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Varjo Wants to Develop the Metaverse

by Bob Raikes

What They Say We listened in to a webinar by Varjo last week and the company announced that it has acquired a BIM software company, Dimension10 and wants to use technology from the firm …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mergers & Acquisitions| The Metaverse| Virtual Reality

Facebook filed a patent for an artificial reality hat

by Bob Raikes

What They Say FoundersLegal spotted a patent awarded to Facebook for an AR hat, that was filed originally in 2019. By moving the display away from a glasses format, weight and heat can be …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Patents

Kopin Corporation Produces World’s First 35,000-nit HDR Green OLED Microdisplay

by Artem Alekseenko

Kopin® Corporation, a leading developer and provider of high-resolution microdisplays, display subassemblies and systems for defense, enterprise, industrial, consumer and medical products announced it has produced the world’s first ultrahigh-brightness (> 35,000 nits), high-dynamic-range …

Tags:Augmented Reality| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Kopin| Microdisplays| OLEDs

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Kopin Outlines Material for Pancake Optics

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Kopin reported that it has developed an all-plastic ‘pancake’ optical lens system for VR, AR and MR applications. The lens system provides an image equivalent to a 250″ (635cm) diagonal display …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Kopin| Microdisplays| Mixed Reality| OLEDs| Optics| Virtual Reality

Kopin Corporation Announces All-Plastic Pancake® Optics with Excellent Performance

by Artem Alekseenko

Kopin® Corporation, a leading developer and provider of high-resolution microdisplays and display subassemblies for defense, enterprise, consumer and medical products, announced it has succeeded in developing all-plastic Pancake® optics with breakthrough performance for virtual …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Kopin| Mixed Reality| Optics| Virtual Reality

Karl Guttag Tears Down the Nreal Technology in LG headset

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Karl Guttag has got access to an Nreal-based headset in the form being delivered as a product by LG in Korea and has conducted a detailed three part teardown. He liked …

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

Three longtime Magic Leap executives are heading toward the exits.

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Business Insider ($) reports that three long-standing Magic Leap C-Suite execs are leaving the firm. The three are CTO Paul Greco, COO Henk Vlietstra, and chief patent officer David Lundmark. The …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Reorganisation & Restructuring

Apple will likely launch its XR headset in Q2 2022

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo according to 9to5Mac said in an investment note that Apple will use microOLED displays, “innovative biometrics” and as many as 15 cameras in its widely rumoured VR/AR …

Tags:Apple| Augmented Reality| Virtual Reality

Magic Leap is partnering with AMD

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Magic Leap said that it is working with AMD to create an SOC for AR headsets that will use less power than previous versions. The company is reported to be ready …

Tags:AMD| Augmented Reality| SOCs