⊲ Immersive Wire ⊳ Tom Ffiske argues in Immersive Wire that smart glasses makers are fighting physics, with waveguides delivering under 1% of projector light, batteries of about 250 mAh versus at...
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eXtended Reality
Finnish XR Training Targets Drone Threats
⊲ Varjo ⊳ The Finnish Defence Forces Innovation Unit and Varjo are piloting training with a brigade-level unit to improve soldiers' readiness against drone and loitering munitions threats. Soldiers...
Military Wearables Set to Double
⊲ Research and Markets ⊳ A new Research and Markets report values the global military wearables market at USD 5.45 billion in 2025, forecasting USD 13.18 billion by 2036 at an 8.3% annual growth...
AI Arrives On Your Face
⊲ TechRepublic ⊳ XREAL is preparing to ship from mid-November its Aura augmented reality glasses, developed for Google's Android XR platform. The 95 gram glasses are expected to combine transparent...
Virtual Worlds Gain Missing Sense
⊲ Discover Magazine ⊳ Researchers at Ohio State University and Zhejiang Laboratory have developed Scentronic, an AI-assisted system that detects odours and recreates them remotely. An electronic...
XR Turns Fingertips Into Microphones
⊲ Hackster.io ⊳ Carnegie Mellon University researchers have developed SoundBubble, a system that uses XR headset microphones and hand tracking to create virtual microphones that follow users’...
Big Tech Backs 60 Years of XR Heritage
⊲ Meta ⊳ Meta has joined Google and Applied Materials as a founding sponsor of Extended Reality: Visions of the Future at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, running until 28...
Apple Faces XR Controller Uncertainty
⊲ AppleInsider ⊳ Sony has sold 419 extended reality patents to Meta, raising questions about the future of PlayStation VR2 hardware and its implications for Apple Vision Pro gaming. Apple's headset...
Smart Fibres Power Immersive Interaction
⊲ EurekAlert! ⊳ Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences have reviewed how triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) fibres could improve virtual and augmented reality interaction. These flexible,...
Android XR Glasses Promise Lightweight Design
⊲ PhoneArena ⊳ Leaked specifications reveal Samsung’s forthcoming Android XR smart glasses could weigh just 41 grams, featuring a Snapdragon AR1 Gen 1 processor, 12MP camera, 2GB RAM and 64GB...
Smart Glasses and AI Transform Deliveries
⊲ Tom's Guide ⊳ Amazon plans to equip its delivery drivers with more than 20,000 pairs of AI smart glasses by the end of 2027 providing hands-free navigation, package identification and delivery...
Every Living Room Becomes Arena
⊲ VFX Voice ⊳ Mixed reality is gaining ground as passthrough, room scanning and hand tracking mature on headsets such as Meta Quest 3 and Apple Vision Pro, according to VFX Voice. Magnopus built...