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3M Teams with Pegatron to Advance Virtual Reality Headset Design

by Bob Raikes

What They Say 3M & Pegatron announced that they are working together to develop a new VR reference design based on 3M’s reflective polariser-based ‘folded optics’ lens. The lens is said to allow smaller …

Tags:3M (MMM)| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mixed Reality| Optics| Virtual Reality

Nreal To Expand Sales Network and Add Enterprise Set

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Venturebeat reported that AR headset maker, Nreal, is making a new mixed reality headset for enterprise use (due in 2021) and is also planning to sell its Nreal Light model outside …

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

Links Round-up Week Ending 26th Feb 2021

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 first part of this week. HP U28 4K HDR Monitor Review: Color …

Directional Polarized Light Emission from Thin‐Film Light‐Emitting Diodes

by Bob Raikes

What They Say An article has been published in the journal, Advance Materials, that explains how a group at NC State University and the University of Texas has developed a new device architecture for …

Tags:Augmented Reality| LED| Mixed Reality| PeLED (Perovskite LED)| Virtual Reality

Canon will release its MREAL S1 AR/VR headset

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Canon has released a new lightweight headset, the MReal S1, which is mainly said to be targetted at corporations in Japan. With a price of $38.400 (full system including system and …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Canon| Mixed Reality| Virtual Reality

What’s next for AR headset display technology?

by Bob Raikes

What They Say SPIE.org published an article that summarises developments in AR and emphasises that the technology is not new, but has been around for 50 years or so in some applications. The writer …

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

Get ready for future tech: Goertek’s global R&D headquarters opened

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Goertek of China said that it has opened a new global R&D headquarters in Qingdao, China. The firm said that it invests 6%-8% of its revenues in R&D and it has …

Tags:Mixed Reality| Virtual Reality

Zuckerberg Commits to XR Future

by Bob Raikes

What They Say In a year end speech to employees, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said that he would be “particularly focused” on technologies that deliver “a deeper sense of presence,” like augmented and …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Facebook/Meta| Mixed Reality| Virtual Reality

Deloitte Also Predicts XR Developments

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Earlier this week we carried a forecast from Deloitte about 8K. After publication we realised that we had missed the firm’s predictions for VR and XR. We also found that the …

You Can’t Make Things Better and Cheaper, or Can You?

by Bob Raikes

I have been following the Finnish mixed reality headset maker, Varjo, for several years and have been impressed and surprised by the company’s products, which have delivered the best mixed reality experiences that I …

Tags:Gaze Recognition| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mixed Reality| OLEDs| Virtual Reality

The Lynx R1 Mixed Reality Headset is About Ready to Ship

by Arthur Berman

Lynx (Paris, France) is about ready to ship the company’s redesigned headset, the Lynx R1. Configured for mixed reality, the headset can present in either virtual or augmented reality. The headset is stand-alone meaning …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mixed Reality

Forget 5G. This Is the Technology Apple Is Really Betting On With the iPhone 12.

by Bob Raikes

What They Say An article on investment site ‘The Motley Fool’ suggests that the inclusion of Lidar in the iPhone 12 Pro is a bigger deal than many have recognised. The technology can create …

Tags:3D Depth Cameras| Apple| Augmented Reality| iPhone| Mixed Reality