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Microsoft and Volkswagen Collaborate on VR

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Microsoft and Volkswagen are working together to optimise the experience of using VR and AR headsets in moving vehicles. The so-called “moving platform” uses data from the headset’s cameras and an …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Automotive

Some New Headsets at IT²EC in London

by Bob Raikes

Yesterday I reported on what I saw from Vrgineers and its latest XTAL 3 headsets at the IT²EC show in London last week. Today I’m catching up with the other things I saw. The …

Reality Labs Chief Scientist Outlines a New Compute Architecture for True AR Glasses

by Bob Raikes

What They Say RoadtoVR reported a talk by Meta Reality Labs’ Chief Scientist Michael Abrash where he said that to get to the kind of technology that tech companies envision is going to take …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Facebook/Meta| Semiconductors

Links Week Starting 2nd May 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. AOC: New gaming display with 280 Hz …

Hololens IVAS System Future Still Unclear

by Bob Raikes

What They Say We previously reported on delays to the implementation of the US military’s plan for the use of IVAS, based on Microsoft’s Hololens, (IVAS US Defence Development Struggling? and US Army Delays …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Microsoft| Military & Defence| Training

OK, Varjo, I Finally Get It!

by Bob Raikes

As I have written before, I have been somewhat sceptical of the whole Metaverse thing (I saw a headline about a ‘Metaverse hotel’ today – how bizarre is that concept?). (Metaverse – Meta and …

Tags:Augmented Reality| CAD-CAM-CAE| Cloud Computing| Mixed Reality| The Metaverse

A Chance to Try Headsets at IT2EC

by Bob Raikes

What They Say We’re planning a fuller report for (at least one) Display Daily in the next few days, but to get the news out a bit quicker for subscribers, here is some early …

Tags:Augmented Reality| IT2EC 2022| JVC| Simulation| Virtual Reality

Nreal to Release Glasses in the UK

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Various sources reported that Nreal has done a deal with UK mobile carrier EE to sell its Nreal Air glasses later this year. The device is intended to be connected to …

Tags:Augmented Reality| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Smartphones| UK (United Kingdom)

Asia Pacific AR/VR Market for Headsets Grew by 60% in 2021, According to Latest IDC Report

by Bob Raikes

What They Say IDC put out a release that highlighted that the market for AR/VR headsets grew by 60.8% in the Asia Pacific region last year and reached 2.19 million units. Chinese brands took …

Dispelix and Avegant Partner on Advanced Optical Solution for AR

by Artem Alekseenko

DispelixTM (Espoo), the acknowledged leader in see-through waveguide displays for AR and MR wearables, announced it is partnering with Avegant (San Mateo), developers of miniaturized LED-based LCoS light engine technologies for Augmented Reality (AR) …

Tags:AR Glasses| Augmented Reality| LCOS| Mixed Reality

Pixotope Acquires TrackMen Real-time 3D Tracking Solutions

by Artem Alekseenko

Pixotope Technologies AS, the leader in live augmented reality and virtual production solutions, announced the acquisition of Cologne, Germany-based TrackMen Gmbh, the expert one-stop-shop for real-time 3D camera and talent tracking in the media …

Tags:3D (Three Dimensions)| 3D Cameras| Augmented Reality

Links Week Ending 22nd April 2022

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are (quite!) a few from the second part of this week. Amazon is quietly developing a ‘new-to-world’ …