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ODG Smart Glasses Usher in a New Breed at CES

by Steve Sechrist

A new consumer version of ODG (Osterhout Design Group) augmented reality technology was revealed at last week’s CES show in Las Vegas with the promise of a landmark styling in the what’s-old-is-new-again approach to …

Tags:Augmented Reality| CES 2015| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 03

Sony’s Single-Lens Display Module is Glass Competitor

by Bob Raikes

Sony has announced an augmented reality headset based on a single-lens OLED display module, similar to the Google Glass headset. Sony announced the SmartEyeglass device and the software development kit earlier in September 2014, …

Tags:AMOLED| Augmented Reality| Eyewear| Google Glass| Mobile Display Monitor| sony| Vol 21 - Issue 50

XOEye Raises $1.5 million for Wearable Tech

by Bob Raikes

XOEye Technologies has raised $1.5 million in a Series A funding round. The money will help to transition XOEye from a research and development operation into a fully operational company. XOEye Technologies offers a …

Tags:Augmented Reality| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Investment| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 50

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Top LED and Laser Technologies for Displays from 2014

by Helen Vince

Display Components – I was browsing through an article at Laser Focus World (LFW) titled “Technology Review: Top 20 technologies for 2014 cover the range from basic R&D to new apps” by LFW Senior …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Laser| LED| Quantum Dots| Vol 21 - Issue 50

Toronto Immersed Conference and Expo Highlights Virtual, Augmented Reality and 3D

by Helen Vince

Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality/3D – The Toronto Immersed show and conference, organized by the Immersive Technology Alliance, addressed the emerging augmented reality,  virtual reality, and stereoscopic 3D technologies.  While it seems that stereoscopic 3D was more …

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| Augmented Reality| Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| Eyewear| Mobile Display Monitor| Oculus Rift| Vol 21 - Issue 48

CrowdOptic Shows Augmented Reality App for Sharing Video

by Helen Vince

Augmented Reality – CrowdOptic is an app developer that has been focusing on Google Glass. Its augmented reality software allows video sharing between Google Glass and other smartglasses users and at the moment, the app …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Google Glass| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 47

Apple and Augmented Reality

by Helen Vince

Augmented Reality – Augmented reality is often cited as one of the key technologies for the next few years or decades, depending whom you listen to. If we follow the recent logic of many …

Tags:Apple| Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Patents| Vol 21 - Issue 47

ONR Demonstrated Augmented Reality System for Training Purposes

by Raverstead

Augmented reality headsets are typically being measured by being compared with the Google Glass device. The issue of what augmented reality can be used for is still ongoing and recent press releases favor corporate …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Military & Defence| Mobile Display Monitor| USA| Vol 21 - Issue 46

CastAR Shows New Augmented Reality Headset Prototype

by Raverstead

We have reported before on the CastAR headset from Technical Illusions and its successful Kickstarter campaign. Now Venture Beat reports on an interview with Jeri Ellsworth on the status of the CastAR headset prototype. …

Tags:Augmented Reality| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 47

Chinese Reed Smartglasses Shown at International Industrial Design Fair

by Raverstead

According to CRIEnglish.com, a Chinese news portal, an unnamed Chinese company has developed augmented reality smartglasses that are more stylish and powerful than Google Glass. The new headset will also cost only about one …

Tags:Augmented Reality| China| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 48

Lemoptix to Show Miniature Projection System for Smartglasses at CES 2015

by Raverstead

Lemoptix, the Swiss based developer of scanned laser projection engines for a variety of applications like HUD and augmented reality smartglasses, has announced a new ultra small projection engine for augmented reality smartglasses. The …

Tags:Augmented Reality| CES 2015| Google Glass| Laser| Laser Projectors| Mobile Display Monitor

Rumor: Huawei to Release Honor Smartglasses in Late 2014

by Raverstead

With augmented reality glasses from Google still in an extended beta release for $1,500 a piece, the release of other augmented reality headsets, like the Vuzix M100 or Epson Moverio, is still a very …

Tags:Augmented Reality| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Huawei| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 47