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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 …

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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

Links Week Ending 9th April 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. Uber Looking at adding AR to App …

Commercial AR Headsets to Grow Rapidly per IDC

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Wall St Journal had a round-up of recent announcements including a useful forecast for AR headsets from IDC. We recreated the chart from the data. One of the bits of …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Forecasts| IDC| Market Data

Microsoft’s Big Hololens Army Deal

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Microsoft said that it was moving its Hololens-based headset project with the US army to a production phase. CNBC reported that the firm has a contract for 120,000 devices over ten …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Big Data/AI| Microsoft| Military & Defence

Snap Plans Hardware Push With AR Spectacles,

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Information talked to Snap, the firm that is behind Snapchat, about their plans for a new pair of AR glasses. The new glasses will have some kind of display and …

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AR/VR Displays Will Take Center Stage at the SID/DSCC Business Conference

by Artem Alekseenko

DSCC has announced the speaker lineup for the Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR) session at the SID/DSCC Business Conference. The session will feature two leading analysts and four CEOs of innovative companies in the …

Tags:Augmented Reality| SID Society| Virtual Displays| Virtual Reality

Apple to Use Hybrid Fresnel Lenses

by Bob Raikes

What They Say MacRumors reported that respected Apple analyst, Ming-Chi Kuo as forecasting that Apple would use a hybrid Fresnel lens stack (with three lenses per eye) based on optical plastic to minimise weight …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mixed Reality| Optics