News & Views #AR

Microsoft and the US Army announced that they have been given the go-ahead to produce Hololens-based displays, called IVAS (Integrated Visual Augmentation System). IVAS is intended to provide improved situational awareness on the battlefield and to enable soldiers to share information and better coordinate their efforts.

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Bose has shuttered their AR Division, releasing staff and cutting off developers. Their AR glasses, called Frames, are still available, but without AR capabilities.

On April 21, 2020, the Silicon Valley chapter of VRARA sponsored a fireside chat with chapter president Dirk Schart and IEA CEO Ben Delaney. they talked for an hour about smartglasses and the recent IEA report, Smartglasses Roadmap – the 20's. Here is a video of the event.

Samsung increase stake in Digilens. Follow-on investment in DigiLens will accelerate XR optical solutions that can hit a consumer price point

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Magic Leap has partnered with Spatial, a cross-reality collaboration platform which enables holographic meetings, to offer a new trial package of our software and equipment — the Magic Leap Collaboration Package. The package provides Magic Leap 1 devices for a trial period of 45 days and support for user set-up with Spatial.

It shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone who has been watching, that Magic Leap is reported to be considering a sale. Looking back we can now see that their aggressive pace of investment just didn’t match what the technology needed to do for its users.

Compound Photonics US and Plessey Semiconductors announced that they have produced the first fully addressable microLED display modules from their new GaN-on-Silicon microLED process. These are intended for AR/MR applications.

Interfaces for xR are among the most challenging issues in the field. People have been trying to figure out the best way to work in virtual worlds since the 90’s, and the variations number at least into the hundreds. Frankly, most of those attempts have not been very successful. Why is this such a tough problem?

Imagination Technologies has announced that it has a new multi-year license agreement under which Apple has access to a wider range of Imagination’s intellectual property.

North, makers of Focals smart glasses, today announced that its next generation of smart glasses, Focals 2.0, will begin shipping in 2020 North has further miniaturized its technology by 40%; making Focals 2.0 lighter, sleeker and featuring a dramatically sharper 10x improved retinal display.