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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

MICLEDI Microdisplays Raises EUR 7M from FPIM and KBC Focus Fund to Accelerate the Commercialisation of MicroLED Displays for Augmented Reality

by Artem Alekseenko

MICLEDI Microdisplays announced that it has raised a EUR 7M capital round from the Belgian investors FPIM and KBC Focus Fund. MICLEDI Microdisplays is a technology leader in the field of microLED display technology …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Belgium| Microdisplays| MicroLED

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| Facebook/Meta| 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

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 …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Cloud Computing| Mixed Reality| Virtual Reality

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?) …

Tags:Augmented Reality| MicroLED

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

Qualcomm Advances AR Industry with the Qualcomm Snapdragon XR1 AR Smart Viewer Reference Design

by Artem Alekseenko

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. introduces its first augmented reality (AR) reference design based on the Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ XR1 Platform, equipped to deliver high-performance, immersive experiences, and lower power consumption[1]. The reference design is an AR …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Qualcomm

Nreal To Expand Sales Network and Add Enterprise Set

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Venturebeat reported that AR headset maker, Nreal, is making a new mixed reality headset for enterprise use (due in 2021) and is also planning to sell its Nreal Light model outside …

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

New Samsung AR Devices ‘Leaked’

by Bob Raikes

What They Say RoadToVR reported on a couple of videos (here and here) leaked by @WalkingCat that appear to be for smartglasses called ‘Samsung Glasses Lite’ and highlighting the use of AR glasses for …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Samsung

Qualcomm Has AR Smart Viewer Reference Design

by Bob Raikes

What They Say We’ve been reporting on the Snapdragon XR1 processor since May 2018 and it features in AR headsets from Microsoft and Vuzix, among others. Now Qualcomm has formally announced a reference design …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Lenovo| Qualcomm

Vuzix Expands and Enhances the Connectivity of its Smart Glasses with LiFi Support

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Vuzix put out a press release (it sends almost more than anyone!) that set out that it would support Signify’s Trulifi LiFi technology for low latency two-way wireless connectivity to its …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Li-Fi| Optics| Vuzix