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Microsoft’s Morpheus and Rift Rival Arriving in 2015

by Bob Raikes

A head-mounted gaming device will be launched by Microsoft this year, say supply chain sources. The product will be unveiled at E3 in June.

Tags:Eyewear| Google Glass| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 01

Sony’s Single-Lens Display Module is Glass Competitor

by Bob Raikes

Sony has announced an augmented reality headset based on a single-lens OLED display module, similar to the Google Glass headset. Sony announced the SmartEyeglass device and the software development kit earlier in September 2014, …

Tags:AMOLED| Augmented Reality| Eyewear| Google Glass| Mobile Display Monitor| sony| Vol 21 - Issue 50

Gartner Spells Out its View on the Future of Technology

by Bob Raikes

As 2014 comes to an end, market researchers start their forecasts of what is to come in consumer electronics in 2015 and beyond. One of the first companies to share its views on technology …

Tags:Eyewear| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 50| Wearable Market

Toronto Immersed Conference and Expo Highlights Virtual, Augmented Reality and 3D

by Helen Vince

Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality/3D – The Toronto Immersed show and conference, organized by the Immersive Technology Alliance, addressed the emerging augmented reality,  virtual reality, and stereoscopic 3D technologies.  While it seems that stereoscopic 3D was more …

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| Augmented Reality| Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| Eyewear| Mobile Display Monitor| Oculus Rift| Vol 21 - Issue 48

Vuzix M100 Smartglasses Now Available on Amazon

by Helen Vince

Augmented Reality – The Vuzix Smartglasses M100 have been around for quite some time and have been used in various industry applications. While the smartglasses have been available to the public directly from Vuzix, …

Tags:Eyewear| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 46| Vuzix

Dodocase and Fove Show Virtual Reality

by Raverstead

Virtual reality is a big topic for the market these days and many companies besides Oculus are following the trend. At Engadget Expand virtual reality did play a significant role with two companies, Dodocase …

Tags:Engadget Show NY 2014| Eyewear| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 45

Intel Collaborates with Luxottica Group on Wearable Tech

by Raverstead

Just after we reported on the use of Intel processors for the second generation Google Glass device, Intel announced that it has entered into a multi-year collaboration on wearable tech with the Luxottica Group. …

Tags:Eyewear| Intel| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 49

VNS Brings 3D Content Directly to Oculus Rift

by Raverstead

Taiwan’s VNS is developing a pure hardware 3D adapter for the Oculus Rift. The ‘VR Box’ (G-204) supports frame-packed/line interleaved/frame sequential/side-by-side/top-and-bottom 3D content, at 1920 x 1080 resolution and 24fps. It is able to …

Tags:3D (Three Dimensions)| Eyewear| | Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 44

TigerDirect Jumps on Virtual Reality Bandwagon

by Helen Vince

Virtual Reality – Major distributor TigerDirect sees virtual reality as getting ready to take off, so they are now starting to offer head-mounted display (HMD) systems to support the trend. At its annual Tech …

Tags:Distributors| Eyewear| Mobile Display Monitor

Kopin Focuses More Strongly on Eyeglass Display Solutions

by Chris Chinnock

Augmented/Virtual Reality – We stopped by the Kopin booth at Display Week 2014 to talk about some of the company’s business strategy changes, as well as its products and concepts currently in development. Historically, …

Tags:Eyewear| Kopin| Microdisplays| SID Display Week 2014