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A Preview of the NReal AR Headset

by Arthur Berman

At the recent Augmented World Expo 2018 held in Santa Clara, California, an AR headset was exhibited by start-up company nreal Technology Co., Ltd. (Beijing, China). It is pictured in the figure below. The …

Tags:AR/VR| Augmented Reality| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 27

The Univet VisionAR Offers AR in Safety Glasses

by Arthur Berman

The VisionAR augmented reality safety glasses, produced by Univet S.r.l. (Rezzato, Italy), were designed for industrial applications (and were recently shown at AWE (UniVet Developing AR Safety Glasses). The headset includes a monocular projection …

Spex Combines VR and AR into an All Day Wearable HMD

by Arthur Berman

Spex, a new division of eSight Corporation (Toronto, Canada) has developed the so-called Super Vision HMD (and showed it at AWE Spex Concentrates on Improving Vision – subscription required). The company describes the Super …

Tags:Augmented Reality| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Vol 25 - Issue 29

Shadow Creator Shows the Action One Headset

by Arthur Berman

Shadow Creator Information Technology Co., Ltd. (Shanghai, China) presented a new mixed reality headset at CES Asia 2018. It is called the Action One. In agreement with one of the reports on the aesthetics …

Tags:Augmented Reality| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mixed Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 27

Microsoft Filed a Patent for Technology to Widen HoloLens FOV

by Andrew Fenn

It has come to light that Microsoft filed a patent back in December 2016 for technology to widen the field of view (FOV) of its HoloLens augmented reality headset. The documentation details a microelectromechanical …

Pimax “8K” VR Headset Enters Mass Production

by Andrew Fenn

Pimax has announced that the ongoing development troubles surrounding its “8K” M1 VR headset have now been eliminated and the device has entered mass production. Pimax says that pre-production headsets sent out in May …

LetinAR Discusses Unique Pin Mirror AR HMD Design

by Matthew Brennesholtz

LetinAR Co., Ltd., a startup Augmented Reality company in Seoul, South Korea, has shown its new design for AR glasses at both CES 2018 in Las Vegas in January and at Mobile World Congress …

Tags:Augmented Reality| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Optics| Vol 25 - Issue 23

Mix AR Glasses Moving Towards Production

by Arthur Berman

ANTVR Technology Co., LTD (Beijing, China) has developed an AR glasses product that the company describes as small, lightweight, having large field of view and compatible with SteamVR. The product is called Mix and …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Vol 25 - Issue 23

CES Asia Innovation Awards for VR/AR Products

by Matthew Brennesholtz

CES Asia, to be held June 13-15, 2018 in Shanghai, China, has announced its Innovation Awards. I’ve been focusing recently on AR and VR and two of the awards caught may eye. The first …

NEDs with Eye Focus Cues at Display Week – Roundup

by Matthew Brennesholtz

A hot topic at the SID Technical Symposium this year, and last year too, was Near Eye Displays (NEDs) for Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) that included accommodation for the eye. There …

Global Head mounted Display HMD Market 2018 2022

Technavio: Gesture Recognition will Boost HMD Market Growth

by Andrew Fenn

The global head-mounted display (HMD) market is expected to grow at a CAGR of approximately 37% between 2018 and 2022, according to a new market research report by Technavio. A major factor driving the …

ANTVR Mix VR/AR Hybrid Headset Fully Funded in Eight Hours

by Andrew Fenn

AntVR, a VR company based in Beijing, China, recently launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund its new hybrid VR/AR headset, called AntVR Mix. Zhu Lee, from the company’s software department, has confirmed that the …