Augmented Reality – Page 23

The Virtual World May Be Different, May Take Longer Than We Expect

by Andy Marken

We don’t want to brag but we were active in the Web 3.0 world before folks decided to slap a name on it and say it will be worth $23.3 billion by 2028. Yep! …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Facebook/Meta| internet| The Metaverse| Virtual Reality

Varjo opens new doors for its Reality Cloud with support for Unity and Unreal

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Varjo has added support for Unity and Unreal to its Reality Cloud platform. Up to now, the platform was focused on using Autodesk’s VRED. The use of the Cloud platform has …

Tags:3D Content Creation| Augmented Reality| Mixed Reality| Software| Virtual Sets

Links – Week Ending 9th December 2022

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the later part of this week. Musings on technology & software from a …

3D-Micromac And Schott Join Forces To Improve Yield And Cost Of Production Of Augmented Reality Waveguides

by Artem Alekseenko

3D-Micromac AG, the industry leader in laser micromachining and roll-to-roll laser systems for the semiconductor, photovoltaic, glass and display markets, today announced that it has entered into a joint-development partnership (JDP) with SCHOTT, a …

Tags:3D (Three Dimensions)| Augmented Reality

Niantic Using Lumis Waveguide – Guttag Investigates

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Occasional DD contributor and HMD guru, Karl Guttag, has published a blog post in which he speculates (based on a forensic analysis of published videos in comparison to his own photos) …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Waveguide Display

Latest Apple Headset Rumours

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said that he now believes that the widely rumoured Apple headset will not start volume shipping until the second half of 2023 and that as a result, …

Tags:Apple| Augmented Reality| Virtual Reality

2022 Was a Disappointing Year for AR/VR but the Long-Term Outlook Remains Positive

by Artem Alekseenko

Revenues for AR/VR displays will total $942M in 2022, according to the latest issue of the Biannual Augmented and Virtual Reality Display Technologies and Market Report. Despite the current global economic downturn, the long-term outlook …

Tags:Analytics & Tools| Augmented Reality| Virtual Reality

Ganvix signs epitaxy deal to develop green VCSELs

by Bob Raikes

What They Say A company called Ganvix is working with an equipment maker from Australia called BluGlass to try to develop a new way of making vertical cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) that emit in the …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Laser| Laser Projectors| Virtual Reality

Insight Media Highlights Swave Holographic Imagers

by Bob Raikes

What They Say We published a release from Swave, a spin-out from Imec in Belgium, that highlighted a fund raising round earlier this year (Swave, a New Imec and VUB Spin-off, Raises €7M to …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Holographic Displays| Semiconductors

IDC Spending Guide Forecasts Strong Growth for Augmented and Virtual Reality

by Artem Alekseenko

Worldwide spending on augmented reality and virtual reality (AR/VR) is forecast to reach $13.8 billion this year and grow to $50.9 billion in 2026, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Augmented and Virtual …

Tags:Analytics & Tools| Augmented Reality| Forecasts| IDC| Virtual Reality

NewSight Reality’s TOM Changes the Trajectory for Augmented Reality Market

by Artem Alekseenko

NewSight Reality (NSR), a leading developer of next-generation Augmented Reality (AR) technologies, announced it has successfully demonstrated AR through its proprietary TOM (Transparent Optical Module). This marks the first time in history AR has …

Tags:Augmented Reality

Google Maps to Support AR-based Live View

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Android Police reported that Google is rolling out an app called Live View that will overlay information onto the real world for users in some cities (London, Los Angeles, New York, …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Google| GPS