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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 …

Iristick is Finalising its Hardware Specification

by Bob Raikes

Iristick is from Antwerp in Belgium and has developed its own smartglasses which are based on a display-only architecture mounted on certified safety glasses. The company has two versions, one with a 5 megapixel …

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

Spex Concentrates on Improving Vision

by Bob Raikes

Spex, which is a division of eSight, has a very specific objective in developing VR systems and that is to help those that are suffering from visual problems and, in particular, macular degeneration. In …

VRHero Headset Has Good Optics

by Bob Raikes

VRgineers has developed a headset, the ‘VRHero’ that is intended to deliver ‘the best VR image quality’. The headset was designed in the company’s facilities in Prague and in Los Angeles and has been …

Tags:AWE 2018| Leap Motion| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 25

AWE Expo 2018 is a Rush

by Bob Raikes

We managed to make the most of our stay on the West Coast of the USA for SID and Infocomm to make a visit to Augmented World Expo, the undoubted major event in the …

Another Glamorous Friday Evening

by Bob Raikes

I’ve been in the US week, working on our SID report, which we hope to get out early next week and attending the Augmented World Expo (AWE) in Santa Clara. My schedule meant that …

Kopin Golden-I is Light

by Bob Raikes

Kopin introduced its Golden-I display at the event. The display is designed to work with a smartphone that has USB Type-C to connect to the controlling system and the display supports the DisplayPort Alt …

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