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OSVR Virtual Hardware and Software Project

by Norbert Hildebrand

Virtual reality headsets fall into two categories so far; there are the dedicated headsets and then the smartphone plug-in cases that provide a cheap way to get a first VR experience for the consumer. …

Tags:HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 02

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

XOEye Raises $1.5 million for Wearable Tech

by Bob Raikes

XOEye Technologies has raised $1.5 million in a Series A funding round. The money will help to transition XOEye from a research and development operation into a fully operational company. XOEye Technologies offers a …

Tags:Augmented Reality| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Investment| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 50

Sensics Shows HMD and Viewer Products

by Raverstead

Sensics showed several of their high performance HMDs including one with dual 1080p flat panels and a 131 degree FOV. They have a new miniature engine and rugged HMDs including one that can meet …

Tags:HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| I/ITSEC 2014| Simulation

SA Photonics Triples See-Through HMD Brightness

by Raverstead

SA Photonics showed a very bright and very wide FOV see-thru HMD for use in augmented reality and simulation applications.

Tags:HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| I/ITSEC 2014| Simulation

LCoS to be Worth $1.5 Billion in Four Years

by Raverstead

A report posted on Marketsandmarkets (http://tinyurl.com/me9o26v) claims that the global LCoS market will be worth $1.5 billion by 2018. LCoS is currently growing at a 30.2% CAGR, and is mostly used in head-mounted and …

eMagin Building High-Res OLED HMD

by Raverstead

An ‘Immersive Head Mounted Display’ (IHMD), with an OLED microdisplay, is being developed by eMagin. The product uses the company’s own 2k x 2k display (Display Monitor Vol. 19 No 32) and patented optics. …

US Marines Testing New Virtual Reality Training Tool

by Raverstead

Just prior to I/ITSEC 2014, the US Marines did a field test of a new training solution that uses virtual reality to place virtual objects such as simulated people, aircraft, vehicles, etc. into a …

CastAR Shows New Augmented Reality Headset Prototype

by Raverstead

We have reported before on the CastAR headset from Technical Illusions and its successful Kickstarter campaign. Now Venture Beat reports on an interview with Jeri Ellsworth on the status of the CastAR headset prototype. …

Tags:Augmented Reality| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 47

Rumor: Huawei to Release Honor Smartglasses in Late 2014

by Raverstead

With augmented reality glasses from Google still in an extended beta release for $1,500 a piece, the release of other augmented reality headsets, like the Vuzix M100 or Epson Moverio, is still a very …

Tags:Augmented Reality| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Huawei| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 47

55 ForthDD’s Microdisplays in 97% of US Army’s HMD

by Raverstead

Forth Dimension Displays (ForthDD) (Scotland) is a long time manufacturer of high performance LCOS panels. At I/ITSEC 2014, the company told us that its microdisplays now power over 97% of the US Army’s HMDs …

Fove Plans Dev Kit in 2015

by Super User

Japan’s Fove has built a proof-of-concept head-mounted display with eye tracking. It is now preparing to release a developers’ kit in 2015. Fove says that its product may enable people with restricted use of …

Tags:Gaze Recognition| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 36