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by Norbert Hildebrand
During the recent WSJD Technology Event (WSJ.d Live) held in Laguna Beach, CA, Rony Abovitz , CEO of Magic Leap talked in an interview about their latest developments and further plans. Magic Leap is …
Tags:Augmented Reality| Holographic Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| SmartGlasses| Vol 22 - Issue 43
by Norbert Hildebrand
Rumors about the interest of Amazon in augmented reality have been circulating since Amazon received the US patent “Touch control for immersion in a tablet goggles accessory” (No. 9,158,15). This patent describes a method …
Tags:Amazon| Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| SmartGlasses
by Isaac Oburu
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “United States Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality Market Forecast and Opportunities, 2020” report to their offering. The market for augmented reality and virtual reality in …
Tags:Augmented Reality| Market Data| USA| Virtual Reality
by Isaac Oburu
PTC (NASDAQ:PTC) today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the Vuforia business from Qualcomm Connected Experiences, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM), for $65 million. Vuforia is the industry’s …
Tags:Augmented Reality| Mergers & Acquisitions| Qualcomm
by Tom Allen
Software specialist PTC (formerly Parametric Technology Corporation) is to acquire the Vuforia augmented reality business from Qualcomm Connected Experiences (a subsidiary of Qualcomm). The deal is worth $65 million. Vuforia is a platform and …
Tags:Augmented Reality| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| Vol 22 - Issue 41
by Tom Allen
Jaron Lanier – credited as one of the pioneers of virtual reality, now working at Microsoft Research – is working on multi-person augmented reality. The work – shown privately at Siggraph earlier this year …
Tags:Augmented Reality| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 41
by Norbert Hildebrand
In recent news, Google was quoted by almost all publications on this planet (it seemed) as filing for a patent that involves displaying holograms in their next generation head mounted display device. There is …
Tags:Augmented Reality| Google Glass| Holographic Displays| Light Field Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Patents| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 40
by Norbert Hildebrand
Besides the number of big names jumping into the augmented and virtual reality markets, market success has been very limited. Virtual reality has been more of a future thing than a business success today. …
Tags:Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| SmartGlasses| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 39
by Norbert Hildebrand
When we refer to augmented reality technology we often make a mental connection to head-mounted devices, even though most augmented reality applications will continue to run on mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. …
Tags:Advertising| Augmented Reality| Mobile Apps| Mobile Display Monitor| Mobile Phones
by Norbert Hildebrand
By now, most technology analysts, writers and bloggers have realized that Google Glass is no longer aiming at leading the charge of introducing augmented reality to the average consumer. Even with a revamped model, …
Tags:Augmented Reality| Epson| Microsoft| Oculus VR| sony| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 39| Vuzix
by Norbert Hildebrand
After many announcements, ODG (Osterhout Design Group) is now offering the R7 smartglasses for pre-order on its website. They earlier announced the R7 device as well as a more consumer-oriented device, at CES 2015 …
Tags:Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| SmartGlasses| Vol 22 - Issue 18
by Norbert Hildebrand
Kopin has announced a new smartglass device under the Solo brand name. The device is aimed at the sports market and is designed especially for bicyclists. Solo is designed by Kopin to compete with …
Tags:AR Glasses| Augmented Reality| Kopin| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 37
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