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Google is Recruiting for AR

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Google was widely reported to have been hiring new employees to develop software for the control of AR devices after hiring former Meta/Oculus VR manager Mark Lucovsky to lead an “Augmented …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Google| Recruitment & Appointments

Oppo announces the Air Glass monocle AR device

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Oppo has a new “limited release” product, called the Air Glass, which is a monocle AR device based on a ‘self-developed’ microLED-base projector called the Spark. The image is presented to …

Tags:Augmented Reality| China| Microdisplays| MicroLED

AR Boosts the Football Experience

by Bob Raikes

What They Say IBC sent out a video from AR³ that highlighted with what the firm could do to add data to soccer to improve the user experience. What We Think I’m a regular …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Sports and Stadiums| TV Viewing

Insight Adds to HMDmd AR News

by Bob Raikes

What They Say HMDmd has used a Kopin display in its new glasses (HMDmd Introduces Pre-Clinical Prototypes of Head-Worn Display System for Surgery). Insight Media’s Chris Chinnock has dug a bit deeper into the …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Kopin| Medical| Microdisplays| OLEDs

Samsung & Microsoft Collaborating on AR/MR with Hololens?

by Bob Raikes

What They Say An article in The Elec said that Samsung Electronics is working with Microsoft on a project related to the Hololens display system. The project is reported to involve Samsung Display, Electro-Mechanics, …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Microsoft| Samsung| Waveguide Display

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Apple Working on AR/VR V2 – Kuo

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Patently Apple quoted Ming-Chi Kuo, who has something of a reputation as an analyst on all things Apple (significant enough to have his own category on the website!), has said that …

Tags:Apple| Augmented Reality| Virtual Reality

Links Week Ending 10th December 2021

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 second part of this week. Vodafone TV launches on LG smart TVs …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Cloud Gaming| Desktop Monitors| LG Electronics (LGE)| Microsoft| Smart TV| TVs (TV Sets)| Vodafone| Xiaomi

Samsung debuted a new AR experience called Dreamground.

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Samsung US said that it has a new AR live experience that is accessible at Hollywood Park in Los Angeles and the company’s flagship experiential store, Samsung 837, in New York …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Samsung| USA

Vuzix Shield Lands Two CES Innovation Awards for CES 2022

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Vuzix said that it has received two CES Innovation Awards for its Vuzix Shield glasses which are due to ship in the second half of 2022. The unit uses dual microLED …

Tags:Augmented Reality| MicroLED| Vuzix

FETC 2022 Preview: What’s New

by Len Scrogan

The ed-tech conference season in the U.S. kicks off at the start of each year with a strong event, the Future of Education Technology Conference, which rotates its venue from Orlando to Miami, Florida. …

Tags:Augmented Reality| display technology| Education| Events| Virtual Reality

Making the Metaverse: Hardware Hurdles, Discussed by IDTechEx

by Artem Alekseenko

Are you fed up with Zoom? Do you want online interactions to feel more… interactive? The metaverse promises a step-change in how society communicates but, without the hardware technology, will ultimately remain a pipe …

Tags:Augmented Reality| IdTechEx| Virtual Reality

VR/AR Technopark Established in India

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The VR/AR Association reported that a Techno Park has been set up in Hyderabad in India by Cymax Infotainment Pvt Ltd. Cymax is developing VR content and tools for VR production …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Cinema| India| Virtual Reality