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Links Mid-Week Commencing 18th 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 middle of this week (there seems to be a lot with …

Imint and SIM Technology Collaborate to Establish a New Standard in Industrial AR Headset and Head-Worn Camera Video Performance

by Artem Alekseenko

IMINT Image Intelligence AB, a global leader in video enhancement software, announced it has partnered with SIM Technology, a leading IoT and mobile communication device manufacturer, to elevate the video performance of its AR …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Cameras| Collaboration| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)

Meta AR glasses roadmap shows Zuckerberg pushing hard for ‘iPhone moment’ by 2024 – report

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Meta is said to be planning new AR glasses under the name “Project Nazare” and they are said to be stand-alone, not needing a smartphone, and with a smartwatch that has …

VR Panel Shipments to Reach 15.8M Units in 2022

by Bob Raikes

What They Say DSCC published an interesting forecast for VR devices and said that 15.8 million panels will be used in VR headsets this year – with over 80% of the demand coming from …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Forecasts| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Market Data| Virtual Reality

Ultra-high Performance AR Glasses Optics, Display, System, and Platform

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The SID’s Bay Area Chapter is holding a webinar on Wednesday, April 13th, at 6:00 PM PST, when Kelly Peng, CEO, CTO, and Founder of Kura Technologies will discuss the Kura …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Events| Super Hi-Vision (8K)

Economist Looks at XR

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Economist published an article on XR and the Metaverse. The author tried Snap’s latest ‘Specs’ and he said: “The downside of their slender styling is a battery life of 30 …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Forecasts| Market Data| Virtual Reality

Looking Through Mojo Vision’s Newest AR Contact Lens

by Bob Raikes

What They Say We reported some information about the demos that Mojo Vision has been giving. The first article we saw has been supplemented by more information in IEEE Spectrum, which also got to …

Tags:Augmented Reality

Lumus Planning More Consumer Targeted Waveguides

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Information’s Reality Check said that Lumus, the maker of high end waveguides for AR displays, is planning two lower resolution versions. The firm’s Maximus waveguide supports up to 2048 x …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Optics| Waveguide Display

NIL Technology launches flat optics platform for ARVR glasses, headsets

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Optics.org reported that a Danish optics firm, NIL Technology, is developing nanostructured flat optics for applications including AR/VR glasses and headsets. The firm told the site that its flat optics has …

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

AR and VR are coming for the primary school crowd

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Protocol Entertainment reported that although Meta has said that its Quest 2 headset is for ages 13 and up (which gets around US regulations that apply to 12s and under), others …

Tags:Amazon| Augmented Reality

Alibaba Invests in Nreal

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Alibaba has invested $60 million in Nreal in a “series C+” round of funding – which follows on from a $100 million round last September that valued the firm at $700 …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Investment

Mojo Vision Has a Prototype

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Mojo Vision, which is developing contact lens AR displays (Mojo Vision Developing NanoLEDs) said that it has developed an ‘advanced prototype’ although nobody is said to have worn one, yet. The …

Tags:Augmented Reality| R&D (Research & Development)