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Varjo Aero Review

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Laptop blog tested a Varjo Aero VR headset, the version of its headset that uses miniLED LCDs and is intended for serious use with apps such as Microsoft Flight Simulator …

Tags:HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Virtual Reality

AR Insider Gets Hands-On with Snap Spectacles

by Bob Raikes

What They Say ARInsider has ‘finally’ got to try a pair of Snap spectacles with AR functions, under the supervision of Snap. They are not yet available for sale. The blog said that they …

Tags:Augmented Reality| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)

What Magic Leap 2 means for consumer AR

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Magic Leap has let some reviewers have a look at its new ML2 headset and we saw reports from the Information’s Reality Check and Protocol Entertainment. The headset uses LCOS displays …

Tags:Augmented Reality| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)

Qualcomm’s New Deal With ByteDance and Pico

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Qualcomm announced at MWC that it is working in a new partnership with ByteDance that is now the owner of the Pico VR company. (TikTok owner ByteDance could acquire VR headset …

Tags:HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Qualcomm| The Metaverse| Virtual Reality

Karl Guttag Digs Deep into Magic Leap Presentation

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Karl Guttag has reviewed the Magic Leap presentation presented last week and came to the conclusion that it doesn’t reveal much that couldn’t be discovered with a teardown. However, he also …

Tags:Augmented Reality| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| LCOS

Apple AR/VR Headset Could be Power Hungry

by Bob Raikes

What They Say In a research note seen by MacRumors, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said that the much rumoured forthcoming Apple AR/VR headset will use Apple’s biggest USB-C power adaptor which can provide up to …

Tags:Apple| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Power Supplies| Virtual Reality

The HalfDive VR Headset is Optimized for Use in Bed – But Goes to Sleep

by Arthur Berman

Founded just recently, in March, 2021, Diver-X, Inc. (Tokyo, Japan) is in the process of launching a rather unusual headset. Called the HalfDive, the product is designed for use while the user is lying …

Tags:Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Virtual Reality

Somnium Space is Developing a Headset

by Arthur Berman

The “social virtual reality platform company” Somnium Space LTD (London, England)is going into the hardware business. The company explained that “as a decentralized and open Metaverse company we cannot allow Somnium Space to be …

Tags:Augmented Reality| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)