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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

Frost & Sullivan Forecasts $661.4 Billion AR and VR Technology Market

by Bob Raikes

What They Say I see a lot of forecasts for AR & VR and most of them I ignore. However, I saw one from Frost & Sullivan that forecast revenues of $661.4 billion of …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Forecasts| Market Data| Virtual Reality

Fortissimo Capital Fund Acquires a Controlling Stake in Kramer Electronics

by Artem Alekseenko

Fortissimo Capital Fund acquired a majority interest in Kramer Electronics, a leading player and pioneer in the Pro AV industry. Michael and Ben-Zion Hochstein, two of the company’s founders retain their interests in the …

Tags:Augmented Reality

Links Round-up Week Ending 19th Feb 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 first part of this week. Modder Adds Ray Tracing to Super Mario …