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CastAR Shows Projection-based AR Headset at CES

by Chris Chinnock

TechnicaI Illusions (Woodlinville, WA) used a suite at CES 2015 to offer private demos of it CastAR headset. The company opened a Kickstarter campaign last fall with the goal of raising $400K, but got …

Sony Shows SmartEyeglass and Attach Module for AR Apps

by Chris Chinnock

Sony used CES to showcase two new prototypes – the next versions of the devices we reported on from IFA. The SmartEyeglass device is a dual ocular eyeglasses type device for AR applications while …

Optinvent to Release AR Headphone Design

by Chris Chinnock

France-based Optinvent was at CES 2015 to show some current AR headsets and to gather support for a new design it intends to bring to market by Q3’15. While the new design is headphone-based, the current …

Toshiba Focuses on Concepts

by Tom Allen

Toshiba’s stand was largely full of conceptual devices, although there were only a few product announcements. Security is more and more of a concern these days, so Toshiba has developed the Toshiba Zero Client …

Jins Eyewear Reaches USA

by Tom Allen

Japanese company Jins is bringing its Jins Meme smart eyewear (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 21) to the US market. The glasses do not contain a display; instead, they are a head-mounted input device. …

Juniper: Smart Glasses Niche to 2018

by Raverstead

Adoptions of smart glasses will be hampered by privacy concerns, Juniper Research has concluded in a new report. Prolonged time-to-market periods and a lack of key use cases has resulted in low adoption. Juniper …

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Virtual Reality and Movies

by Norbert Hildebrand Don't Use

Virtual Reality – CNet reports in an article “Virtual reality and the silver screen: A match made in heaven” on virtual reality headsets and their use for showing movies. The article argues that movie …

Toshiba Shows Smartglasses at Ceatec

by Helen Vince

Smartglasses – With Ceatec just opening its doors, Toshiba shows its take on the new smartglasses category. The device is called Toshiba Glass but doesn’t look anything like Google Glass. Several news blogs (PC World, Glass …

Eyedak Uses Smartphone as Screen

by Super User

Eyedak, a company based in Scotland, is developing a VR headset called Vrase, to compete with the Oculus Rift and Sony’s Morpheus. Like Samsung’s (rumoured) Gear VR headset (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 28), …

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March Targeted for Sony’s Eyeglasses

by Super User

Sony’s Smart Eyeglass wearable – first seen at CES 2014, and again at IFA this year – will go on sale in March 2015, the company has said.

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Nanomarkets: LCoS May Overtake LCD as Common Mobile Display

by Super User

Nanomarkets has published a new report on the components and subsystems markets for smartglasses (http://tinyurl.com/p9gy3kg). The firm estimates that there is an opportunity in the market worth $3.2 billion, for makers of sensors, lightguides, …

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Oculus CEO Hints at 2015 Rift Release

by Super User

In an interview with Bloomberg, Oculus VR founder and CEO Brendan Iribe has hinted that the Oculus Rift might (finally) reach consumers next year. Iribe said that the Rift will be available “pretty soon… …