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Big News from Altspace VR, Apple, Disney, Lloyd’s, and the US Justice Department

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Recently, Microsoft entered an extended partnership with OpenAI, the firm behind ChatGPT, to expand the tech solution to business clients. Recently, Microsoft and Amazon cut back roughly 10,000 employees, and Meta dismissed approximately 11,000 people. Apple Teases Reality Pro Specs, Disney/Sony Partnership On Monday, Apple Inc.

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Akonia Uses Holography To Create Transparent Augmented Reality Display

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Akonia Holographics , a startup in Longmont, Colorado, spent years trying to make holographic data storage work. The company now plans to use holography to make inexpensive transparent displays for augmented reality smartglasses. The company has 165 patents, including a few dozen related to augmented reality.

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Holographic Waveguides: What You Need To Know To Understand The Smartglasses Market

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Google and Sony both have intellectual property around waveguide designs similar in nature. Holographic waveguide optics have seen several recent entries into their ranks: TruLife Optics and WaveOptics, both of the UK, and most recently Akonia Holographics of Colorado. They recently closed a $22M round co-led by Sony and Foxconn.