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New Pico Headsets Leaked via FCC Filings

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Pico (owned by ByteDance, which owns TikTok) is expected to launch a new VR headset with two versions after references in an FCC filing. They are both standalone devices running Android …

Tags:HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Virtual Reality

Kopin Receives Additional $3.8 Million Production Orders for its Brillian Display for Helicopter Pilot’s Helmet Mounted Display

by Artem Alekseenko

Kopin® Corporation, a leading provider of high-resolution microdisplays for Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR), announced it received production orders totaling approximately $3.8 million for its new ultra-bright, full-color Brillian Active Matrix Liquid …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Kopin| Virtual Reality

Disney Allows VR Experience at D23 Expo

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Disney is to create a VR theatre in the D23 Expo from September 9-11 in Anaheim, California. D23 Expo is described as “the Ultimate Disney fan event”. Attendees will have an …

Tags:Disney| Virtual Reality

Guttag Explains the Challenges of Occlusion and Passthrough AR

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Of course, I wondered if Karl Guttag had posted recently when I saw this news, but I ended up tracking down an interesting talk he gave on the challenges of Optical …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mixed Reality| Virtual Reality

Links Mid Week Ending 15th July 2022

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 middle of this week. AOC U28G2XU2: 4K IPS display with 144 Hz …

Apple XR Rumours from Ming-Chi Kuo

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said that he thinks there will be multiple MR headsets starting with an expensive high end device, and then with two further versions, one at a lower …

Tags:Apple| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mixed Reality| Optics| Virtual Reality

Kopin Shows Flagship OLED VR Display & Pancake Optics, Its Best Yet

by Bob Raikes

What They Say RoadtoVR reported on a recent demo by Kopin of its latest OLED display at AWE 2022 and also highlighted the pancake optics that the firm has been developing. Kopin’s P95 pancake …

Sigmaintell Releases VR Forecast

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Chinese market researcher, Sigmaintell, has issued a new report on AR and VR and said that sales of VR headsets reached 11.2 million in 2021, up 65% year on year. It …

Tobii Selected by Sony Interactive Entertainment to be the Eye Tracking Technology Provider for PlayStation VR2

by Artem Alekseenko

Tobii, the global leader in eye tracking and pioneer of attention computing, is pleased to announce its innovative eye tracking technology will be featured in the upcoming PlayStation VR2 headset. “PlayStation VR2 establishes a …

Tags:PlayStation| Tobii| Virtual Reality

Tobii Tracking to be Used by Sony in PSVR2

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Eye tracking specialist Tobii said that its technology would be used in Sony’s PSVR2 headset and that the firm will get revenue worth “more than” 10% of its revenues this year. …

Tags:Foveated Rendering| Gaze Recognition| PlayStation| Tobii| Virtual Reality

Meta’s Dominance in the VR Market will be Challenged in the Coming Years, According to IDC

by Artem Alekseenko

Global shipments for virtual reality (VR) headsets jumped 241.6% during the first quarter of 2022 (1Q22) compared to the same period last year, according to new data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide …

Tags:Analytics & Tools| IDC| Virtual Reality

HTC Announced a New Smartphone (!)

by Bob Raikes

What They Say HTC launched a new mid-range smartphone, the HTC Desire 22 Pro that is intended to be “the perfect companion with Vive Flow VR glasses”. It has a 6.6″ 1080 x 2412 …

Tags:HTC| Smartphones| Virtual Reality