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Google Reportedly Set to Acquire Eye-tracking Startup to Bolster Android XR Hardware Efforts

Road to VR

Notably, AdHawk is best known for its innovations in eye-tracking, which replaces traditional cameras with micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS), which is said to result in faster processing and reduced power consumptiontwo things highly prized by AR and smart glasses creators today. Image courtesy AdHawk Microsystems Inc.

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Defining the AR & AI Battlefront, Part 2: Hardware

AR Insider

What does the latest batch of hardware tell us about the near future? This post appeared first on AR Insider. Spatial computing's potential has been held back to some degree. Along comes AI to help it get over the hump. Guest author Evan Helda weighs in.

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Meta’s Head of AR Hardware Teases Next-gen Transparent AR Glasses with Wide Field-of-view

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Meta is full steam ahead on its mixed reality platform, however Head of AR Glasses hardware Caitlin Kalinowski says in a new interview with Android Central that its first augmented reality glasses will offer a real “wow” moment to users thanks to its “high field of view immersion.” I can’t believe this!’

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Meta Opens Project Aria to Researchers Tackling All-day AR Challenges

Road to VR

Now, Meta revealed it’s released Project Aria to a number of third-party research teams aiming to tackle some of the most complex challenges in creating practical, all-day AR glasses of the future. Announced in 2020, Aria doesn’t include AR displays of any type.

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Smartglasses: my experience at CES and the road to AR glasses

The Ghost Howls

Lightweight glasses The first lightweight (AI) smartglasses that I tried there have been Rokid Glasses , the latest device by Rokid, one of the leading companies in AR. These are very lightweight smartglasses that have speakers, a monochrome green waveguide display for notifications and small texts, and a camera to shoot photos and videos.

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Will Magic Leap 2 AR Glasses Lead the Way to the Metaverse?

ARPost

People are expectant of Magic Leap’s soon-to-be-released enterprise AR glasses. While Magic Leap may have dazzled consumers with its AR headset that launched almost four years ago, this is not its goal this time around. Still, Johnson admits that the hype around the metaverse has returned the spotlight to AR and VR.

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Lumus Launches Game-Changing AR Z-Lens At CES

VRScout

These new AR lenses deliver a 2K x 2K resolution experience and address vergence-accommodation conflicts. The Israeli-based augmented reality (AR) company Lumus will be expanding its 2D Maximus platform by unveiling its 2nd generation of Lumus’ Z-Lens waveguide architecture during CES 2023. Its optical engine is also 50% smaller.

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