See ya later
It’s (another) goodbye to Google Glass.
A rocky road for headsets?
Some vendors have one foot in and one foot out.
Consumer AR smart glasses are almost here
Some may already have arrived.
2023: A big year ahead for AR/VR headsets
New products to hit the market, pushing global shipments of AR/VR devices next year and making up for the dip in 2022.
Apple’s AR glasses expected by late 2024
Concept render by Ian Zelbo based on purported leaked information. TrendForce, which tracks and reports on display components, thinks the microLED chip market will start growing in 2024 and soar in 2026. MicroLED AR glasses display chip market. (Source: TrendForce) As you may recall, in May 2014, Apple bought LuxView, a microLED company. And no doubt you heard last … Read more
Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy makes holographic appearance
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy during the volumetric video capture shoot. (Source: Evercoast) What better way to communicate with an important group on an important matter than by speaking in a language common to all? That is the tack Ukraine’s beleaguered President Volodymyr Zelenskyy took very recently in his speech to investors and corporate leaders. He delivered his speech in English and … Read more
HP ExtendXR enables VR All-in-One devices management
HP offers an XR end-to-end solution
HP adds a few tweaks to the Reverb G2
HP announced that it has launched an updated version of its Reverb G2 headset in the US that brings improvements to controller tracking, eye-relief, and AMD compatibility.
Another $500 million goes to magic leap
The doctor will see you now—bring your checkbook Magic Leap was founded by Rony Abovitz in 2010 and raised $2.6 billion from a prestigious list of investors. In December 2016, Forbes estimated that Magic Leap was worth $4.5 billion. On July 11, 2018, AT&T invested in the company and became its exclusive partner. Singapore’s Temasek valued the startup at … Read more
Xiaomi Smart Glasses
(Source: Xiaomi) Xiaomi (pronounced show-me) announced their cleverly named Xiaomi Smart Glasses—the latest entry in new smart wearable devices. Xiaomi says their Smart Glasses (XSG) combine imaging systems and sensors into a subtle, ordinary glasses design using MicroLEDs with optical waveguide technology. The XSFs weigh 51 g. By comparison, Ray-Ban Original Wayfarer weighs 45 g, but unlike the conventional Ray-ban, … Read more
FYR bug’s eye AR glasses
Traditional HMDs are bulky, power-hungry, and most of them fill only a small portion of the visual field with limited resolution. Those limitations plague every industry supplier and user in the AR and VR market, from manufacturing, training, and medical to military and entertainment. The issues are not new or unusual problems; it’s simply physics: there’s only so much light … Read more
Facebook reveals smart glasses: Ray-Ban stories
(Source: Facebook) Facebook worked with Ray-Ban to design sunglasses to take photos, record video, answer phone calls, and play podcasts. You need to be a Facebook subscriber to use those services, but who isn’t a Facebook user? The unstylish-looking Wayfarer sunglasses is the first product from a multiyear collaboration with EssilorLuxottica, the Italian-French vertically integrated multinational corporation based in … Read more