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Wrist-Worn Devices Will Lead Wearables For Years

by Tom Allen

New vendors, new devices and greater end-user awareness will drive the 2015 worldwide wearable market to new heights, says IDC. 45.7 million units will be shipped this year, says the firm, rising 133.4% from …

Creating a Truly Glasses-Free Display

by Tom Allen

University of California researchers have formed a split-off company, 20/20 Display Technologies, that will launch a product eliminating the need for corrective eyewear when viewing mobile devices. The technology has been tested and can …

Small, Lightweight HMD Developed for Golfers

by Norbert Hildebrand

According to an article in Nikkei Technology, Masa Corp has shown a smartglass device developed specifically for golfers. The article shows a look around design that provides the golfer with specific information related to …

Blind People See The Light With eSight’s OLED

by Tom Allen

A US company called eSight has developed glasses using OLED displays that bring sight to people who are registered legally blind. The glasses use a high-speed camera and patented video processing software as well …

Tags:Back Panel| Eyewear| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 22 - Issue 06

SMI has partnered with OmniVision

by Tom Allen

Eye tracking: bringing back jamjar specs one face at a timeSensomotoric Instruments has teamed up with Omnivision to develop a new eye-tracking platform, for both consumer and professional applications. The platform combines OmniVision’s imaging solutions …

Smartphone Drives Augmented Reality Goggles

by Alfred Poor

What’s the most expensive element of a head-mounted display? In most cases, it’s the imager. If you want a high resolution imager, the costs goes up. Want a stereoscopic 3D display? That doubles the …

Osterhout Design Group Plans Affordable Consumer AR Glasses

by Chris Chinnock

Osterhout Design Group (ODG) has primarily focused on developing dual optics augmented reality headsets for defense and commercial use. At CES 2015, the company introduced a new design that it plans to offer to …

Mediatek Stretches from Wearables to UltraHD TVs

by Bob Raikes

Mediatek Eyewear refererence design We commented in our report on the Gitex show in Dubai that chip-maker, Mediatek, was taking a higher marketing profile and we found the same at CES, although the company …

Vuzix Removes Electronics to Slim Glasses – Works with Nokia

by Tom Allen

Vuzix is most well-known for its M100 augmented reality smart glasses, which are firmly aimed at the B2B market. The company has developed its wave guide technology, which bounces the image (from a 0.22″ …

Epson Focuses on AR Applications at CES 2015

by Chris Chinnock

Epson did not announce any new hardware updates to it Moverio BT-200 Smart Glasses at CES 2015. Instead, it filled its booth in the Sands with partners that were showing a variety of augmented …

ODG To Offer Consumer Personal Eyewear at CES 2015

by Chris Chinnock

ODG (Osterhout Design Group) was in the Sands hallway at CES 2015 showing off its personal eyewear to enthusiastic crowds. This is a self contained tablet in set of personal eyewear. Mainly developed for …

Tags:Augmented Reality| CES 2015| Eyewear

Intel Invests in Vuzix

by Norbert Hildebrand

Intel has invested $24.8 million in Vuzix for a 30% share of the company. According to the press release, Intel received preferred stock in the transaction that is convertible to an equivalent of 30% of …