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AR and MR Headsets and Glasses 2019 and 2020 Overview

ARPost

Here, we’ll be taking a look at the AR and MR headsets and glasses that caught our attention in 2019 and that we’ll be keeping an eye on going into 2020. Mixed reality involves a blend of virtual images and the user’s actual surroundings. Because MR is more complex than AR, it requires a lot of computing power.

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U.S. Army To Receive 100,000 Microsoft HoloLens Headsets

VRScout

Several companies went through the bidding process, including HoloLens’s biggest competitor, Magic Leap, but it was Microsoft who ultimately won the bid to partner with the Army as a non-traditional defense contractor. Unfortunately, the device never caught on the way Microsoft had hoped for with roughly 50,000 initial sales worldwide.

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How Will Xiaomi’s AR Smart Glasses Square Up with Rivals?

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

Chinese electronics manufacturer Xiaomi has debuted its Wireless AR Glass Discovery Edition, leading to the company’s first-ever wireless augmented reality (AR) smart glasses. These allow users to swipe virtual pages in manuals and eBooks, exit apps, navigate maps, and other controls.

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How Brain-Computer Interfaces Can Deliver On VR’s Promises

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Mixed reality needs a GUI-like revolution in user interaction. Meta is working on an AR headset, which puts them in the same league as Microsoft and Magic Leap. Do current AR devices simplify these environments or complicate them? Gesture controls preclude hands-free operation. Current Limits.

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Making AR Focals Functional and Fashionable, with North’s Stefan Alexander

XR for Business Podcast

Making any sort of head-mounted AR display has been a challenge, both on the technology front, and from an adaptation standpoint. Today, we're speaking with Stefan Alexander, vice president of Advanced R&D for North, the company this created Focals, the world's first consumer AR glasses. And then I got into VR and AR.

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Making AR Focals Functional and Fashionable, with North’s Stefan Alexander

XR for Business Podcast

Making any sort of head-mounted AR display has been a challenge, both on the technology front, and from an adaptation standpoint. Today, we're speaking with Stefan Alexander, vice president of Advanced R&D for North, the company this created Focals, the world's first consumer AR glasses. And then I got into VR and AR.

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Making AR Focals Functional and Fashionable, with North’s Stefan Alexander

XR for Business Podcast

Making any sort of head-mounted AR display has been a challenge, both on the technology front, and from an adaptation standpoint. Today, we're speaking with Stefan Alexander, vice president of Advanced R&D for North, the company this created Focals, the world's first consumer AR glasses. And then I got into VR and AR.

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