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Epson Announces a New Generation of Moverio Smart Glass Technology

by Artem Alekseenko

Global technology firm Epson has announced its latest generation of Moverio smart glass augmented reality (AR) technology. Ten years on from the very first Moverio smart glasses, Epson now launches the fourth generation binocular …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Epson| SmartGlasses

How FitXR is gearing up for our AR fitness future

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Protocol had an interesting article about FixitXR, which wants to bring XR to the fitness industry. The company has developed from an earlier business, BoxVR which encouraged VR users to box …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Fitness Trackers| Sports and Stadiums| Virtual Reality

Deloitte Also Predicts XR Developments

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Earlier this week we carried a forecast from Deloitte about 8K. After publication we realised that we had missed the firm’s predictions for VR and XR. We also found that the …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Forecasts| Market Data| Mixed Reality| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Virtual Reality

Japanese Looking for Safer Motorbikes – with Smart Helmets

by Bob Raikes

What They Say In an article about the development of the motorcycle market in Japan, Nikkei reported on information being shown in ‘smart helmets’. The Nikkei also reports that Robert Bosch has a distance …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Automotive| Head Up Displays HUDs| Japan

Mercedes Korea Adds A/R to Navigation System

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Korea Herald reported on the latest Mercedes E Class, said to be the best selling imported car in Korea, and highlighted that it has a new Augmented Reality navigation system. …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Automotive| Korea

Tilt Five Gets Series A Funding for AR

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Stinger Report had news of a new investment of $7.5 million in Series A funding for its headset platform. The blog said that the company was started following the collapse …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| Game Playing

DIY Smart Glasses Guide From Here to There

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Healthtechinsider reported that a hacker has developed a pair of glasses that can signal directions for wayfinding using coloured LEDs in glasses frames. He designed the frames and has released the …

Tags:Augmented Reality| SmartGlasses

Cleaning Things Up II: Technical Hygiene in the Covidian Age

by Len Scrogan

As I wrote in my previous article, “Cleaning Things Up: Technical Hygiene in the Covidian Age”, many of us are now hyperaware (almost to the point of bacillophobia) of cleaning often-used equipment surfaces in …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Covid-19| display technology| Education| Keyboards| Virtual Reality

Cleaning Things Up: Technical Hygiene in the Covidian Age

by Len Scrogan

Having borrowed the gear nearly a week beforehand, I finally found some disposable time to sit down and give my son’s Oculus Quest VR a robust test drive. I was so looking forward to …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Covid-19| Education| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Virtual Reality