QR CODE PRESS - Nov 25 - ABI Research has shown that the market specific to AR tech will be worth an estimated $100 billion by the close of 2020. The prediction was that 21 million units of augmented reality based devices would ship in 2020 alone. This would represent a CAGR of 78% occurring between 2015 through the end of 2020.
Asus Confirms AR Glasses To Be Released Next Year
CNET - Nov 11 - After previously revealing it was mulling over the idea, Asus has officially announced it's working on its own augmented reality headset, and that it plans on releasing it next year for $3000. "It should be next year when we come out with a product," CEO Jerry Shen said, adding "we think AR (augmented reality) will be very important for people's lives."
ARmKeypad Turns Arm Into A Keyboard
MASHABLE - Nov 7 - Japanese electronics maker NEC has unveiled a system that combines a set of glasses to visualize the virtual keyboard and a smartwatch to detect how fast users type. NEC thinks the innovation could be used in a wide range of working environments including healthcare, manufacturing, document management and even security.
WakingApp Raises $4.3M For AR And VR
PRNEWSWIRE - Nov 4 - Funds raised in Series C from Youzu Interactive as well as one of largest Internet and search companies in China will be used toward expanding the company's AR/VR platform offerings, ENTiTi Creator and ENTiTi Viewer, and expanding its sales, marketing and business development in the United States and China.
Blippar AR Platform Acquires Binocular
TECHCRUNCH - Oct 29 - Binocular is an Austin, TX-based company that creates augmented reality applications for brands, with a specialty in the virtual try-on. The company created the Glasses.com app for Luxotica, which manufactures 75% of the world’s sunglasses, letting users try on glasses using a smartphone app with very realistic rendering.
AR Devices From Magic Leap
MOBILE COMMERCE PRESS - Oct 28 - Magic Leap has managed to raise about half a billion dollars from some massive tech giant investors and is "gearing up to build millions of things," said its president and CEO, Rony Abovitz. It is currently running part of its operations in Florida out of an abandoned Motorola factory. Aside from AR, it might also involve the use of retinal projection and was developed through surgical research.
Asus Considers AR Glasses
KRWG NEWS 22 - Oct 21 - Asus is talking with the Windows software maker about building its own version of Microsoft’s HoloLens. Asus' interest in becoming the first outside company to build a version of Microsoft’s device could give a boost to AR. No version of HoloLens is on the market yet. Microsoft is expected to release a version for software developers for $3,000 in early 2016. That move is designed to spur developers to create HoloLens apps that will appeal to consumers.
Amazon Patent For AR-enabled Glasses
IBTIMES - Oct 18 - The Amazon glasses are expected to work with a mobile device like tablet to display AR content. Unlike some of the recently developed smart glasses, the patent suggests that Amazon's smart glasses would have the ability to switch from a 3D screen to a transparent glass panel. This hints at the presence of mixed reality that would let viewers interact with the real world at the same time wearing the glasses.
by Jagmeet Singh
See full article at IBTimes
Qualcomm To Sell Vuforia AR Business For $65M
MOBILE WORLD LIFE - Oct 14 - Qualcomm Connected Experiences is offloading the business to IoT platform company PTC for $65 million, with the new buyer pledging to continue investment and support for the platform and its developer ecosystem.
Murata's "Cool Design Smart Glass" Concept
GIZMAG - Oct 12 - The smart AR glasses incorporate what Murata claims is the world's smallest micro PS switch module and are designed to give the wearer the ability to remotely control domestic appliances without searching down the back of the couch for the remote or making the long trek to the light switch.
by Stephen Clemenger
See full article at GizMag
Facebook Working On Augmented Reality
TECH CRUNCH - Oct 7 - Facebook's Michael Abrash said virtual reality is already "past the knee of the curve," and has basically arrived. But augmented reality, by its nature, presents a new type of problems. "There are a whole host of challenges — how you do the optics and displays and get photos onto the eyes, how you have something that’s socially acceptable and comfortable all day. I think VR is here now, I think AR will be here, but it’s a long road to get there."
by Matthew Lynley & Josh Constine
See full article at Tech Crunch
AR Market Projected To Grow At 88.5% CAGR To 2019
PR NEWSWIRE - Sep 30 - According to this 2015 augmented reality market report, companies are focusing on developing a mobile workforce in order to function better. Healthcare, automotive, defense, oil and gas, and mining are some of the sectors that are investing heavily in automation to reduce human errors. Further, the report states that the augmented reality market is facing a tough challenge because majority of AR apps available in the market fail because of poor content and the lack of ability to add new content.
