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Dispelix and Avegant Partner on Advanced Optical Solution for AR

by Artem Alekseenko

DispelixTM (Espoo), the acknowledged leader in see-through waveguide displays for AR and MR wearables, announced it is partnering with Avegant (San Mateo), developers of miniaturized LED-based LCoS light engine technologies for Augmented Reality (AR) …

Tags:AR Glasses| Augmented Reality| LCOS| Mixed Reality

Dispelix and AAC Announce Strategic Partnership

by Artem Alekseenko

Dispelix, the leader in see-through waveguide displays for AR & MR wearables, and AAC Technologies Holdings Inc., the world-leading solutions provider for smart devices, announce a strategic partnership to ensure the AR & MR …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mixed Reality| Wearables

Qualcomm is Expanding in XR R&D & Developing ‘5G Necklace’

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Auganix reported that Qualcomm is boosting its R&D investment in XR with the opening of six new labs in Europe. Separately, Engadget reported that the firm has developed a ‘5G neckband’ …

Tags:5G| Augmented Reality| Europe| Mixed Reality| Qualcomm| R&D (Research & Development)| Smartphones| Verizon

VR Headset Round Table Looks at AR v VR

by Bob Raikes

What They Say XR Today published a ’round table’ of views about the XR industry with representatives of HTC Vive, Varjo, Arthur and Lenovo. Most of it is uncontroversial although Christoph Fleischmann of Arthur, …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mixed Reality| Virtual Reality

Power On Says Mixed Reality Headset ‘As Early as Next Year’

by Bob Raikes

What They Say In his ‘Power On’ subscription newsletter, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman said that Apple’s first headset will be out next year and will support ‘mixed reality’ that is to say a VR experience …

Tags:Apple| Augmented Reality| Mixed Reality| Oculus VR

Metaverse – Meta and Drink for Critics

by Bob Raikes

I’ve been trying to hold out from reflecting on it, but I don’t think I can really resist commenting on the Mark Zuckerberg concept of the metaverse, at least as I understand it. (I …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mixed Reality| Virtual Reality

Peak Nanosystems Gains Backing for Thin Optics

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Peak Nanosystems of Ohio has received $25 million in funding to help boost its production of gradient index (GRIN) optics. The company makes nano-layered polymer GRIN optics that mean that the …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Investment| Mixed Reality| Optics| Virtual Reality

Vive Flow Headset uses Dual LCDs

by Bob Raikes

What They Say HTC has released a new headset, the $499 Vive Flow that it describes as ‘ultra lightweight and glasses-like’ and is designed to work with Android devices. The imagers are 2.1″ 1600 …

Tags:HTC| Mixed Reality| Virtual Reality