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Oculus Acquires Surreal Vision

by Helen Vince

Oculus has announced its acquisition of Surreal Vision, a UK-based company which has been working to refine software that can accurately and quickly build 3D maps of physical environments, which it calls simultaneous location …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Oculus VR| Vol 22 - Issue 22

Wearable World Congress Also Covers IoT

by Norbert Hildebrand

The Wearable World Congress in San Francisco, organized by the Wearable World organization, addresses the development of all wearable technology and the Internet of Things. The conference was held at the Palace of Fine …

WayRay Announces Holographic Head Up Display for Later This Year

by Norbert Hildebrand

WayRay, a three year old Swiss based developer in the connected car space announced that it will be releasing its first two products later this year. In the middle of 2015 the company plans …

BAE Focuses on Augmented Reality

by Norbert Hildebrand

BAE has announced a partnership with the University of Birmingham with the goal of developing augmented reality systems. The new “augmented reality systems could revolutionize complex emergency response and military battlefield operations, by drastically …

Tags:AR Glasses| Augmented Reality| Military & Defence| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 21

‘Significant’ HUD Growth to 2020

by Tom Allen

Image: WardsAutoHUDs are the next step on the path to fully autonomous vehicles, was a message coming from the 2015 WardsAuto Interiors Conference in Detroit this month. Speaker Jennifer Wahnschaf, of Continental, told organisers …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Automotive| Head Up Displays HUDs| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 20

OTT versus Linear TV at Streaming Media East

by Norbert Hildebrand

One of the hot topics at Streaming Media East was, of course, how streaming will affect the existing TV infrastructure. There was no debate about whether streaming video could challenge existing platforms, but observations …

Why are we so Fascinated with AR/VR Devices?

by Norbert Hildebrand

In my Display Daily articles, mobile devices are a common topic and among those, augmented or virtual reality glasses are very dear to my heart. Many years ago I argued with a colleague that …

Tags:AR Glasses| Augmented Reality| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 20

Google Patent May Hint at Next Google Glass

by Norbert Hildebrand

Patents are tricky as they give us a glimpse of a potential development of new products, though it may also lead us in a direction that may never be realized. Google has been awarded …

Allwinner to Offer Cheap Google Glass Copy

by Norbert Hildebrand

After Google Glass decided to scrap the sale of Google Glass to consumers by cancelling the explorer program, many saw this as a step back in the deployment of augmented reality technology in the …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Google Glass| Mobile Display Monitor| SmartGlasses| Vol 22 - Issue 19

GogglePal – Augmented reality for the Ski Slopes

by Norbert Hildebrand

Augmented reality glasses for sports have been on the market for quite some time and already have their share of market success. When it comes to skiing, Recon Instruments was the first and is …

Tags:AR Glasses| Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 19

Juniper Forecasts Augmented Reality in Enterprise

by Tom Allen

Augmented reality technology in enterprise will drive app revenues of $2.4 billion in 2019 – an 870% rise from the $247 million in 2014. According to Juniper Research, interest in AR applications in enterprise …

Tags:Augmented Reality| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mobile Apps| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 18

Meleap Merges eSports With Real Life

by Tom Allen

A Japanese start-up called Meleap claims that it has developed the world’s first augmented reality sport – and not an eSport, either. ‘Hado’ uses a head-mounted display to display the ‘arena’ and a smartwatch …