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Spring Brings New Headsets

by Bob Raikes

What They Say There seems to be a bit of acceleration in the arrival of new AR & VR hardware. HP is now taking orders for the Omnicept VR Headset at $1,249 and intended …

Tags:Augmented Reality| HP Inc| Mixed Reality| Virtual Reality

Apple to Use Hybrid Fresnel Lenses

by Bob Raikes

What They Say MacRumors reported that respected Apple analyst, Ming-Chi Kuo as forecasting that Apple would use a hybrid Fresnel lens stack (with three lenses per eye) based on optical plastic to minimise weight …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mixed Reality| Optics

Ming-Chi Kuo: OLED for 2022 iPad Air and Forecasts Apple XR

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is regarded as a good source for reasonably reliable rumours on Apple’s plans and we saw two separate reports on his comments. First, he has said that he …

Tags:Apple| Augmented Reality| Gaze Recognition| MiniLED| Mixed Reality| OLEDs| tablets| Virtual Reality

Telekom launches the first XR glasses on the German market

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Invidis reported that Telekom of Germany has started to sell the Nreal Light XR glasses. The glasses weigh 106 gms (3.75oz) and uses 1080P displays. There are ‘gotchas’, however. For now, …

Tags:5G| Augmented Reality| Germany| Mixed Reality| Smartphones

AI Could Reduce Cyber Discomfort

by Bob Raikes

What They Say TowardsDataScience has reported work that looks at the issue that causes some to suffer from ‘cybermotion sickness’ when viewing 3 DOF content (from a fixed position) in 6 DOF (fully movable) …

Tags:Big Data/AI| Human Visual System (HVS)| Mixed Reality| Virtual Reality

Deep Learning Enables Real-Time 3D Holograms On a Smartphone

by Bob Raikes

What They Say IEEE Spectrum published an article about a new AI-based technique that has been developed to generate 3D holograms with very limited processing compared to conventional methods. The full material from the …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Holographic Displays| Mixed Reality| Virtual Reality| Visual Computing

Vive Face Tracker Now Being Offered

by Bob Raikes

What They Say HTC has made available a face tracking option for its Vive Pro headset for $129.99. There are 60p dual cameras that are said to track 38 facial movements in the lips, …

Tags:Augmented Reality| face recognition| Mixed Reality| Virtual Reality

Mark Zuckerberg Talks on the Future of AR and VR

by Bob Raikes

The Information 411 published a 45 minute interview on the Future of AR & VR with Mark Zuckerberg. Zuckerberg said that Facebook is so involved with AR & VR because he sees Facebook as …

Tags:Augmented Reality| | Mixed Reality| Virtual Reality

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Varjo’s Next Generation VR-3 and XR-3 Headsets Now Shipping Worldwide  

by Artem Alekseenko

Varjo™, the leader in industrial-grade VR/XR hardware and software, began shipping its next generation professional-grade virtual reality and mixed reality headsets – the VR-3 and XR-3. Suitable for any professional immersive workflow, both headsets …

Tags:Head Up Displays HUDs| Mixed Reality| Virtual Reality

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Microsoft Mesh is Revealed at Ignite

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Microsoft has announced its Mesh XR platform during its Ignite developer conference, based on its Azure platform. The app is designed as a shared platform for Microsoft’s AR HoloLens platform, Windows …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Cloud Computing| Mixed Reality| Virtual Reality

3M & Pegatron Working on VR Headset with Folded Optics

by Bob Raikes

3M has often been the source of real innovations in the display field, so I was surprised to stumble upon a new technology for optics that seemed to have slipped by me when it …

Tags:3M (MMM)| Mixed Reality| ODMs & OEMs| Optics| Virtual Reality

A New Headset is about to Debut from JVC

by Arthur Berman

JVC Kenwood has announced the upcoming availability of the company’s enterprise focused, extended reality headset, the HMD-VS1W. The headset is intended to be connected to and operate in conjunction with an external computer. A …

Tags:Augmented Reality| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Japan| JVC| Mixed Reality