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Vuefine+ is Back on Kickstarter

by Norbert Hildebrand

Vuefine is one of those clip-on augmented reality displays that tried to compete with Google Glass with a much lower price tag. In 2015, they had a first Kickstarter campaign and as a result …

Tags:Augmented Reality| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 48| Wearables

Optoma Case Studies

by Bob Raikes

Optoma released a couple of case studies of use of its projection technology. Construction company, Coins:Fulcro wanted to create a VR environment to help clients visualise their projects. They used UST and ST projectors …

Pebble to Go to Fitbit

by Bob Raikes

Fitbit is reported to be close to buying smartwatch developer and Kickstarter success, Pebble, for between $34 million and $40 million. The deal is reported to mean the closure of the Pebble operations, with …

GoRout VueUP – First in Helmet HUD for American Football

by Norbert Hildebrand

What happens when some American Football equipment developers watch too much Iron Man and live in Rochester, NY? They come up with the GoRout in helmet HUD that aids practice on several levels. There …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Sports and Stadiums| Vol 23 - Issue 47| Wearables

Vixole – The Display Sneaker

by Norbert Hildebrand

When we talk about wearables we typically have some gadgets like smartwatches or health bands in mind. We even have seen jewelry with some light effects showing up in the market and who has …

Tags:LED| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 23 - Issue 47| Wearables

What’s Percolating in the Ed Market

by Len Scrogan

What are the late-breaking developments in educational tech? Which innovations are trending in the near term? What is expected to surge and scale in schools? And which innovations promise to swell over the long …

The Advent of OLED Fabric Displays?

by Steve Sechrist

In case you missed it, sometime between cooking that turkey and ordering your first Christmas gift, the folks at Korea’s national research lab KAIST said they’ve developed a process that can lead to wearable …

Smartwatch Market Grows Cold with Same Old Designs

by Steve Sechrist

In case you missed it, Apple’s non-growth in the Smartwatch market has hit a new high (errr, low?) with a whopping -72% market growth (year over year) according to data from IDC last week. …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Smartwatches| Vol 23 - Issue 43| Wearable Market| Wearables

And Finally…

by Yvette Raikes

A Japanese biologist, Joji Yamaguchi, has invented a dog collar which show’s the animal’s emotions – calm, excited, happy, etc. – to help owners to manage stressful environments. The Inupathy collar uses the dog’s …

Tags:Back Panel| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 40| Wearables

Microsoft Ceases Sales of Band 2

by Yvette Raikes

Having sold all of its inventory, Microsoft has stopped selling its Band 2 fitness wearable, and it will not be producing any more. The company says that it has no plans to release another …

Tags:Fitness Trackers| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 39| Wearables

Samsung Spin-off WELT to Launch the Smart Belt for Fashion & Health

by Isaac Oburu

K-ICT Born2Global Centre (Born2Global), a major Korean government agency under the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (MSIP), announced on Sept. 27 that WELT (Wellness Belt), a member of Born2Global had raised more …

Tags:Korea| Wearables

Next Wearable is a Belt

by Bob Raikes

Although it doesn’t have a display, we couldn’t resist mentioning the Welt (Wellness belt), a kickstarter project to develop a ‘smart belt’. The company said that it had raised more than double its original …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 38| Wearables