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Links Week Commencing 13th September 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 first part of this week. The best Dolby Vision movies to test …

Tags:Apple| Augmented Reality| China| Dolby Vision| LED| Outdoor Displays| Satellite| Semiconductor Market| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| TSMC

Synchronicity in Foveation – It’s a Kind of Magic

by Bob Raikes

Synchronicity has been defined as “describing circumstances that appear meaningfully related yet lack a causal connection”. Yesterday, I had a moment of synchronicity on one of my favourite topics – foveation – the optimisation …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Foveated Rendering| Gaze Recognition| Virtual Reality

What Is Responsible For The Surging Demand For CIS?

by Bob Raikes

What They Say An article in Semiconductor Engineering points out that the driver for big investments by TSMC in fabs in Japan and China at the 28nm node of technology (introduced in 2008 and …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Cameras| Semiconductor Industry| Virtual Reality

Apple Glasses will Need Another Device

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Information’s Reality Check reported that Apple’s anticipated augmented reality headset will rely on connecting to an iPhone (or other device) to work, rather than being a stand-alone device. The article …

Tags:Apple| Augmented Reality

Facebook has Acquired Daqri’s AR Patent Portfolio

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Protocol newsletter reported that Facebook has acquired the patent portfolio from the failed Daqri venture. (Behind the Daqri Failure) The rights were initially sold to RPX Corp which sold them on …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Patents

What’s Bubbling Up in the Ed Market?

by Len Scrogan

The annual ISTE conference, the largest ed-tech conference in the U.S., has been forced online (due to the stresses of the Rona) for two consecutive years now. Every year I provide a conference session …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Education| Virtual Reality

Lenovo Adds to AR Solutions with RealWear

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Lenovo said that it has done a deal with RealWear to supply the RealWear HMT-1 family of assisted reality wearable devices through its global sales network. It is also certifying the …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Lenovo

This is how Facebook’s Project Aria AR glasses work

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Details of Facebook’s Aria project have been revealed after an FCC listing of a manual. The headset will not include displays but will be focused (sorry!) on capturing information and video. …

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Will Headworn AR Revenues Exceed $17 Billion by 2025?

by Artem Alekseenko

ARtillery Intelligence has released a new report that projects headworn AR revenue to grow from $1.6 billion in 2020 to $17.7 billion in 2025, a 61.8 percent compound annual growth rate. Entitled Headworn AR …

Tags:Analytics & Tools| Augmented Reality| Forecasts