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SA Photonics Shows Three New HMDs

by Chris Chinnock

SA Photonics is one of the suppliers of very high quality head mounted displays – with monocular and binocular, see through and occlusive types. They offer some of the best image quality using OLEDs …

Tags:Augmented Reality| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| I/ITSEC 2015| Large Display Monitor| Military & Defence| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 49

Epson Showcases AR training Applications

by Chris Chinnock

Epson used I/ITSEC 2015 to show offs its line of augmented reality glasses – and their applications for training and simulation. Last June, the company released an industrialized version of its consumer AR glasses …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Epson| I/ITSEC 2015| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Training| Vol 22 - Issue 49

Are Augmented- and Virtual Reality Threatening Cinema?

by Norbert Hildebrand

In the recent article ‘Cinematically Immersive Environments’ published by Michael Goldman, in SMPTE Newswatch, November 2015 #2, he discusses the opportunities that augmented reality may bring to the cinema environment. The article quotes Peter …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Cinema| Cinema going| Projectors| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 49

Gimmick or Godsend: AR/VR in Education

by Len Scrogan

Quick Search: Research is a new series dedicated to unpacking some of the emerging research on 3D, VR, and other dynamic visualization technologies. See my introductory article for this series, entitled Good, Better, Best: …

Tags:3D software| Augmented Reality| Education| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 05

Previewing SXSWedu: 3D VR/AR Arrives

by Len Scrogan

During the last decade, the very best ideas in education and technology could be scouted by attending or listening to a TED talk. Times have changed. Move over TED, because, in the U.S., the …

Tags:3D (Three Dimensions)| Augmented Reality| Education| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 48

VW smartglasses

Volkswagen Rolls out 3D Smart Glasses as Standard Equipment

by Norbert Hildebrand

A press release from VW in Germany, identifies smart glasses as device that will become ‘standard equipment’ at VW. Of course if you think your next Golf will come with smartglasses, think again. The …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 47

Atheer Reveals More about AiR in Interview

by Norbert Hildebrand

With the recent release of their AiR glasses as well as platform, Atheer is aiming strongly at the enterprise market like so many other AR glasses and software developers. The recipe is simple, develop …

Tags:3D (Three Dimensions)| Android| Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor

Tellywood Focuses on Immersive Content

by Tom Allen

2015 hasn’t exactly been a blockbuster film release year but SMPTE (Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers) 2015 Symposium attendees are eternally optimistic that tomorrow’s releases will be richer, better and there will …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Large Display Monitor| SMPTE 2015| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 47

Augmented Reality Will Outgrow VR

by Tom Allen

Nintendo’s proposed ‘Pokémon Go’ game is a perfect example of mobile AR. ABI Research has forecast that augmented reality will prove to be a larger market than virtual reality in time. The firm projects …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 47

Rumor: Google Working on AR glasses Without a Display

by Norbert Hildebrand

When Google Glass pushed the idea of an augmented reality headset into the consumer electronics world, many saw this as the start of a new category. By now we know that several issues with …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Google| Google Glass| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 46