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Karl Guttag Impressed by Lumus & Compound Photonics

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Karl Guttag, sometime Display Daily contributor and AR/VR specialist, was visited by Lumus which showed him new prototype AR glasses that impressed him with: The display has 2048 x 2048 resolution …

Tags:Augmented Reality| LCOS| Optics| Waveguide Display

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DigiLens launches developer prototype for extended reality glasses

by Bob Raikes

What They Say VentureBeat interviewed DigiLens, the maker of waveguides for AR/VR and HUDs about a new version of its smartglasses that is intended as a development system, based on the Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2 …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Microdisplays| Waveguide Display

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KDH Says it has a Waveguide Film

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The KDH Design of Taiwan talked about its “transparent AR film” that is designed for headsets and other devices. Few details were give, but the firm was started by the previous …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Film materials| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Waveguide Display

A Tour of the Vuzix Waveguide Factory

by Chris Chinnock

I recently had the opportunity to meet with Vuzix CEO Paul Travers and get a tour of their waveguide manufacturing and AR headset assembly facility in Rochester, New York. These waveguides are the key …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Vuzix| Waveguide Display

WaveOptics Opens New North American Headquarters

by Andrew Fenn

WaveOptics, a designer and manufacturer of diffractive waveguides for Augmented Reality (AR) wearables and smartglasses, has opened a US headquarters in Los Angeles. The move will allow the company to support its US customer …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Recruitment & Appointments| Vol 25 - Issue 37| Waveguide Display

The Univet VisionAR Offers AR in Safety Glasses

by Arthur Berman

The VisionAR augmented reality safety glasses, produced by Univet S.r.l. (Rezzato, Italy), were designed for industrial applications (and were recently shown at AWE (UniVet Developing AR Safety Glasses). The headset includes a monocular projection …

Tags:Augmented Reality| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mobile Display Monitor| sony| Vol 25 - Issue 27| Waveguide Display

Lumus Looking to Build Business for Waveguides

by Bob Raikes

Lumus, based in Israel, is a developer of high quality waveguides for AR that it has been making for seven or eight years, through a partnership with Thales of France (and we have been …

Tags:Augmented Reality| AWE 2018| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 25| Waveguide Display

Continental Takes Larger Stake in DigiLens

by Norbert Hildebrand

Continental has increased its stake in DigiLens, the California-based development firm for optical waveguide solutions. After investing in the Series C financing round, Continental holds now a stake of 18% in DigiLens and will …

Tags:Automotive| Head Up Displays HUDs| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 20| Waveguide Display

Wearable Technology Show More Interesting than Expected!

by Bob Raikes

The Wearable Technology Show took place at London’s Excel Centre and also included AR & VR topics which it labelled as the AVR360 Show, although it was effectively just a few of the booths …

Tags:Augmented Reality| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Kopin| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 11| Waveguide Display| Wearable Technology 2018| Wearables

Can Waveguides Bring Auto HUD Ubiquity?

by Steve Sechrist

In case you missed the Auto display business conference at Display week (Yikes, nearly 3 months ago!) Continental devoted a good portion of its presentation time to introducing its new DigiLens waveguide powered HUD …

Tags:Automotive| Head Up Displays HUDs| Vol 24 - Issue 29| Waveguide Display

IC09 Vuzix Says Glasses Must be Light & Fashionable

by Bob Raikes

Paul Travers is President and CEO of Vuzix based in Rochester and the company is 20 years old. It has offices in the UK and Japan and investors include Intel Capital. After many years, …

Tags:Augmented Reality| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mobile Display Monitor| Press Events| SID Display Week 2017| Vol 24 - Issue 12| Vuzix| Waveguide Display