AR Has An Image Problem
TECHCRUNCH - Sep 27 - Largely misconceived as an absolute technology that only lends itself to advertising and marketing opportunities, the real potential of AR is just emerging. AR is not a linear technology — it is macro. The Internet has powered remarkable new ways for us to achieve just about everything and AR, in all its many forms, will be at the forefront of the next revolution in the way we connect with the world around us. 4 industries AR will impact next: Education, Retail, Industrial, Food and Health.
Using AR To Guide Surgeries At A Distance
ENGINEERING.COM - Sep 9 - Researchers and engineers at Purdue University and the Indiana University School of Medicine are developing an “augmented reality telementoring” system to connect surgeons with specialists across the world. The new System for Telementoring with Augmented Reality (STAR) uses modern technology like transparent displays and sensors to improve the quality of communication between surgeons and specialists.
Senth IN1 AR Glasses For Cycling
GIZMAG - Aug 19 - Insenth is offering AR glasses that let riders place and receive phone calls, select music, take photos, navigate, and more. Senth IN1 communicates with the user’s iOS or Android phone via Bluetooth, while also communicating with a handlebar-mounted capacitive thumb remote. Riders control functions either by using the remote, voice commands, head movements, or a lateral touchpad on one arm of the glasses.
Global Smart Glasses Market For AR 2015-2019
WHATECH - Jul 15 - Market analysts forecast the Global Smart Glasses market for AR to grow at a CAGR of 194.2% over the period 2014-2019. The report covers the overall ecosystem of the Global Smart Glasses market for Augmented Reality which includes engine providers, software application developers, and smart glasses OEMs and discusses the major drivers, challenges, and trends that influence the growth of the market.
Samsung Smart Headset With 3D-cam, 2x Displays, And AR/holography
SLASH GEAR - Jul 9 - The device has a "light guide element" in two parts, one part dents out a "virtual image", while a second element sends out a light from "outside the wearable display device to a predetermined position." Two additional elements are used to reflect light to their correct positions. It has dual cameras to create a 3D photo and video capture setup that results in images and video closer to our everyday two-eyed human visual system than any camera system has been able to implement before.
The 7 Drivers Of The $150B AR/VR Industry
TECH CRUNCH - Jul 8 - AR and VR share some common drivers that will shape their future, but the problems they solve are different.
- Mobility: AR needs untethered platforms, all day battery life, and mobile quality of service for voice and data. Mobility isn’t that big a deal for VR, although it’s a big plus for mobile VR.
- Vision: The critical elements are field of view, depth of focus/depth of field, vision correction, image resolution, and luminosity/viewability.
- Immersion: The keys to immersion are position tracking (spatial and rotational), jitter, object stability, audio quality, and audio tracking (stereo vs 3D).
- Usability: Processing power (a tradeoff with battery life for AR and host platform cost for VR), user comfort (motion sickness for VR and weight for AR), and user input controls (controller, hand/body, eye, voice, user position, environment).
- Flexibility: Cross-platform operating systems and SDKs for AR and VR make developers’ lives a lot easier. Mixed Reality holds even greater promise by providing the ability to switch easily between AR and VR on the same device.
- Wearability: Design style and comfort top of the list. AR faces greater challenges than VR because of its usage on the street, with tradeoffs between size, weight and power dependent on battery life and efficient CPUs and GPUs.
- Affordability: Immersive VR must follow the path trodden by PCs and consoles to reach a mass audience. Ambient VR needs to be even less expensive AR players should be talking to the telcos now, because there’s a lot of educating to do.
Epson Moverio BT-2000 Smart Eyewear Upgrades
READ WRITE - Jun 23 - The integrated camera gets a bump to 5 megapixels with 3D depth sensing, AR capabilities are boosted with an inertial measurement unit for more-accurate head tracking. The display now supports voice control even without an active Wi-Fi connection. The device is going on sale in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Japan and the U.S. this fall.
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