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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

Dispelix and OQmented Form Strategic Partnership

by Artem Alekseenko

Dispelix and OQmented form strategic partnership for the development and commercialization of Dispelix LBS waveguides and OQmented LBS MEMS solutions. The partnership’s initial focus is to jointly develop high performance laser beam scanning solutions …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Projectors

Jade Bird Displays Interviewed by Yole

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Analysts Yole Développement discussed the developoment of microdisplay microLEDs with Jade Bird Displays (JBD) and the companies covered a number of interesting points about the competition between microLED, LCOS and DLP …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Microdisplays| MicroLED| Vuzix

Karl Guttag Impressed by Lumus & Compound Photonics

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Karl Guttag, sometime Display Daily contributor and AR/VR specialist, was visited by Lumus which showed him new prototype AR glasses that impressed him with: The display has 2048 x 2048 resolution …

Tags:Augmented Reality| LCOS| Optics| Waveguide Display

Snap is buying WaveOptics

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Snap is acquiring WaveOptics of Oxford in the UK for over $500 million in cash and stocks having just announced new glasses using the optics. The new glasses will be limited …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Optics

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DigiLens launches developer prototype for extended reality glasses

by Bob Raikes

What They Say VentureBeat interviewed DigiLens, the maker of waveguides for AR/VR and HUDs about a new version of its smartglasses that is intended as a development system, based on the Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2 …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Microdisplays| Waveguide Display

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