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PetaRay launches metaverse AR technology

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Digitimes reported that PetaRay is a new optics engine developer that claims to have AR light field technology designed to resolve vergence/accomodation conflict (VAC) issues. PetaRay said its optical engine for …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Light Field Displays| Micro Projectors| Taiwan

Meta Platforms Dissolves Team Developing New AR and VR Operating System

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Information reported that Meta has stopped working on operating systems for AR and VR, quoting three people with knowledge of the situation. It is said to have dispersed the team …

Tags:Android| Augmented Reality| | Interfaces| Operating Systems| PlayStation| sony| Virtual Reality

Matterport Doing Well With Digital Twins

by Bob Raikes

What They Say As part of our coverage of AR & VR over the years, we have reported on Matterport, a developer of digital twins of properties, since 2015, although we haven’t reported on …

Tags:3D Content Creation| Augmented Reality| The Metaverse| Virtual Reality

Links Week Starting 21st February 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. Digitimes reported that Apple has conducted ‘second-phase …

Tags:AMD| Apple| Augmented Reality| GPUs| Intel| Recruitment & Appointments| Samsung| Smartphones| sony| TVs (TV Sets)

Qualcomm is Expanding in XR R&D & Developing ‘5G Necklace’

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Auganix reported that Qualcomm is boosting its R&D investment in XR with the opening of six new labs in Europe. Separately, Engadget reported that the firm has developed a ‘5G neckband’ …

Tags:5G| Augmented Reality| Europe| Mixed Reality| Qualcomm| R&D (Research & Development)| Smartphones| Verizon

Links Week Starting 14th February 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. (Most of them monitors, it seems!) MSI: …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Desktop Monitors| Game Playing| Japan| Market Data| Piracy| Semiconductor Market| STBs| Streaming Video| Virtual Reality

VR Headset Round Table Looks at AR v VR

by Bob Raikes

What They Say XR Today published a ’round table’ of views about the XR industry with representatives of HTC Vive, Varjo, Arthur and Lenovo. Most of it is uncontroversial although Christoph Fleischmann of Arthur, …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mixed Reality| Virtual Reality

 Microsoft’s AR hardware Plans Said to be ‘in Disarray’

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Business Insider reported that Microsoft’s developments in mixed reality is a “mess, where confusion, rivalries, and canceled projects have roiled the company’s metaverse strategy”. The site said that in an interview …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Microsoft| Samsung

ARtillery Intelligence Gives its Latest AR Revenue Forecast

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Chief Analyst Mike Boland of ARtillery Intelligence said in a video that the AR headset will rise from last year’s 250K units to just over 4 million in 2025 which is …

Tags:Apple| Augmented Reality| Forecasts| Market Data

Lumus Uploads Schott Talk on Reflective Waveguides

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Lumus uploaded to YouTube part of a presentation by Rüdiger Sprengard, PhD. – Head of Augmented Reality at Schott that highlighted the cooperation between the companies in developing waveguides announced in …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Glass| Optics| Waveguide Display