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ODG To Offer Consumer Personal Eyewear at CES 2015

by Chris Chinnock

ODG (Osterhout Design Group) was in the Sands hallway at CES 2015 showing off its personal eyewear to enthusiastic crowds. This is a self contained tablet in set of personal eyewear. Mainly developed for …

Tags:Augmented Reality| CES 2015| Eyewear

Giroptic Shows 360-Degree Capture Camera

by Chris Chinnock

Giroptic offers a low cost ($500) 360-degree capture camera aimed mainly at consumers. Display Daily Comment It showed the innovative product at CES 2015, but the firm needs to improve its stitching technology.

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| Augmented Reality| CES 2015

Mobiles Keep Low Profile at CES

by Tom Allen

CES has come and gone again, leaving memories and sore feet in its wake. While there were several interesting display developments, some products were only noticeable through their absence. Before we get onto products, …

Tags:Augmented Reality| CES 2015| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 02

Intel Invests in Vuzix

by Norbert Hildebrand

Intel has invested $24.8 million in Vuzix for a 30% share of the company.  According to the press release, Intel received preferred stock in the transaction that is convertible to an equivalent of 30% of …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Eyewear| Intel| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 02

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