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So what is it going to take to deliver all-day wearable AR glasses?

by Bob Raikes

A few weeks ago, I spotted an interesting article on the long form ‘Medium’ platform from Avi Bar-Zeev. He’s been at Disney, Keyhole (acquired by Google), Microsoft, Amazon, Apple and has had his own …

Tags:Augmented Reality| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mixed Reality| Optics| SmartGlasses| Virtual Reality

Vuzix landed a deal with L3Harris Technologies – IVAS Funding Cut

by Bob Raikes

What They Say We published a press release from Vuzix about a deal to develop an optics engine for an HMD with L3Harris Technologies (Vuzix Enters Into An Agreement With L3Harris Technologies To Develop …

Tags:Augmented Reality| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Microsoft| Military & Defence| Sports and Stadiums

Links Week Starting 8th August 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 first part of this week. (I’m still catching up after Display Week!) …

Tags:Application Processors| Augmented Reality| Dell| Desktop Monitors| Digital Signage| DOOH| Game Playing| GPUs| Intel| Market Data| Mediatek| Semiconductors| UK (United Kingdom)

Guangli Brings Smart Swimming Googles V2

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Guangli has developed a second generation of AR swimming goggles. the Holoswim2, that feature a ‘holographic’ (so, of course, it’s not!) OLED display of 128 x 64 resolution. The goggles are …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| Sports and Stadiums

Xiaomi has New AR Glasses Based on Sony OLEDs

by Bob Raikes

What They Say China-based Apple wannabe, Xiaomi, has new AR glasses in a series that it is calling Mijia (a name also used for other products). There is a single display and dual cameras …

Tags:Augmented Reality| China| Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| Xiaomi

Foveated Video Rendering Developed with Low Latency

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Scientists at Stanford have developed a “foveated” compression system that works in conjunction with gaze tracking to deliver two streams of video data at lower resolutions for non-foveal and higher for …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Human Visual System (HVS)| Mixed Reality| R&D (Research & Development)| Virtual Reality

Registration is Open for the 2022 AR/VR Display Forum

by Artem Alekseenko

DSCC is pleased to announce that registration for the AR/VR Display Forum is open. The virtual event will take place on September 20-21, 2022 and will cover the emerging display technologies for Augmented Reality …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Virtual Reality

Meta May Acquire AdHawk Micro

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Bloomberg reports that Meta Platforms Inc is considering buying AdHawk Microsystems Inc of Canada. which has an eye tracking system that does not use cameras and is claimed to be more …

Tags:Augmented Reality| | Gaze Recognition| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mixed Reality| Virtual Reality