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Leap Motion to Offer AR Headset Reference Design

by Arthur Berman

During the past few years, Leap Motion, Inc. (San Francisco, CA and London, UK) has developed hand tracking technology for use as a means to interact with virtual objects in a virtual reality environment. …

Tags:Augmented Reality| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Leap Motion| Vol 25 - Issue 15

Wearable Technology Show More Interesting than Expected!

by Bob Raikes

The Wearable Technology Show took place at London’s Excel Centre and also included AR & VR topics which it labelled as the AVR360 Show, although it was effectively just a few of the booths …

VRstudios and Multi-Player 6DOF VR Games

by Matthew Brennesholtz

VRstudios provides six degree-of-freedom (6DOF) virtual reality (VR) systems for out-of-home entertainment centers such as theme parks. 6DOF VR systems allow the person wearing the VR head mounted display (HMD) to not only look …

A New Report on the Effects on Cybersickness

by Arthur Berman

A team of researchers headed by Justin Mittelstaedt, a member of the Department of Aviation and Space Psychology at the German Aerospace Center (Hamburg, Germany), has recently reported the results of a study on …

Tags:Game Playing| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Human Visual System (HVS)| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 09

AR, VR, MR and Smartglasses – Who is Who?

by Norbert Hildebrand

With the reporting on AR, VR, MR and smartglasses at an all time high one would think that we have a clear understanding of what is what. However, as it seems that is not …

Apple Files a Patent Application for HMD Optical Systems

by Arthur Berman

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office recently published a patent application filed by Apple that relates to optical systems for Head Mounted Displays (HMDs). While uses in augmented reality HMDs are discussed in the …

Tags:Apple| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Lenses| Optics| Vol 25 - Issue 07

Varjo Closes $15 million Investment Round

by Norbert Hildebrand

The name Varjo is not very well known in the VR industry, but that may change if they can achieve what they are promising. The existing prototype was good enough to gather enough initial …

Flex Develops AR Headset Using ‘Sketch to Scale’ Concept

by Bob Raikes

Flex has been trying to promote the range of design and manufacturing facilities that it is able to provide to brands, with its ‘Sketch to Scale’ tag line. The company saw that there are …

IDC: VR Moves to PC and Console, AR Prepares for Long-Term Growth

by Andrew Fenn

Worldwide proliferation of VR and AR headsets is expected to continue as shipments reach 59.2 million in 2021, up from 9.6 million in 2017, according to IDC. To date, the entire market has been …

Māoï Developing a HUD-Based Dive Computer

by Arthur Berman

Thalatoo (Montpellier, France) is developing a unique display-based recreational dive computer product called M?oï. The device incorporates a monocular HUD that presents important dive related information out in front of the diver. The add-on …

Tags:HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Sports and Stadiums| Vol 24 - Issue 47

US Army Enhances Training with Upgraded Helmet Mounted Display

by Andrew Fenn

The US Army has selected a new version of Rockwell Collins’ SimEye Helmet-Mounted Display to be used in its Aviation Combined Arms Tactical Trainer systems. A total of 332 helmet-mounted displays will be upgraded …

Team of Designers Create a Range of VR Headset Prototypes

by Andrew Fenn

A team of designers from industrial firm Nonobject have created a range of head-mounted display (HMD) prototypes, targeting improved comfort, outward appearance and ease of use as VR is adopted into more and more …

Tags:HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 44