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Microsoft’s Augmented Reality Work Not Confined to Hololens

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 …

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Google, Patents and Holograms

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 …

Wall Street Looks at Virtual Reality as the Next Big Thing?

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

Augmented Reality Solutions for Business Applications are Spreading

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. …

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Microsoft HoloLens – the Savior for the AR / VR Market?

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, …

Osterhout Design Group Opens R7 Smartglasses For Pre-order

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 …

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Kopin Announces Smartglasses for the Cycling Athlette

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

Embraer Embraces Mixed Reality for Aircraft Design

by Chris Chinnock

In a seminar at the Canon EXPO, Embraer’s Paulo Pires described the mixed reality market and its use in aircraft design and simulation. They have been using Canon mixed reality systems and are seeing …

IDC Sees Big Growth for Mixed and Virtual Reality

by Chris Chinnock

IDC’s Ramon Llamas kicked off a special seminar session by defining mixed reality as the combination of augmented reality (virtual objects overlaid on a view of the real world), augmented virtuality (interaction with an …

Mixed Reality Headset Demos at Canon EXPO

by Chris Chinnock

Canon has developed an augmented reality headset that they refer to as mixed reality. The currently available headset, the HMA-1, uses two OLED panels for a total resolution of 2560×1024 (dual SXGA). There are …

Apple Rumors about Cars and AR Headsets – Real Enough?

by Norbert Hildebrand

The day after reporting on the Apple event that showed the company releasing the next iPhone, the new iPad Pro, a new Apple TV and a new OS for the Apple Watch, one has …

AR Needs Touch and Short Sessions.

by Bob Raikes

The next panel was on Augmented Reality. Dale Herigstad is CEO of SeeSpace and Clemens Conrad is CEO of Vectorform. Iljaitcsch stayed from the previous panel. Herigstad said that his company, which we reported …

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