room project that ups the typical Skype call to a full blown projection experience in a room. As the successor to an earlier project called RoomAlive, it uses the Kinect system …

CES and The Upside of VR

by Steve Sechrist

Among the hottest topics at this year’s CES was virtual and augmented reality (VR and AR for short.) The technology has received much ink of late, especially for an aging technology that dates back …

Himax Claims Design Wins

by Tom Allen

Himax has reported two design wins for its LCoS microdisplays, which are being supplied to “two brand-leading VR companies”. Which companies are using the LCoS devices is not known, although speculation suggests Oculus VR, …