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SMI Shows First Eye Tracking Upgrade for Augmented Reality Glasses

by Bob Raikes

At the 2015 Siggraph Conference, SensoMotoric Instruments (SMI) shows the world’s first Eye Tracking Integration for augmented reality, based on Epson’s Moverio BT-200 see-through head mounted display and on SMI’s mobile eye tracking platform. …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Eyewear| Gaze Recognition| Siggraph 2015

Senth IN1 AR Glasses for the Cycling Enthusiast

by Norbert Hildebrand

Recon Instruments released the Recon Jet earlier this year, and now it is joined by the Senth IN1 from Insenth (a China-based startup company) that is also aiming at the cycling enthusiasts. The headset …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| SmartGlasses

Special Offer to Display Daily Readers

by Bob Raikes

The Immersed Europe event is taking place on September 3-4, 2015 in Murcia, Spain. The organisers have offered Display Daily readers a special discount of €100 which you can take advantage of by quoting …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Events| Virtual Reality

EnvelopVR has a Plan to Unify AR and VR

by Chris Chinnock

One of the earliest pioneers in AR and VR, Tom Furness, has just signed on as a senior advisor of a new company called EnvelopVR (not envelope). To see why, I was able to …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Virtual Reality

Vuzix Announces Safety Glass Platform with M100 Smartglasses

by Norbert Hildebrand

The M100 smartglasses platform has been in the market for quite some time and has been offered in a wide range of professional applications. As a short refresher, the M100 smartglasses offer a monocular …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Health and Safety| Mobile Display Monitor| SmartGlasses| Vol 22 - Issue 31| Vuzix

Is AR the New Hope for 3D?

by Steve Sechrist

Humans are very good at detecting position within 3D space, that is precisely what Google’s Project Tango, Intel’s Real Sense and others entering the space are looking to achieve. 2nd Gen Tango Device Shown …

Tags:3D (Three Dimensions)| Augmented Reality| Google| Oculus VR| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 31

Landmark Entertainment Group projects

Landmark Entertainment Look at Virtual Reality for a Theme Park in China

by Norbert Hildebrand

Landmark Entertainment Group is known for creating theme park attractions like Kongfrontation, Terminator 2 3D, and The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man 5D at Universal Studios. Now it has developed a design concept for the …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Theme Parks and Amusements| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 30

How Augmented Reality Becomes a Household Staple

by Norbert Hildebrand

When we talk about AR, as in augmented reality, we typically mean some kind of head mounted display that allows us to experience a complete new way of computer interaction. The term ‘augmented reality’ …

Tags:AR Glasses| Augmented Reality| Market Data| Vol 22 - Issue 30| Wearable Market

Google Glass 2 07 2015

Rumors about Google Glass 2 are Flying High

by Norbert Hildebrand

Since Google withdrew Google Glass from the consumer market, the speculation about Google’s intentions in the augmented reality field have been closely watched by analysts and mostly they believe that Google Glass 2 will …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Google| Google Glass| Mobile Display Monitor| SmartGlasses| Vol 22 - Issue 29

Elbit and ATR Sign Contract to Include Skylens into Airplanes

by Norbert Hildebrand

ATR, the French based manufacturer of turboprop aircraft, has signed a contract with Elbit system from Israel to provide the ClearVision Enhanced Flight Vision System (EFVS) with the Skylens wearable display for the ATR-72 …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Flight Information (FIDs)| Head Up Displays HUDs| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 29