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ABI Research: Mixed Reception for AR in Bricks-and-Mortar Retail

by Andrew Fenn

Augmented reality will see major adoption in the retail sector, but not in the way many have predicted. According to ABI Research, AR will struggle to take root among customers in bricks-and-mortar environments. Instead, …

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Trivisio Headsets Can be Customised

by Bob Raikes

Luxinnovations was at the show and was highlighting its ability to customise its Trivisio headsets, which we saw at the Wearables Event in London and in Laval. There was no new product in Stuttgart, …

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ISTE 2018 Preview

by Len Scrogan

The annual ISTE conference is rapidly approaching, convening this year in Chicago. The ISTE conference is the largest ed-tech conference in the U.S, and will offer more than 1,091 educational sessions to nearly thirty …

Qualcomm to Reveal New AR/VR Processor Next Week

by Andrew Fenn

It has been revealed that Qualcomm is planning to officially announce a new chip built for VR and AR headsets at next week’s Augmented World Expo in Santa Clara, US. Snapdragon XR1 will reportedly …

IDC Expects APeJ AR/VR Spending to Reach $11.1 Billion in 2018

by Andrew Fenn

According to IDC, the Asia/Pacific excluding Japan (APeJ) region’s spending on augmented reality and virtual reality is forecast to reach $11.1 billion in 2018, an increase of more than 100% from $4.6 billion the …

Google Developing Standalone AR Headset to Rival HoloLens?

by Andrew Fenn

A standalone AR headset to rival Microsoft’s HoloLens is apparently in the very early stages of development at Google, according to German tech publication WinFuture, which says it obtained documentation detailing the device. Microsoft …

Toshiba Releases dynaEdge AR Smart Glasses Solution

by Andrew Fenn

Toshiba’s client solutions division has announced the availability of its dynaEdge AR smart glasses solution. With a starting price point of $1,899.99, the device is the company’s first wearable AR solution to combine the …

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Virtual Reality: Defragmenting the Market

by Matthew Brennesholtz

I have written several times about standards for Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR), most recently in my Display Daily last December that focused on the Virtual Reality Industry Forum (VRIF). This week …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Standards| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 19

Enterprise MR Applications to Approach 40 Million by 2022

by Andrew Fenn

A new study from Juniper Research has found that the number of enterprise mixed reality (MR) applications will approach 40 million by 2022, rising from just 6.5 million in 2018 — a growth of …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 19

Google’s Gen 3 AI Goes Mainstream – Almost

by Steve Sechrist

In case you missed it, your G-Mail, Photo’s and other apps are about to change in some very interesting ways, and that’s just the tip of the iceberg of what empowered AI programming can …

Google Demos API for Browser-Based VR and AR

by Andrew Fenn

Alongside a raft of other announcements and reveals, Google unveiled WebXR, its new API for the optimisation and integration of VR and AR experiences into Chrome and other web browsers, at its I/O developers …

Tags:AR/VR| Augmented Reality| Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 19

Mercedes-Benz Releases AR Companion App for 2018 Vehicles

by Andrew Fenn

Mercedes-Benz has released an augmented reality-based companion app for its 2018 E and S-class vehicles. ‘Ask Mercedes’ is free to download from the iOS App Store and enables users to explore the car’s features …

Tags:AR/VR| Augmented Reality| Automotive| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 19