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by Artem Alekseenko
New research from Omdia indicates that the consumer virtual reality (VR) market will be worth $16 billion by 2026, a 148% increase on 2021. The latest outlook comes from Omdia’s Consumer VR Headset and …
Tags:Forecasts| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Virtual Reality
by Artem Alekseenko
HMDmd, Inc. announced that pre-clinical prototypes of their head-worn display system, designed specifically for applications in surgery and interventional medicine, are now available for development and evaluation by OEM system partners. The DEK21 Wearable …
Tags:CES 2021| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Medical
by Artem Alekseenko
Kopin® Corporation, a leading provider of high-resolution microdisplays for Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR), announced it has recently started production deliveries of its new superhigh-brightness, full-color Brillian Active Matrix Liquid Crystal Display …
Tags:Augmented Reality| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Kopin| Virtual Reality
by Bob Raikes
Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the second part of this week. Headset maker Pimax to Hold Launch Event …
Tags:Aviation| Digital Signage| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Huawei| Motion Capture| Pricing| Samsung| Smart TV| TVs (TV Sets)| Virtual Reality
by Arthur Berman
The X-Craft headset launched by Rokid Inc. (Redwood City, CA) last December does not look quite like other AR glasses products. Nor do the specifications to which the X-Craft was designed read like those …
Tags:Augmented Reality| Health and Safety| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Rugged Displays
by Artem Alekseenko
Pico Interactive, one of the world’s leading developers of innovative VR (virtual reality) solutions for enterprise use, announced the full commercial release of their two highly anticipated new standalone VR headsets: Pico Neo 3 …
Tags:HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Virtual Reality
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Schott published an article that announced that the firm has a new optical glass that can reduce the weight of AR waveguides by 20% but also has a Refractive Index of …
Tags:Augmented Reality| Google Glass| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Optics| Waveguide Display
by Chris Chinnock
Jade Bird Display, a key developer of microLED microdisplays, has partnered with WaveOptics, a major supplier of waveguide optics to create a new reference design for AR smartglasses. Dubbed Leopard, the development kit includes …
Tags:Augmented Reality| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Microdisplays| MicroLED| Optics| Waveguide Display
by Bob Raikes
What They Say PatentlyApple reported that Apple has been granted a US patent for a mixed reality headset with a 3D display that can dynamically focus images directly onto the retina to correct for …
Tags:Apple| Augmented Reality| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Patents| Virtual Reality
by Arthur Berman
Startup Spartan HUD (Toronto, Canada) has started to sell a product called the Spartan HUD Helmet (Flagship Edition). The Spartan HUD augments the user’s vision through overlays on a high definition LCD. The mixed …
Tags:Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mixed Reality| Virtual Reality
by Artem Alekseenko
The Extended Reality (XR) headset shipments almost tripled annually in Q1 2021, according to the latest research from Counterpoint’s Global XR (VR & AR) Model Tracker. The Oculus Quest 2 success drove these volumes. …
Tags:Augmented Reality| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Market| Oculus VR| Virtual Reality
by Bob Raikes
What They Say DigiLens said that it has done a deal with Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. to develop the DigiLens plastic waveguide technology. The approach is claimed to be the only approach to making plastic …
Tags:Augmented Reality| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Materials| Optics| Virtual Reality
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