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Consumer Technology Association Releases Its First AR/VR Standard

by Andrew Fenn

The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) has published its first-ever standard addressing AR/VR technologies. “CTA-2069, Definitions and Characteristics of Augmented and Virtual Reality Technologies” introduces various terms defining emerging consumer technologies such as AR, MR, …

Microsoft Filed a Patent for Technology to Widen HoloLens FOV

by Andrew Fenn

It has come to light that Microsoft filed a patent back in December 2016 for technology to widen the field of view (FOV) of its HoloLens augmented reality headset. The documentation details a microelectromechanical …

Yole Thinks VR, AR and MR Technology Will Take a While

by Andrew Fenn

Big companies, small and experienced companies, or even newcomers are part of today’s playground and many are trying to play their cards right, according to a new report from Yole. Today, VR and mostly …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mixed Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 26

Digitimes Research: Japan AR/VR Market Growing Slowly

by Andrew Fenn

A new report from Digitimes Research has indicated that the Japanese AR/VR market is growing at a slower rate than other territories. With about 300,000 units sold in 2017, analysts predict that the market …

Qualcomm Plans a Wearable Chip for Kids and SD 1000?

by Bob Raikes

Qualcomm has a couple of new chips. The Snapdragon Wear 2500 SoC is for wearables with 4G LTE that is said to be optimised for smartwatches for children and will allow a special version …

Ed-Market Offerings at InfoComm 2018

by Len Scrogan

Having just returned from walking every aisle of InfoComm 2018, searching for promising developments and products that might offer value for the education market, what does an educator see? As an educational technology director …

Tags:Augmented Reality| display technology| Education| Vol 25 - Issue 27

CE Week and Pepcom in New York Show Latest Systems

by Matthew Brennesholtz

CE Week was a two day event (June 20 – 21) at the Javits Center in New York, hosted by ShowStoppers in association with IFA and multiple other organizations. The CTA is not one …

AWE 2018 Roundup

by Bob Raikes

AGC was showing its Glascene diffusion glass which is available in front or rear configurations and allows the use of projectors to create AR applications for retail and other shared spaces. The glass is …

Lumus Looking to Build Business for Waveguides

by Bob Raikes

Lumus, based in Israel, is a developer of high quality waveguides for AR that it has been making for seven or eight years, through a partnership with Thales of France (and we have been …

Tags:Augmented Reality| AWE 2018| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 25| Waveguide Display

Varjo Mixed Reality Demo is Impressive

by Bob Raikes

Varjo was in a hotel suite near the show and was showing the latest version of the headset that we first saw at MWC (We Get a Chance to Look at Varjo’s Headset) and …

Tags:Augmented Reality| AWE 2018| Mixed Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 25

ThirdEye Open to Customisation

by Bob Raikes

ThirdEye is a maker of smartglasses that is based in Princeton, New Jersey. The X1 glasses are built around a complete system based on a Snapdragon 820 with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of …

UniVet Developing AR Safety Glasses

by Bob Raikes

UniVet Optical Technologies is a maker of safety glasses from Brescia in Italy and has integrated VR technoology into the glasses which it has been developing for 20 years. The company is a Sony …