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Impression Pi Boasts Control Through Computer Vision

by Tom Allen

uSens has launched a Kickstarter campaign for an interactive, mobile VR headset called Impression Pi (appropriately launched on Pi Day). The company says that development on hardware is nearly completed. The Kickstarter campaign is …

Gartner Predicts Strong Growth for Head Mounted Displays

by Norbert Hildebrand

At a press event in Taipei, Gartner research director Brian Blau stated that the total unit sales for virtual reality, augmented reality and other smart glass apps will grow to 2 million units by …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Gartner| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 12

Atheer Labs has Unique IP to help Augmented Reality Adoption

by Chris Chinnock

Atheer Labs (Mountain View, CA) is one of many companies focused on opportunities in the augmented reality space. Art Berman provided a nice overview of the company back in February (Introducing the Atheer Augmented …

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Droiders Develops Apps for Augmented Reality

by Norbert Hildebrand

Droiders is a developer of apps for augmented reality hardware. While the company does not develop or manufacture its own augmented reality hardware it does offer a “cardboard box” approach for smartphones to provide …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2015| Software| Vol 22 - Issue 11

Christie’s CEN Arrives in US Cinema Lobbies

by Tom Allen

Christie has begun the rollout of its new Christie Experiential Networks solution, introduced last October, to 200 cinema lobbies across the USA. CEN uses two display platforms: digital one-sheets (65″ vertically-oriented displays in wall-mounted …

MWC not so Hot?

by Bob Raikes

This week, I spent a number of days at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The event is currently the hot event for the world of mobile phone operators and makers, so much so …

Kopin Develops Innovative NanoJet Process for Micro LCDs to Serve Emerging AR and VR Markets

by Tom Allen

Kopin® Corporation (NASDAQ: KOPN), a leading developer of innovative wearable computing technologies and solutions, announced that it has developed a revolutionary NanoJet process for its liquid crystal cell assembly. The NanoJet process releases tiny …

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Kopin’s Nanojet Process Has Greater Deposition Control

by Tom Allen

Kopin has developed and introduced a new production process for its reflective LCoS and transmissive Cyberdisplay microdisplays. The Nanojet system is designed to produce a purer, more uniform layering of liquid crystal material in …

HMDs Will be Most Popular AR/VR Form Factor, Says ABI

by Tom Allen

The markets for augmented and virtual reality are poised for growth, with new devices and content being introduced regularly. According to ABI Research, head-mounted displays will be the most common AR/VR devices, although AR …

Virgin Trials Sony Smartwear

by Tom Allen

Virgin Atlantic has taken on Sony’s Smartwear wearable range, and is trialling its use for real-time communications. The company will use Sony’s Smart Eyeglass SED-E1 (developer edition) and the Smartwatch 3, as part of …

Augmenting Virtual Reality

by Tom Allen

Interaction with the physical world while wearing a virtual reality device is difficult, to say the least – flailing arms will inevitably catch errant pens, cups of water and people while you are happily …

A Natural Transparent Display

by Tom Allen

Scientists at MIT and Harvard University may have found the ‘key’ to next-generation augmented reality displays – on the shell of a European mollusc. The blue-rayed limpet is a small shellfish living in kelp …