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VR System Impression Pi Announces Funding Stretch Goal on Kickstarter

by Bob Raikes

Impression Pi, the virtual and augmented reality headset that took Kickstarter by storm last month, has announced a new stretch goal and a referral program. The VR/AR headset has already raised 212% of its …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| Virtual Reality

Augmented Reality – Hype and Reality

by Norbert Hildebrand

There is not a day goes by where we or other analysts report on the latest development in the smartglass market. New devices and new software are released quite frequently. While there is no …

Atheer to Showcase Gesture-Controlled AiR™ Smart Glasses at SPAR International Conference

by Helen Vince

Atheer, the company pioneering Augmented interactive Reality (AiR™) Smart Glasses by combining the power of mobile 3D augmented reality with gesture-based interaction, will be showcasing their latest technology through live, hands-on demos at the …

Tags:Augmented Reality| SmartGlasses

ChipSip Releases SIME Smartglasses

by Norbert Hildebrand

ChipSip, the Taiwanese “system in package” design house has announced the release of its augmented reality headset called SIME. The smartglasses are of the one-eye see through type and are very similar to the …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| SmartGlasses| Vol 22 - Issue 13

Magic Leap Shows a Glimps of Augmented Reality Game

by Norbert Hildebrand

Magic Leap made headlines after closing a financing round of over half a billion dollars last year. Just in case you wonder what you can do with that amount of cash, the company has …

Tags:AR Glasses| Augmented Reality| Game Playing| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 13

Rumor: Apple Working on Augmented Reality Solution

by Norbert Hildebrand

Gene Munster, an analyst with Piper Jaffray claims that Apple is evaluating augmented reality as a future platform. He bases his assessment on information from industry analysts that Apple is assembling a small team …

Tags:Apple| Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| SmartGlasses| Vol 22 - Issue 13

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 …

Tags:Augmented Reality| SmartGlasses| Vol 22 - Issue 12

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 …