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Will AR be Short for “Apple Reality”?

by Norbert Hildebrand

Since the last Tom Cook interview tour promoting the Apple brand, we know that he likes AR as in ‘Augmented Reality’ better than VR (Virtual Reality). It comes as no surprise that he didn’t …

Tags:Apple| Augmented Reality| Mixed Reality| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 44

Vuzix Blade Wins 4 CES 2018 Innovations Awards

by Andrew Fenn

Vuzix has announced that its Vuzix Blade Smart Glasses has received four awards at CES 2018. The Blade won in the categories of Fitness, Sports and Biotech; Wireless Handset Accessories; Portable Media Players and …

ABI: Wearables Begin to Find a Use Within the Enterprise Retail Market

by Andrew Fenn

Retail companies are beginning to use wearable technology to improve processes and customer satisfaction. Staff wearables provide shop floor staff with access to information such as stock levels, as well as to facilitate communication …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Retail| Vol 24 - Issue 43| Wearables

Apple Readying Standalone AR Headset for 2020 Release?

by Andrew Fenn

Apple is working towards releasing its own standalone augmented reality headset in 2020, according to a report by Bloomberg. The report states that the new device, affectionately called “rOS” for the time being, would …

Tags:Apple| AR/VR| Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 43

Round-up at Fujitsu Forum

by Bob Raikes

At the Forum, German company, Witech, was showing a ‘wireless desk’. I remembered seeing something before from Fujitsu at CeBIT some years ago, and it seems that this was around five years ago. The …

ETSI and VRARA Collaborate on Interactive VR/AR Tech

by Andrew Fenn

ETSI and the Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality Association (VRARA) will collaborate on interactive VR/AR technologies, to be delivered over high-speed 5G networks and hosted on Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) sites. Alex Reznik, ETSI MEC chairman, …

How Real Can it Get? VR/AR and Mixed Reality

by Bob Raikes

One of the two ‘Breakout’ sessions that we attended was covering AR and VR applications. Natalie Walther, who heads up the Workstation group in FTS in Europe, made the introductions and started by saying …

NEC Testing New Augmented Reality Workplace Efficiency Solution

by Andrew Fenn

NEC has announced it is developing a new augmented reality solution for the workplace. The new technology will allow users to perform tasks without taking their focus off of what they’re working on and …

Olympus EyeTrek Insight EI-10 Smart Glasses are for Business Use

by Bob Raikes

Olympus America Inc. announced the launch of the EyeTrek Insight EI-10 Smart Glasses in the US. The patented optical system in the EI-10 is intended to enable users to see its display without blocking …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Eyewear| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 42

Tim Cook: “AR Will Change the Way We Use Technology Forever”

by Andrew Fenn

At Apple’s fourth-quarter earnings call, CEO Tim Cook went on record to say that augmented reality will “change the way we use technology forever”. With the release of iOS 11 came ARKit, Apple’s augmented …

Tags:Apple| AR/VR| Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 42

ABI Research Adds 40 New AR/MR Companies to Ecosystem Tracker

by Andrew Fenn

ABI Research has announced it is adding 40 new companies to its augmented and mixed reality ecosystem tracker. A quarter of these new companies are from China, owing to the significant growth witnessed in …

Tags:AR/VR| Augmented Reality| Mixed Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 41

Microsoft HoloLens Triples its Availability

by Andrew Fenn

Microsoft has launched its HoloLens headset to 29 new European markets, almost tripling the number of countries where the device is available, up to 39. The initial development version of HoloLens launched in the …

Tags:AR/VR| Augmented Reality| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 41