May 28, 2914, Augmented World Expo, Santa Clara, CA—We talked with Anna Jen from Epson about their latest Moverio BT-200 head-mounted displays. These binocular eyeglass-style displays have a number of features to enable numerous AR and display functions. The glasses are clear and have stereo imagers for AR capabilities. The coaxial displays are mounted within…
March 25, 2014, GPU technology conference, San Jose, CA—Kobi Ben Zvi from Mishor talked about heads-up displays and augmented reality for cars. There is an ongoing trend to include more augmented reality functions in cars to provide greater ease of use, safety, and greater access to relevant information. The advance of augmented reality in cars…
January 2014 – At CES 2014 VOXX held a press day event that featured products from their growing number of brands and a launch of their new name VOXX Electronics. The event was hosted by their new President Tom Malone and his announcement of the new direction towards mobility and security. The kickoff was their…
January 2014, Epson was showing their integrated system products at CES 2014. One of the areas was focusing on wearables and fitness sensors for pulse, other body measurements. The sensors inside were developed by Epson and incorporate their core technologies in Bio, Swing and Location sensing. Initial Bio sensing products for North America are in…
June 4, 2013, Augmented Reality Expo, Santa Clara, CA—The AR.org group presented awards to a number of companies for excellence and innovation. The group is working to get 1B active users of AR by 2020. They host a number of events to educate and boost awareness about AR, and hatch AR initiatives and help bring…
June 5, 2013, Augmented World Expo, Santa Clara, CA—The AR infrastructure needs to move to standards and open platforms to become as recognized and used as USB. Christine Perey from Perey Consultants moderated a panel of people working on those standards. Panelists were Rob Manson from ARStandards.org, Neil Trevett from Khronos, and Martin Lechner from…
June 5, 2013, Augmented World Expo, Santa Clara, CA—Steve Mann from Toronto University is considered one of the founding fathers of wearable computers. He provided a historical perspective and a look into the possible futures of AR. The origins of wearable computers started with welding glasses. These are dark lenses to protect the eyes from…
June 5, 2013, Augmented World Expo, Santa Clara, CA—A panel of eyewear vendors addressed some of the important topics of wearable displays. Pete Wassell from Augmate moderated the panel. Panel members were Meron Gribetz from Meta, Judith Baumgarten from Fraunhofer, Anna Jen from Epson, Kayvan Mirza from Optinvent, Steve Mann from Toronto University, John Murray…
June 4, 2013, Augmented World Expo, Santa Clara, CA—Tish Shute from Syntertainment and augmentedreality.org elucidated the nature of the AR industry. The ability to change thoughts into some form of reality is likely to change the nature of human interactions. The technology cycles continue to accelerate to the point where a nominal 10-year cycle for…
June 4, 2013, Augmented World Expo, Santa Clara, CA—Ben Cerveny from GAFFTA described AR as space woven with meaning. The semantics on the street to make objects and services exist in a space will make AR pervasive. Augmented reality will move data into a built environment. For example, map making expanded our consensual model of…