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IDEA Group Formed for Advanced Display Distribution Standards

by Chris Chinnock

A press conference at the 2019 NAB Show was used to launch the Immersive Digital Experiences Alliance (IDEA). Its mission is to create a suite of royalty-free specifications that address all immersive media formats, …

Tags:3D software| Augmented Reality| Distribution| Holographic Displays| Light Field Displays| Virtual Reality

AR/VR for the Military

by Norbert Hildebrand

When we discuss non-consumer applications for AR / VR systems, we have to add military applications on this list, for sure. Besides the military affinity to new technologies as a way to achieve an …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Microsoft| Military & Defence| Virtual Reality

MicroLED: Emerging as a Next Generation Display Technology

by Sweta Dash

MicroLED is emerging as next generation display technology because of its potential to be a thinner, brighter, lighter, and low power display. It combines the best features of LCD and OLED. It is considered …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Manufacturing| MicroLED| Wearables

Would This Be a Way to Jump-Start Augmented Reality?

by Norbert Hildebrand

In July 2018 AT&T became one more company investing into Magic Leap. Remember this all happened before Magic Leap actually released a product to the market. With over $2 billion of investments, Magic Leap …

Tags:AT&T| Augmented Reality| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)

Chasing Better AR in Education

by Len Scrogan

In a distant corner of the massive exhibit hall, crowds of educators crammed themselves into a small booth, and this went on uninterrupted, day after day. It was difficult to get face time with …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Education| USA

CY Vision Developing Next Gen HUD Technology

by Chris Chinnock

CY Vision (San Jose, CA) is a company that has been quietly developing advanced Head-up Display (HUD) technology but is now ready to start talking about what it has been doing. In a call …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Automotive| Autostereo 3D| Head Up Displays HUDs

A Visit to Plessey Semiconductor

by Chris Chinnock

Who is Plessey Semiconductor, you may ask? This does not sound like a display company, but it is. Based in Plymouth, UK, Plessey Semiconductor is developing wafer-scale microLEDs ideally suited for AR, VR and …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Head Up Displays HUDs| MicroLED

The Highest Resolution AR Display in the World?

by Bob Raikes

Last week, I was in Madrid for the WorldATM Congress (Air Traffic Management) and I saw a replica of what might be the highest resolution augmented reality system in the world (unless you know …

Tags:Air Traffic Control (ATC)| Augmented Reality| Aviation| LFD - Large Format Display| Samsung Display| UK (United Kingdom)| Video Walls

A Tour of the Vuzix Waveguide Factory

by Chris Chinnock

I recently had the opportunity to meet with Vuzix CEO Paul Travers and get a tour of their waveguide manufacturing and AR headset assembly facility in Rochester, New York. These waveguides are the key …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Vuzix| Waveguide Display

TCEA 2019 Giddy Up (I mean, Roundup)

by Len Scrogan

TCEA 2019, one of the largest educational technology conferences in the U.S., convened in dusty San Antonio last month and certainly did not disappoint. The Texas Computer Education Association (TCEA) conference is a bellwether …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Education| Virtual Reality

CES 2019 Round Up

by Bob Raikes

My main purpose in visiting CES this year was to catch up with trends in monitors, panels and interfaces that were important to the clients for our DisplayCast Market Research product and we managed …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Automotive| CES 2019| Codecs| eReaders| Flexible Displays| LED| Smartphones