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Will your next TV really be a $1 AR app?

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Protocol Next Up newsletter picked up on a comment by Mark Zuckerberg last week that “Lots of things that are physical today, like screens, will just be holograms in the …

Tags:Holographic Displays| Holography| The Metaverse| TV Viewing| TVs (TV Sets)

The Metaverse is on the Menu

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Last week there was lots of discussion on issues of the ‘Metaverse’, the idea that XR can allow interaction in a digital virtual world made up of immersive shared spaces, an …

Tags:Mixed Reality| The Metaverse| Virtual Reality

Samsung Joins 200 Other Firms in Korea’s Metaverse Alliance

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Korea Economic Daily reported that Samsung has joined a Korean government initiative to coordinate activities to create a metaverse. A total of 202 firms are involved in the initiative which …

Tags:Korea| Samsung| The Metaverse

Facebook’s next product launch will be its Ray-Ban smart glasses

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg said on the Facebook earnings call that its next hardware launch will be Ray-Ban branded smart glasses developed with EssilorLuxottica. “The glasses have their iconic form factor, and …

Tags:Augmented Reality| | The Metaverse

Varjo Wants to Develop the Metaverse

by Bob Raikes

What They Say We listened in to a webinar by Varjo last week and the company announced that it has acquired a BIM software company, Dimension10 and wants to use technology from the firm …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mergers & Acquisitions| The Metaverse| Virtual Reality

Samsung Display Moves its Language in SID Keynote

by Bob Raikes

JS Choi, CEO of Samsung Display (SDC), gave the first keynote that I watched from the SID Display Week, although it wasn’t the first keynote published. Over the years, I have attended many keynotes …

Tags:EL Quantum Dots| OLEDs| QD OLEDs| Quantum Dots| Samsung Display| SID Display Week 2021| The Metaverse

Epic Games, developer of 3D engine Unreal, raised $1 Billion

by Bob Raikes

What They Say VentureBeat reports that Epic Games has raised $1 billion to help fund its development of a ‘metaverse’ and the round values the company at $28.7 billion. Among the investors was Sony …

Tags:3D (Three Dimensions)| Augmented Reality| Investment| The Metaverse| Virtual Reality

Microsoft Thinks True Mixed Reality is Five Years Away

by Bob Raikes

Although Microsoft is developing ‘Mixed Reality’ headsets with PC OEMs based on the Holographic platform that are expected to be here later this year, Microsoft XBox boss, Phil Spencer told Time in an interview …

Tags:AR/VR| Game Playing| Microsoft| Mixed Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| The Metaverse| Vol 24 - Issue 24

AI/Deep Learning Will Help VR

by Chris Chinnock

Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning and Deep Learning were topics that emerged at NAB that were covered in several sessions we attended. These included: The Future of Cinema Technology session titled “How You Get …

Tags:Intel| Mobile Display Monitor| NAB 2017| Press Events| Technicolor| The Metaverse| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 17