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Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) Market to Grow by USD 162.71 Billion, Driven by Increasing Demand for AR & VR Technology

by Artem Alekseenko

The augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) market size is expected to grow by USD 162.71 billion, progressing a CAGR of 46 % from 2020 to 2025, according to Technavio’s latest market report. …

Tags:Analytics & Tools| 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 …

Leading Asian AR Startup Rokid Expands into the North American Market

by Artem Alekseenko

Leading AR company Rokid has taken advantage of Amazon Prime Day deals to sell its consumer-grade AR glasses, the Rokid Air resulting in a push into the North American market. With the Prime Day …

Tags:AR Glasses| Augmented Reality

Xiaomi patented magnetic components for AR Glasses

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Pandaily said that Xiaomi has got patents for magnetic attachment of AR components in smartglasses allowing the glasses to be used as regular spectacles. The company released an ‘exploratory version’ of …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Patents| Xiaomi

Kopin Receives Additional $3.8 Million Production Orders for its Brillian Display for Helicopter Pilot’s Helmet Mounted Display

by Artem Alekseenko

Kopin® Corporation, a leading provider of high-resolution microdisplays for Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR), announced it received production orders totaling approximately $3.8 million for its new ultra-bright, full-color Brillian Active Matrix Liquid …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Kopin| Virtual Reality

Building and testing helpful AR experiences

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Google published a blog saying that it plans to test more prototypes of glasses ‘in the real world’ from next month. It showed a video of a trial system, demonstrating translation, …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Google| Google Glass| Testing

Guttag Explains the Challenges of Occlusion and Passthrough AR

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Of course, I wondered if Karl Guttag had posted recently when I saw this news, but I ended up tracking down an interesting talk he gave on the challenges of Optical …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mixed Reality| Virtual Reality

The Magic Leap 2 launches September 30th for $3,299

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Magic Leap said that its V2 headset would go on sale in some countries on 30th September at $3,299, although there are also a “Developer Pro” ($4,099) and an “Enterprise” option …

Tags:Augmented Reality

The Verge Looks at Oppo Air

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Verge got its hands on Oppo’s Air Glass AR monocle after the company has shown some in the US, although it is not available to buy there, being sold just …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Testing

Kopin Shows Flagship OLED VR Display & Pancake Optics, Its Best Yet

by Bob Raikes

What They Say RoadtoVR reported on a recent demo by Kopin of its latest OLED display at AWE 2022 and also highlighted the pancake optics that the firm has been developing. Kopin’s P95 pancake …

Jade Bird Display Sets Its Sight on Color MicroLED Displays (Interview)

by Bob Raikes

What They Say DSCC interviewed monolithic MicroLED maker Jade Bird Display (JBD) of Taiwan about its new full colour RGB microdisplays, which are expected to be in prototype “early next year”. The display will …

Tags:Augmented Reality| MicroLED| Taiwan

Sigmaintell Releases VR Forecast

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Chinese market researcher, Sigmaintell, has issued a new report on AR and VR and said that sales of VR headsets reached 11.2 million in 2021, up 65% year on year. It …