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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

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 …

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

AR Glasses Help to Guide the Elderly

by Tom Allen

A €1.2 million research project in Germany has created a pair of smart glasses designed for elderly people. Created by ADAMAAS (Adaptive and Mobile Action Assistance in Daily Living Activities), the glasses are based …

Technavio Says Awareness of AR Technology Will Boost Mobile Augmented Reality in the US Through 2019

by Helen Vince

Technavio has published a new report on the mobile augmented reality market in the US,which is expected to grow at a CAGR of more than 99% from 2015-2019. The new Technavio report confirms that …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Market Data| USA

University of Toronto Examines the Usefulness of HUDs in Cars

by Norbert Hildebrand

Head up displays (HUDs) are all the rage in new car models these days. Firstly, they look cool and secondly the most desirable high end models have them installed by the factory. From a …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Automotive| Head Up Displays HUDs| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 27

Vufine Enters Crowd Funding for Low Cost Smartglasses

by Norbert Hildebrand

Vufine, a California-based start up has announced its development of a smartglass that provides just the display component without any computer functionality. The company is also entering a crowd funding campaign on Kickstarter, which …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| SmartGlasses| Vol 22 - Issue 26

Virtual Reality Intrigues Disney and Other Players

by Norbert Hildebrand

Virtual reality is still a hot topic, even though the consumer uptake in the form of device purchases is still dismal. Market growth in terms of units sold are always impressive if the base …

Kverve Has New Optics for AR (DS11b)

by Bob Raikes

Jorn Eriksen is from Kverve, a start up from Norway (Eriksen was the founder of CEO of Projection Design, so has some track record in the industry). The project that Kverve is working on …

Digilens Creates Polymer Optics (DS11)

by Bob Raikes

Jonathan Waldern is CEO of Digilens which has a new kind of material for waveguide optics. He started by asking “who has heard of Google Glass?” – who has tried it, and who would …

AR and VR Sales to Rise 10 Times by 2018

by Milos Pavlovic

CCS Insight has predicted that 2.5 million VR and AR devices will be sold this year – increasing to 24 million in 2018. CCS Insight praised the work of company’s such as Google, which …