Hands-free voice commands, 4K HD adjustable, rotating camera, no wires or earbuds surround sounds, with bone-conduction (AVIwear) $350 (4K), $250 (1k), $150 audio only JP’s rules for AR: Don’t be ugly or obnoxious Don’t be expensive or heavy Don’t be proprietary For AR to realize its potential, to become a consumer product and be as critical and ubiquitous as … Read more
Dr. Peddie focuses on consumer smart glasses, and discusses the technical challenges of smart glasses
Unity came to GDC fighting the perception it’s riding back seat to Epic’s position in the shotgun seat. The company made some progress during this year’s over 2-hour long keynote—not that Unity ever admits for a moment it’s chasing Unreal and, in fact, there’s much to argue that Unity has built a good position on its own turf, which has … Read more
When I first encountered Varjo’s human eye resolution VR HMD in 2017, it was impressive but rough around the edges. The company, based in Helsinki, has since grown from 12 to 112 people and has raised $51 million. Their headset is targeted to design and simulation customers. Varjo has taken the blank outside face plate and put a reflective surface on … Read more
At SolidWorks World 2019, Nvidia was selling the merits of its Turing RTX 4000 graphics board to workstation users. At the conference, Nvidia highlighted the advantages to be gained by Nvidia’s dedicated cores for rendering and also enough onboard memory to handle large models and assemblies. VR and AI also got their share of the spotlight. Nvidia demonstrated its support … Read more
In 2011, a scant seven years ago, Florida-based Magic Leap wow’ed the world and investors with fake videos of its planned augmented reality (AR) headset. The videos were so good, investors fell over themselves trying to stuff money into Magic Leap’s bank account, and they succeeded to the tune of something north of $2.3 billion US-dollars—making it the richest startup … Read more
Last year, uSens introduced a stereo camera module capable of hand tracking. Now, uSens say they can achieve the same thing with just a smartphone's camera. At the Augmented World Expo in Santa Clara, uSens showed a beta version of its uSensAR Hand Tracking SDK, which enables developers to integrate hand tracking and 3D motion recognition for augmented and virtual … Read more
In March 2018, TECHnalysis Research conducted an online survey of 1,000 US consumers that identified themselves as gamers and who owned some type of augmented reality or virtual reality capable device. Ages of the respondents ranged from 18 to 74, with nearly 60% falling in the 18–34 range; For VR users, it was discovered that most users had tried a … Read more
With its release of its latest AR platform last fall, Vuforia announced the addition of object recognition and ground plane detection, along with support for Apple’s ARKit and Google’s ARCore. Until relatively recently, targets have provided a stable, if not totally satisfactory base for AR objects to stick to (for lack of a better word this minute). They’re not totally … Read more
The world is suffering a little bit from Apple fatigue. More accurately, the world says, no no no, do not tell us about the next big thing, we’re still dealing with a backlog of next big things. Blessedly, Apple cut us all a little slack this year for its big-deal World Wide Developers Conference. … Read more
What and who is new AR is like that science fiction movie you saw and keep waiting for it to materialize in real-life—it’s almost there at your fingertips, you can almost taste it—almost. The concept still excites and attracts developers, investors, conference creators, and attendees, and the press. AR will be as important and integrated into our lives as AI … Read more
Kopin has launched its Solos smart glasses for cyclists, joggers, and triathletes, who have an extra $500 laying around and are afraid they will get lost biking or running The company has started a new Solos division to launch its AR smart glasses which will show up in retail stores later this year. The Westborough, Massachusetts company says its new … Read more
