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Inputs include a touchpad, head-tracking, and full voice control. See Also: Dispelix and Avegant Partner to Enable Next-Gen AR Glasses. “If The headset also comes loaded with onboard speakers, noise-canceling microphones, and an HD camera capable of taking photographs or streaming video.
Facebook frenzy: new 360 app + live streaming in VR + voice search, our Avegant future looks like Star Trek, ZeniMax and Oculus: the plot thickens, VR companies grew 40% in 2016, investment & funding wrapup, and more… FACEBOOK FRENZY: NEW 360 APP + LIVE STREAMING + VOICE SEARCH. ZENIMAX AND OCULUS: THE PLOT THICKENS.
Edward Tang is the co-founder and CEO of Avegant, a company building next-generation display technologies for augmented reality experiences. Prior to Avegant, Ed spent nearly 15 years working in microfabrication and MEMs technologies, including 5 years focused on applying MEMs to brain-control interfaces.
The unique (and formerly Valve developed) retro-reflective-powered CastAR system gave us a glimpse at one of augmented reality’s possible futures; Avegant turned up with their bizarre yet technically impressive personal media player the Glyph ; PrioVR had their new entry-level motion tracking / VR input system to try.
Couple that with what we can safely assume was an impressive laboratory demo (in a controlled environment), and he was able to raise a staggering amount of money. MAKO then had a post-IPO acquisition by Stryker, the medical equipment giant (US $50B market cap), for a reported $1.65B. Holographic Waveguides.
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