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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
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
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
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
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
by Bob Raikes
What They Say We saw a couple more items after Qualcomm’s announcements last week. 9to5Google reported that Niantic showed a prototype of its new (“Not final”) design for an AR headset using the new Snapdragon …
Tags:Apple| Augmented Reality| Consoles
by Artem Alekseenko
Vuzix® Corporation, a leading supplier of Smart Glasses and Augmented Reality (AR) technology and products, announced that it has been named a CES® 2023 Innovation Awards winner in the Wearable Technology category for Vuzix Ultralite™, a new …
Tags:Augmented Reality| Awards| CES 2023| ODMs & OEMs| SmartGlasses| Vuzix
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Qualcomm has a new chip series, the AR2 Gen 1 that is intended for use in smartglasses. The processor, co-processor, and Wi-Fi 7 system combo is said to take up 40% less …
Tags:Augmented Reality| CPUs| Qualcomm| Semiconductors
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Magic Leap has taken a fair amount of criticism in recent years largely because it ‘over-promised’ and rais nearly $2 billion to build AR headsets. However a review by Engadget was …
Tags:Augmented Reality| Testing
by Barry Young
Ns Nanotech CEO, Dr. Seth Coe Sullivan presented at the northern California SID chapter on the status the company’s nanowire LEDs, which can be grown simultaneously in red, green and blue colors using indium …
Tags:Augmented Reality| MicroLED| Production Technology
by Artem Alekseenko
MICLEDI Microdisplays, a leading developer of microLED displays for augmented reality (AR) glasses, has demonstrated 630nm wavelength red GaN with outstanding full-width-half-max (FWHM) in the range of 50nm. The introduction of the high-performing red …
Tags:AR Glasses| Augmented Reality| MicroLED
by Artem Alekseenko
Company unveils new process to create functioning 100micron length micro-light sources with higher yield, lower cost — enabling short cavity lasers and micro-LEDs for autonomous driving, AR, and VR applications. Kyocera Corporation (President: Hideo …
Tags:Augmented Reality| Chip Technology| Kyocera| MicroLED| Virtual Reality
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