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Edward Tang (Avegant) on How Our Eyes & Brains Deceive Us and Making Displays to Match

The AR Show

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.

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Long-Anticipated Nreal Air AR Glasses Launch for US Users

ARPost

Software Announcements and Updates. See Also: Dispelix and Avegant Partner to Enable Next-Gen AR Glasses. We also now know that Air will offer a 46-degree FoV (to Light’s 52 degrees). These changes as well as other optimizations mean that Air is 25% lighter and significantly more energy-efficient than Air.

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New Partnerships and Products From Waveguide Manufacturer Dispelix

ARPost

More specifically, they make waveguides and proprietary software for those waveguides. In fact, the last time that Dispelix talked to ARPost it was to announce a partnership with light engine manufacturer Avegant. The Finnish startup is a components manufacturer. Specifically, they make optics. So, what has Dispelix been up to?

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

VRScout

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.

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Weekly Funding & People Roundup: TheWaveVR Raises $4M, Pluto.

AllThingsVR

Weekly Funding & People Roundup: TheWaveVR Raises $4M, Pluto VR raises $13.9M, Avegant Raises $13.7, Magic Leap acquires FuzzyCube Software 1) TheWaveVR has released the beta version of its social VR music platform on the Steam Early Access on the PC. Read more on GeekWire. Read more on GeekWire. Read more on Financial Times. ,

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Charting a Path to Viable Consumer AR Glasses, Part IV

AR Insider

and Avegant is pursuing a foveated display for AR. This divide-and-conquer approach can work brilliantly in software, but in hardware—particularly face-worn hardware—a more holistic approach is needed. The same insights can be extended to the display hardware. Varjo has applied a simplified version of this concept to their VR device.

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We Tried an Underwater VR Headset, and it Worked

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

Greenwood works in digital production for Discovery and Evans is the CTO and co-founder of Avegant Glyph. VR images are warped and distorted using lenses and software to cost effectively offer a wide field of view with a commodity display. There were two experiences running on the underwater headset. .”

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