Magic Leap Details Disclosed
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Magic Leap was at Photonics West and gave some new information and a ‘sneak peek’ at its new headsets. The headset is said to have a weight down from 316g to …
Tags:Augmented Reality
Corning Optimises Glass for Waveguides
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Corning has a new glass formulation that has a refractive index of 2.0 and is intended to be used in waveguides for XR applications (up from 1.8 and 1.9 in previous …
Tags:Augmented Reality| Corning| Glass| Optics| Virtual Reality
Meta Materials Joins Lasar Alliance For Augmented Reality Wearable Devices
by Artem Alekseenko
Meta Materials Inc. a developer of high-performance functional materials and nanocomposites, announced it has joined the Laser Scanning for Augmented Reality (LaSAR) Alliance, a member program of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers …
Tags:Augmented Reality| | Wearables
TriLite demos world’s smallest projection display powered by Infineon’s 2D MEMS mirror
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Trilite, a developer of microprojectors for AR headsets (Micro Projector Developer TriLite raises €8M to Boost ARVR Glasses aims), said that it would show its ‘smallest’ laser beam scanner engine at …
Tags:Augmented Reality| Laser Projectors| MEMs Displays
AR Lags VR a Lot in Volume
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Counterpoint Research put out an interesting chart that showed the split of market shipments of XR (AR and VR) by type. The chart doesn’t show anything that we haven’t already reported, …
Tags:Augmented Reality| Covid-19| Market Data| Virtual Reality
New Google Headset May Arrive by 2024
by Bob Raikes
What They Say The Verge had a look at what Google is doing in augmented reality in a project known as ‘Project Iris’. The project, which has a team of around 300 people, is …
Tags:Augmented Reality| Google| R&D (Research & Development)
VR and AR are both on the rise, but their supply chains have key differences
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Omdia published a blog article by analyst Calvin Hsieh that highlighted that the supply chains for VR and AR have ‘key differences’. He pointed out that the supply chain for VR …
Tags:Augmented Reality| Virtual Reality
The race to build AR glasses is heating up, and Samsung is surprisingly quiet
by Bob Raikes
What They Say An interesting article in C|Net looks at why Samsung is not really making much noise about AR glasses at the moment, despite being an early promoter of the technology with the …
Tags:Augmented Reality| Samsung| | Virtual Reality
US Army incorporates augmented reality goggles into combat vehicles
by Bob Raikes
What They Say The US army said that it is working on including AR and sensors into its vehicle platforms to provide situational awareness using the Integrated Visual Augmentation System, or IVAS. The goggle-based …
Tags:Augmented Reality| Microsoft| Military & Defence
Apple’s New VR/AR Headset Risks Being Delayed Until 2023
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Bloomberg reported that the planned XR headset being developed by Apple may be pushed back by ‘at least a few months’. It was expected to be unveiled at the annual Developer …
Tags:Apple| Augmented Reality| Virtual Reality
Varjo Brings World’s First Human-Eye Resolution VR/XR Cloud Streaming Capability to Its Reality Cloud Platform
by Artem Alekseenko
Varjo, the industry-leading provider of professional-grade VR/XR hardware and software, announced the addition of cloud streaming to its Varjo Reality Cloud platform, marking progress toward the company’s vision of bringing real-life collaboration into the …
Tags:Augmented Reality| Head Up Displays HUDs| Resolution| Virtual Reality
The Green Planet AR experience opening in London
by Bob Raikes
What They Say There is a new AR experience called ‘The Green Planet AR Experience’ that is due to open on February 11th in London. The event was reated by Factory 42 with BBC …
Tags:5G| Augmented Reality| BBC| Environment| Location-based Entertainment (LBE)| Samsung| Smartphones| UK (United Kingdom)
