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AR contact lenses are far away, but a new research is paving their way

The Ghost Howls

I got immediately hyped about this: we are all dreaming about AR glasses like Magic Leap or HoloLens 2 , but what if the future was made of AR contact lenses? Me doing a duck face with a pair of Magic Leap on. EN62471-2008). It’s an intriguing possibility, that seems taken directly from sci-fi movies.

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Visual Positioning Systems: what they are, best use cases, and how they technically work

The Ghost Howls

This is a video showing Augmented Reality with 2D markers in 2008 using a Nokia N95 phone. They are very useful if your purpose is to augment a specific physical object, but are still pretty cumbersome and sometimes pretty expensive. When I say that markers are an old technology, I really mean it!

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Who Will Own the Metaverse?

AR Insider

It’s been called the AR Cloud by many, the Magicverse by Magic Leap, the Mirrorworld by Wired, the Cyberverse by Huawei, Planet-scale AR by Niantic and Spatial Computing by academics. Magic Leap are the highest-profile, with both a device and a platform, and more recent entrants include Ubiquity6, AIReal and Placenote.

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XR Smart Glasses Market Map: The Top Providers for 2023

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Read up on the latest news here. Latest Vuzix News Magic Leap Magic Leap specializes in the creation of AR and MR solutions, for enterprise users. The Magic Leap 2 headset is the most recent solution provided by the company for the AR smart glasses landscape. Check up on the latest news here.

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AR Smart Glasses Market Map: The Top Providers for 2023

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Goertek NReal Lenovo Iristick Vuzix Magic Leap XYZReality Longan Vision Rokid ThirdEye Google Toshiba Epson RealWear Microsoft Lumus TCL RayNeo Goertek Offering a variety of extended reality products for virtual and augmented experiences, Goertek has a range of smart glasses included in its portfolio.

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Top AR Smart Glasses Providers for 2023

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

Magic Leap Magic Leap specializes in the creation of AR and MR solutions for enterprise users. The Magic Leap 2 headset is the most recent solution provided by the company for the AR smart glasses landscape. Magic Leap also recently achieved an IEC 60601 certification for its headset.

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The Possibility of AR on the Urban Space

ARVR

Apple is working on hardware but it is reportedly delayed yet again, and Magic Leap seems to have lost its flame before being able to enlarge enough its consumer base. Those are all exciting developments, but if you are following closely you learned to be reasonably skeptical.

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