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Oculus Quest 2 Cumulative Sales Hit Record 4.6 m Units in Q2

by Bob Raikes

What They Say We reported last week on Counterpoint’s view of the XR market last week and now it has released data on brand shares in Q1 2021, which was almost three times the …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Market Data| Mixed Reality| Virtual Reality

DigiLens Deepens Partnership With Mitsubishi Chemical

by Bob Raikes

What They Say DigiLens said that it has done a deal with Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. to develop the DigiLens plastic waveguide technology. The approach is claimed to be the only approach to making plastic …

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

Links Week Commencing 12th July 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. Unreal:The VFX Revolution (If you are interested …

Tags:Asus| Augmented Reality| Cinema| Environment| LG Displays (LGD)| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Samsung| Semiconductors| Smartphones| Testing| Visual Computing

Links Week Ending 9th July 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. This Inexpensive Backlight Makes Your Big TV …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Field Monitors| Retail| TVs (TV Sets)

Digital experiences for Olympic visitors

by Bob Raikes

What They Say A hat-tip to Invidis of Germany for pointing me to an interesting display application. The Tokyo Olympics will include yachting events and to enhance the experience, a 50M LED display with …

Tags:5G| Augmented Reality| LED| Olympics| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Sports and Stadiums

CReal Demoes AR with its Light Fields

by Bob Raikes

What They Say CReal has published another ‘through the display’ example of its headset light field technology in an AR headset. The video highlights the way that the focus at different depths is ‘natural’ …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Light Field Displays| R&D (Research & Development)

Links Week Commencing 28th June 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. Sharp Europe launches new ‘Frameless’ 4K Android …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Comcast| sharp| Smart TV| TCL| TVs (TV Sets)| USA

Four Ways Mass-Market Consumer AR Could Become Reality

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Protocol interviewed Qualcomm’s GM of XR Hugo Swart who set out these four ‘roads to mass-market’ adoption: VR headsets with video pass-through: Facebook’s Quest already offers a rudimentary version of this, …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Qualcomm

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