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Avegant , makers of Glyph personal media HMD, are turning their attention to the AR space with what they say is a newly developed light field display for augmented reality which can display multiple objects at different focal planes simultaneously. Avegant Light Field design mockup.
Avegant, the AR display company known for its Glyph head-mounted display , announced that the company has successfully closed a $12M Series AA financing, which will allow them to further develop their light field technologies and “high resolution, low latency, and high brightness” retinal displays. Image courtesy Avegant.
The headset also comes loaded with onboard speakers, noise-canceling microphones, and an HD camera capable of taking photographs or streaming video. See Also: Dispelix and Avegant Partner to Enable Next-Gen AR Glasses. “If Inputs include a touchpad, head-tracking, and full voice control.
These are the kinds of weightless experiences Stephen Greenwood, director of creative development at Discovery Digital Networks, and Allan Evans, cofounder of headset maker Avegant , are creating with their custom VR headset designed for underwater use. Just make sure you have a lifeguard present before you hop in.
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. THE FUTURE REALLY DOES LOOK LIKE STAR TREK.
For less capable computers or mobile headsets, the same scene would be represented as baked-down 3D geometry, while mobile devices would get a high quality 360 video rendered at up to 10K resolution—all using the same pre-rendered source assets. SEE ALSO Avegant Claims Newly Announced Display Tech is "a new method to create light fields".
The panel featured Karl Guttag from KGOnTech, Adi Robertson from the Verve, Jeri Ellsworth from Tilt Five, and Ed Tang from Avegant. You can find a video version of the session on the AWE Youtube channel, but presented here is an audio version I cleaned up a bit. You can also find the show notes at thearshow.com.
But what you’re looking at is actually a real prototype of an HMD called the Glyph, developed by a company called Avegant. I got to try it myself back in 2013 when Avegant was developing the then yet-to-be-named Glyph, a personal video viewer which doubles as a pair of headphones and is available today for $400.
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