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Augmented Reality Faces Challenges, Says Zervos

by Tom Allen

Harry Zervos, principal analyst with IDTechEx, presented a talk about eyewear. Virtual reality is already popular, he said, and augmented reality is growing in two stages. For now, it is tied to smartphones; the …

SMI Adds Eye Tracking to Consumer VR

by Tom Allen

SensoMotoric Instruments has launched a developer kit for the Samsung Gear VR, with its eye tracking technology integrated. ‘Unobtrusive’ eye tracking cameras have been added to the device, and the phone (used as the …

Tags:Eyewear| Gaze Recognition| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 23 - Issue 17

Kaist Enables Input with Smart Glasses

by Tom Allen

The Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) has been developing augmented reality smart glasses since 2014, and now have a third-generation model called K-Glass 3. Users are able to write messages or search …

QD Laser Prototypes AR Display for Vision Correction

by Tom Allen

Image: NikkeiA prototype of glasses using ‘retinal-scanning laser eyewear technology’, to improve wearer’s vision, has been shown at the Medical IT Solutions Expo of Medical Japan 2016, by QD Laser Inc. The glasses are …

Plenty to See at MobileFocus

by Bob Raikes

On the evening before the main exhibition start, Pepcom held its MobileFocus event. The big attraction for the press that evening in Barcelona was the Samsung press event and that meant a relatively low …

Zeiss has New AR Waveguide Technology

by Chris Chinnock

One of the companies at the evening press events at CES was Zeiss. On display was a new waveguide technology the company has developed that is useful for see-through augmented reality applications. The optic …

Microsoft Will Kickstart Consumer Glass Market

by Tom Allen

According to Juniper Research, more than 12 million consumer smart glasses will be shipped in 2020, compared to less than 1 million this year. The market is about 15 months behind expectations, says Juniper, …

Tags:Eyewear| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| SmartGlasses| Vol 23 - Issue 04

Digital Experience Has Lots to See

by Tom Allen

Digital Experience, aka Pepcom, is the largest of the CES press events – almost a mini show by itself. This year it was held in the Mirage hotel, and the ‘Sun, Surf and Tech’ …

Vuzix adds Atheer AiR™ Suite for Remote Expert Collaboration and Rapid Task Flow Deployment to its Growing Ecosystem of M100 Smart Glasses Applications

by Isaac Oburu

Vuzix® Corporation , (“Vuzix” or, the “Company”), a leading supplier of video eyewear and smart glasses products in the consumer, enterprise and entertainment markets, is pleased to announce that the company has formed a …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Eyewear| Virtual Reality| Vuzix

LCDs in Your Eye?

by Tom Allen

Devesh Mistry, a postgraduate research student at the University of leeds, is developing a liquid crystal contact lens. The lens could restore long-sightedness in older people, whose natural lenses are less elastic than younger …

Tags:Contact Lens Display| Eyewear| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 51

Tobii AB: Tobii Pro Launches World’s First Large-Scale, Eye Tracking Survey Panel

by Isaac Oburu

Tobii Pro (http://www.tobiipro.com/), the global leader in eye-tracking research solutions, launches the world’s first large-scale survey panel with continuous online attention data collection from 1,000 eye trackers, set up in Swedish households. Attention data …

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Recon Instruments Partners with Rochester Optical to Offer Prescription Inserts for Recon Jet

by Isaac Oburu

Recon Instruments, an Intel company, has partnered with Rochester Optical to deliver the first prescription inserts for Recon Jet™ (now available online). Jet is not designed to fit over other eyewear, which presents a …

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