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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

School Boy develops smartglasses prototype

by Norbert Hildebrand

If you think that augmented reality glasses are some kind of technology for the future, think again. Recently a 13 year old boy, Jordan Fung from Hong Kong announced a homemade version of a …

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Dispelix Oy Offers Thin Lightguide for AR Smartglasses

by Norbert Hildebrand

If you never heard of Dispelix Oy before you are not alone, this startup company is a spin off from VTT Technical Research Centre, Finland. The company offers something that the AR companies have …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| SmartGlasses| Vol 22 - Issue 46| Waveguide Display

Asus eying AR / VR markets

by Norbert Hildebrand

Some time ago we reported on talks between Asus and Microsoft about a low cost version of the HoloLens device being developed by Asus. At that time it looked as if Asus was trying …

Tags:Asus| Augmented Reality| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| SmartGlasses| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 46

First Application of Smartglasses in an Active Healthcare Facility

by Norbert Hildebrand

We have reported in many articles how augmented reality is aiming at industrial, professional and corporate applications after the consumer products like Google Glass did not take off as hoped for by Google and …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Health and Safety| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 44

AMD Optimises for AR & VR

by Milos Pavlovic

AMD has released new software for its Radeon chips that will be, effectively, an operating system for the company’s chips when used in stand-alone applications such as A/R and V/R headsets. AMD has already …

Tags:AMD| Augmented Reality| Chips| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 44