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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 …

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

The Lynx R1 Mixed Reality Headset is About Ready to Ship

by Arthur Berman

Lynx (Paris, France) is about ready to ship the company’s redesigned headset, the Lynx R1. Configured for mixed reality, the headset can present in either virtual or augmented reality. The headset is stand-alone meaning …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mixed Reality

Oppo Updates OLED AR glasses prototypes

by Bob Raikes

What They Say As well as a prototype rollable smartphone, (Oppo’s X 2021 rollable concept phone expands in your hand), Oppo showed an update to prototype glasses shown last year. The Oppo AR Glass …

Tags:Augmented Reality| OLEDs| Smartphones

TAITRA Launches VR/AR Exhibition on Taiwantrade.com to Help Domestic Eyewear Industry Seize Global Business Opportunities

by Artem Alekseenko

Taiwantrade.com, Taiwan’s largest trade portal, has set up the “Taiwantrade Optical Zone to facilitate the eyewear industry’s deployment of cross-border e-commerce. Organized by Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) and operated by Taiwan External Trade …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Covid-19| Museums & Exhibitions| Virtual Reality

Worldwide Spending on Augmented and Virtual Reality Forecast to Deliver Strong Growth Through 2024, According to a New IDC Spending Guide

by Artem Alekseenko

Worldwide spending on augmented reality and virtual reality (AR/VR) is forecast to accelerate out of the pandemic, growing from just over $12.0 billion this year to $72.8 billion in 2024. According to the International …

Tags:Analytics & Tools| Augmented Reality| IDC| Virtual Reality

Dedicated AR Headset Forecast by Device Type 2013-2025

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Strategy Analytics expects the dedicated AR headset market to be worth over $18 billion and grow to an installed base of 57 million units by 2025. Slot-in, smartphone-based AR accounts for …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Forecasts| Market Data

Forget 5G. This Is the Technology Apple Is Really Betting On With the iPhone 12.

by Bob Raikes

What They Say An article on investment site ‘The Motley Fool’ suggests that the inclusion of Lidar in the iPhone 12 Pro is a bigger deal than many have recognised. The technology can create …

Tags:3D Depth Cameras| Apple| Augmented Reality| iPhone| Mixed Reality

Halide Perovskite Metasurface to aid AR and optoelectronic devices

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Scientists at the ITMO University in Russia have developed an approach based on perovskites that exploit the concept of metasurfaces (Developments in Metasurface Technology May Enable Ultra-Thin Lenses) to potentially create …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Metasurfaces| Optics| Perovskite

Microdisplays industry: an explosive ecosystem mixing technical innovations, strategy games and attractive applications

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Yole Développement has forecast high growth for microdisplay modules to be used in AR headsets and HUDs, with more than 100% CAGR until 2025 from $1.9 billion this year to $4.2 …

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