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Microsoft plans to develop a consumer HoloLens AR headset

by Bob Raikes

What They Say In an interview with the WSJ at at a WSJ event, Alex Kipman, described as a co-creator of the Microsoft Hololens headset said that to be a consumer product the current …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Microsoft

Metaform optics point to compact AR/VR glasses and imaging components

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Optics.org reported that a project at the University of Rochester, in the US has developed a fabrication procedure for combining metasurfaces and freeform optics into one optical component, offering designers a …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Metasurfaces| Optics

Kopin To Participate in the Second Segment of the Three Part Webinar Series  

by Artem Alekseenko

Kopin® Corporation, a leading developer and provider of transmissive and reflective active matrix liquid crystal and organic light emitting diode (OLED) microdisplays used in military, enterprise, industrial, medical and consumer products, announced that its …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Kopin| SmartGlasses| Virtual Reality

The Dream Glass 4K AR Headset has Started to Ship

by Arthur Berman

DreamWorld USA Inc. (Millbrae, CA) was founded in Silicon Valley during 2016 by a team of AR enthusiasts that were highly experienced in optics and computer vision. In 2018 the company produced and delivered …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)

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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| | 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 …

Tags:3D (Three Dimensions)| 3D TV| Augmented Reality| Autostereo 3D| MicroLED| Mixed Reality| Virtual Reality

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