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Ming-Chi Kuo: OLED for 2022 iPad Air and Forecasts Apple XR

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is regarded as a good source for reasonably reliable rumours on Apple’s plans and we saw two separate reports on his comments. First, he has said that he …

Tags:Apple| Augmented Reality| Gaze Recognition| MiniLED| Mixed Reality| OLEDs| tablets| Virtual Reality

Telekom launches the first XR glasses on the German market

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Invidis reported that Telekom of Germany has started to sell the Nreal Light XR glasses. The glasses weigh 106 gms (3.75oz) and uses 1080P displays. There are ‘gotchas’, however. For now, …

Tags:5G| Augmented Reality| Germany| Mixed Reality| Smartphones

10K Facebook Employees Working on AR/VR

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Information reported that nearly a fifth of Amazon’s global workforce are working on AR and VR projects and that 17% of employees are in the AR/VR division, up 5% from …

Tags:Augmented Reality| | Investment| Virtual Reality

Deep Learning Enables Real-Time 3D Holograms On a Smartphone

by Bob Raikes

What They Say IEEE Spectrum published an article about a new AI-based technique that has been developed to generate 3D holograms with very limited processing compared to conventional methods. The full material from the …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Holographic Displays| Mixed Reality| Virtual Reality| Visual Computing

Vive Face Tracker Now Being Offered

by Bob Raikes

What They Say HTC has made available a face tracking option for its Vive Pro headset for $129.99. There are 60p dual cameras that are said to track 38 facial movements in the lips, …

Tags:Augmented Reality| face recognition| Mixed Reality| Virtual Reality

Mark Zuckerberg Talks on the Future of AR and VR

by Bob Raikes

The Information 411 published a 45 minute interview on the Future of AR & VR with Mark Zuckerberg. Zuckerberg said that Facebook is so involved with AR & VR because he sees Facebook as …

Tags:Augmented Reality| | Mixed Reality| Virtual Reality

Holography: The Future Of Augmented Reality Wearables

by Bob Raikes

What They Say VividQ, who we reported on from AWE Europe a couple of years ago, has issued a white paper to talk about what it sees as the future of AR wearables with …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Holographic Displays

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Microsoft Mesh is Revealed at Ignite

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Microsoft has announced its Mesh XR platform during its Ignite developer conference, based on its Azure platform. The app is designed as a shared platform for Microsoft’s AR HoloLens platform, Windows …

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Is Kura Too Good to be True?

by Bob Raikes

What They Say A hat tip to DSCC’s weekly subscription newsletter for pointing me to a blog and interview with Kelly Peng of Kura, a company developing some AR glasses that have very (too?) …

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A New Headset is about to Debut from JVC

by Arthur Berman

JVC Kenwood has announced the upcoming availability of the company’s enterprise focused, extended reality headset, the HMD-VS1W. The headset is intended to be connected to and operate in conjunction with an external computer. A …

Tags:Augmented Reality| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Japan| JVC| Mixed Reality