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AR Firm Meta Company Puts 65% of Its Staff on Furlough

by Andrew Fenn

AR headset firm Meta Company has sent 65% of its staff home for a month in the midst of the US-China trade war. Talking to Bloomberg, the company’s CEO Meron Gribetz remarked: “The Chinese …

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Sharp Highlights Gen 2 8K Displays and Ecosystem

by Chris Chinnock

Sharp held a press conference at IFA and we attended. Clearly, one of the highlights was the introduction of Generation 2 8K displays. (the first generation barely shipped in Europe, despite a lot of …

Fieldbit and InfinityAR Announce Smart Glasses Collaboration

by Andrew Fenn

Fieldbit, a developer of real-time AR collaboration solutions for field services, and InfinityAR have announced a strategic research and development alliance. Through this alliance, Fieldbit and InfinityAR will jointly develop a vertically integrated solution …

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Will Apple Save the Day?

by Norbert Hildebrand

Again, Apple to the rescue. While the current sales development of AR, VR, MR, or any other “R” you can come up with, is still somewhat of a sore point with market research firms, …

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Accedo Launches Targeted Advertising Solution for AR

by Andrew Fenn

Accedo has launched a targeted advertising solution for AR experiences with the API integration of Amazon Web Services (AWS) Elemental MediaTailor. Powered by the Accedo One video platform, it’s designed to provide a more …

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Avegant Closes $12 Million Round of Funding

by Andrew Fenn

Avegant has announced today that the company closed $12 million in Series AA funding from new investors Walden SKT Venture Fund and China Walden Venture Investments III, as well as previous investors. Avegant CEO, …

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Magic Leap One Details Revealed in iFixit Teardown

by Andrew Fenn

iFixit has made a detailed teardown of the long-awaited Magic Leap development system. The teardown describes the way that the Magic Leap headset uses six different optical waveguides, each with a small air gap …

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Epson Supports Drones with Moverio

by Bob Raikes

Epson announced the Epson Drone Soar app, claimed to be the first full-featured AR app for DJI drone pilots using the Epson Moverio AR Smart glasses. The app is said to deliver ‘never-before-seen’ AR …

Siggraph 2018 Immersive Pavillion Roundup

by Bob Raikes

Although the announcements from Nvidia and StarVR were highlights of the show, and there were plenty of vendors on the floor, there was also an ‘Experience Hall’ for start-ups and research projects as well …

Siggraph 2018 Experience Hall Roundup

by Bob Raikes

The Experience Hall was for start-ups and research projects (like the SID i-Zone) and we found a number of display-related projects at different stages of development. FairLight is a research project from Japan that …

AT&T and Aira Launch Platform for the Visually Impaired

by Andrew Fenn

AT&T and Aira are developing and testing a solution designed to help blind or partially sighted people manage their prescription medication. The new recognition solution uses “Hey Chloe”, Aira’s new AI platform, to correctly …

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Ever Heard of Verses?

by Norbert Hildebrand

In an announcement this week, Verses announced its protocol for augmented and virtual reality in the world wide web. This raises the question “who is Verses?” “Verses is a non-profit foundation creating the universal …

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