AR Headset
Canon Announces MREAL X1 Enterprise Headset with Larger FOV
Canon announced its next enterprise XR headset, MREAL X1. The device, which offers passthrough AR, appears to be a modestly upgraded version of the company's 2021 model, MREAL S1, as it boasts a field of view (FOV) that's "2.5...
Report: Microsoft Braces for Negative Field Tests of Military HoloLens
Microsoft is supposedly gearing up to field test its HoloLens-based military AR headset, however a new report contends the company is bracing for impact, as it's expecting negative feedback from soldiers.
Last year, Microsoft announced it had won a United States...
Tons of New Magic Leap 2 Details Shed Light on Dynamic Dimming & More
Although it's expected to launch this year, there's still no firm release date on Magic Leap 2. However, the company has begun sharing details on the headset which suggests the launch is approaching.
This week at the SPIE Photonics West...
HoloLens Optics Chief Joins Google Amid Reported Push for Upcoming Google AR Headset
Bernard Kress, principal optical architect on Microsoft's HoloLens team, has left the company to take on the role of Director of XR Engineering at the recently formed Google Labs. A report by The Verge maintains Google is also now gearing...
Cas & Chary Present: Hands-on with Nreal Light, One of the First Consumer-available AR Glasses
Nreal is a China-based startup behind the Nreal Light AR glasses, which aim for a sunglasses-like design. By hooking it up to your (Android) phone, it’s able to project virtual objects in your real environment and even allow you...
Nreal Launches $600 ‘Light’ AR Glasses in United States via Verizon
Nreal, the Chinese startup behind the Nreal Light AR glasses which made a splash back at CES 2019, has now expanded to the United States, making the smartphone-tethered device available through select Verizon stores starting today.
Nreal Light is a...
Magic Leap Won’t Make a Consumer Headset but May License Tech to Someone That Will
Magic Leap just gave us the first glimpse of its Magic Leap 2 AR headset earlier this week. Despite a consumer-focused start, the company has firmly pivoted into the enterprise segment. Comments from the CEO suggest there will be...
CEO Shares First Details on Magic Leap 2, Announces $500 Million in New Funding
Magic Leap today announced that it has raised $500 million in new capital at a $2 billion valuation. This comes ahead of the launch of its upcoming AR headset, Magic Leap 2, which it promises will be smaller, lighter,...
AR Glasses Creator Nreal Secures $100M Series C Financing to Expand Internationally
Chinese AR glasses startup Nreal announced it's raised a fresh $100 million Series C financing round, something it says will be used for R&D and to fund wider international expansion.
As first reported by CNBC, the latest round reportedly brings...
Lynx Mixed Reality Headset to Start at $500 via Kickstarter in Late September
French startup Lynx announced its Lynx R-1 mixed reality headset last year. The standalone headset, which is capable of both VR and pass-through AR, was previously said to launch for business somewhere around the $1,500 price point. Lynx previously said it...
Varjo Teases Its “biggest announcement ever” Coming Later This Week
Varjo, the Finland-based company making enterprise headsets with industry-leading specs, is getting ready to reveal something big on June 24th.
Urho Konttori, Varjo founder and Chief Product Officer, teased that the company's next reveal will be "so epic that it's...
Snapchat’s 4th-generation Spectacles Are Its First to Support AR
Snap Inc, the company behind Snapchat, today announced its 4th generation Spectacles glasses. While the prior generations included only cameras for capturing first-person footage, the 4th generation Spectacles are the company's first to include a display for real-time AR.
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Exclusive Hands-on: DigiLens is Building Modular AR Glasses to Accelerate Consumerization
DigiLens, creators of waveguide optics, today announced the Design v1, a modular reference headset which the company hopes will accelerate the development and consumerization of truly glasses-sized AR headsets. Road to VR got an exclusive hands-on demo of the...
Campfire Raises $8 Million for MR Headset System Aimed at Product Design & Collaboration
Campfire, a San Mateo, California based startup, emerged from stealth today announcing that it has raised $8 million in venture capital to launch an integrated hardware and software platform aimed at making remote product design and collaboration easy. The...
Microsoft Signs $22B Contract with US Army to Bring HoloLens 2 Tech to the Battlefield
Following a prototyping phase started in 2019, Microsoft and the United States Army have announced they are moving to a production phase of the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS), based on HoloLens 2 technology, through a contract worth up...




















