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PTC Updates Vuforia AR Platform

by Bob Raikes

PTC said that it is releasing a new version of the Vuforia AR development platform. The company claims that Vuforia is the world’s most widely used platform for AR development. With support for leading …

An AR Headset Designed for Minimally Invasive Surgery

by Arthur Berman

Founded in 2014 with seed financing from TerraLab, an incubator of the Israeli Innovation Authority, Augmedics Ltd. (Yokne’am Illit, Israel) is a startup developing a device called the ViZOR System. The device is an …

Tags:Augmented Reality| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Medical| Vol 24 - Issue 37

AR/VR Headset Market to Reach 81.2 Million Units by 2021

by Alan Spencer

IDC is forecasting that the combined AR and VR headset market to reach 13.7 million units this year, growing to 81.2 million units by 2021 with a compound annual growth rate of 56.1%. According …

HUDs Are Easy; Augmented Reality HUDs Are Not

by Ken Werner

The 2017 Vehicle Displays and Interfaces Symposium, held in Livonia, Michigan, on September 26 and 27, continued the growth, stimulating content, and enthusiasm demonstrated last year. Attendance this year was 550, compared to 400 …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Automotive| Head Up Displays HUDs| Vol 24 - Issue 36

VR @ ISTE 2017: In the Sessions

by Len Scrogan

The virtual reality meme at the ISTE 2017 conference this year reached a high mark, both in the quantity and quality of educational sessions offered. (The ISTE 2017 educational technology conference held in late …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Education| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 35

Kopin Microdisplay Targets High-Brightness AR Applications

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Kopin Corporation, said to be the largest U.S. developer of display systems for wearable technologies and military applications, announced on September 11th a new generation of liquid crystal displays (LCDs). These microdisplays incorporate advanced …

Showstoppers Busy with Headsets & Smartwatches

by Bob Raikes

The Showstoppers event took place on the evening before the show. There was a small number of exhibitors that were of interest to our readers, although many of the exhibitors were showing gadgets and …

HypeVR Demonstrates Volumetric Video using Apple ARKit

by Andrew Fenn

HypeVR has demonstrated its Volumetric Video technology—which the company has recently adapted for Apple’s ARKit—with a new video released on Vimeo. This technology involves a rig of camera equipment capturing footage in 360 degrees, …

Tags:AR/VR| Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 33

Magic Leap Assigned a Design Patent – Not Describing What Their Glasses will be Looking Like

by Norbert Hildebrand

Magic Leap, the heavy hitter of attracting investment money, has received its first design patent describing a pair of virtual reality glasses in their US patent D795952 simply named “Virtual Reality Glasses”. A long …

Cappasity Makes 3D Platform for AR/VR

by Bob Raikes

Capassity is developing a platform that is intended to help the development of interactive 3D content for AR & VR. The company’s CEO, Kosta Popov, said “Top luxury retailers who have implemented our 3D …

Tags:AR/VR| Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 32

WayRay Still Promises AR for the Car

by Norbert Hildebrand

Over a year ago we reported on WayRay, a Swiss start up company that was working on an aftermarket holographic HUD that would change the way future cars would be using head up displays. …

Facebook / Oculus Files Patent for AR Headset

by Norbert Hildebrand

Oculus is best known for the Oculus Rift headset that catapulted Facebook to the forefront of virtual reality. In recent months, Facebook management has made several statements indicating interest in AR in addition to …