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Delta will supply its 19,000 flight attendants with iPhone 12s

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Applemust reports that Delta Airlines is supplying 19,000 iPhone 12s to flight attendants to help find stored inventory using AR technology. The firm will also use the smartphones for developing training …

Tags:Apple| Augmented Reality| Aviation

Facebook will keep investing heavily in AR and VR

by Bob Raikes

What They Say During Facebook’s Q1 2021 earnings call, Marki Zuckerberg highlighted the continued investment in AR & VR as a key to ‘the next computing platform’. In a comment that was aimed at …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Facebook/Meta| Financial Data| Investment| Virtual Reality

3D is Back on the Menu

by Bob Raikes

A couple of weeks ago, in an introduction to an article, I wrote perhaps it was time to get the menu item for 3D reinstated at the bottom of the front page on Display …

Campfire Emerges from Stealth

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Campfire is a new company that has come out of stealth, although the firm is reported to have had its roots in the Meta AR firm which dissolved in 2019. The …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Investment

Magic Leap CEO Interviewed

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Peggy Johnson, the CEO of Magic Leap since last summer, told Protocol that the Magic Leap 2 will have twice the field of view as the Magic Leap One, but will …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Medical| Military & Defence

23% of US Households Can Access VR

by Bob Raikes

What They Say A downloadable report from ARtillery Intelligence sets out the results from a survey of 46,000 adults in the US on the topic of AR and VR. The survey highlights the continuing …

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

DSCC Forecasts Rapid Growth for AR/VR Displays

by Artem Alekseenko

Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) will become a multi-billion opportunity for display manufacturers, according to a new report released by DSCC. Annual revenues for AR/VR displays will grow at a CAGR of …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Forecasts| Virtual Reality

Facebook Adds Subscriptions to Oculus – Google Developing Waveguides

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Protocol blog reported that a plan to enable in-app subscription billing to the Oculus platform is a first move to allow the Oculus platform for the Quest VR headsets to …

Tags:Augmented Reality| The Metaverse| Virtual Reality

Epic Games, developer of 3D engine Unreal, raised $1 Billion

by Bob Raikes

What They Say VentureBeat reports that Epic Games has raised $1 billion to help fund its development of a ‘metaverse’ and the round values the company at $28.7 billion. Among the investors was Sony …

Tags:3D (Three Dimensions)| Augmented Reality| Investment| The Metaverse| Virtual Reality

Varjo Achieves Full Compliance with OpenXR 1.0 Standard to Merge Virtual and Physical Worlds Like Never Before

by Artem Alekseenko

Varjo, the leader in professional-grade VR/XR devices, is now fully compatible with the OpenXR 1.0 specification. OpenXR is an open, royalty-free standard that provides an API for virtual reality and augmented reality content. Developed …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Virtual Reality

LaSAR Alliance Formed to Advance Laser Scanning

by Chris Chinnock

A new industry organization has been formed called the LaSAR Alliance with the aim of bringing together a community around laser scanning technology and applications in the AR market. According the press release describing …

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

Spring Brings New Headsets

by Bob Raikes

What They Say There seems to be a bit of acceleration in the arrival of new AR & VR hardware. HP is now taking orders for the Omnicept VR Headset at $1,249 and intended …

Tags:Augmented Reality| HP Inc| Mixed Reality| Virtual Reality