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Google Glass Developer Update: Devs Invited to ‘Glass Foundry’ Event

Google has sent out invites to a developer-focused event for Google Glass, the company's upcoming wearable head mounted display. They're calling it 'Glass Foundry' and it will be a two day 'hackathon' held in two locations: San Francisco and New York...

Vuzix M100 Smart Glasses Developer Kits Now Shipping; Hands-on with M100 at CES [video]

Vuzix announced the M100 Smart Glasses back in November. The company is now shipping developer kits along with the SDK which was offered for $999 when the unit was first announced. Engadget also has a brand new hands-on video...

Android-powered Vuzix M100 Smart Glasses to Compete with Google Glass in 2013

Vuzix has just introduced the M100 Smart Glasses. The M100 is an unobtrusive head mounted display, much like Google Glass, which Vuzix hopes will be used as a hands-free smartphone display and for augmented reality applications. In addition to...

The Latest on Google Glass: Early Technical Details, Pre-order Units Made Available to I/O Attendees for...

Yesterday I showed you Google's incredible live Glass demo where they took Project Glass on a skydiving adventure. Today I want to compile all of the Project Glass info that came out of Google I/O 2012 in one place....

Google Goes Skydiving with Glass, Live [video]

Since Google's announcement of Project Glass, the company has remained quite silent on their augmented reality glasses project. We saw Project Glass in an interview with Charlie Rose back in April, but that was nothing compared to Google's latest...

Another ST1080 User Review Hits the Web, Silicon Micro Display Opens a Forum

I spoke with Silicon Micro Display recently and they tell me that the scarcity of initial units has prevented them from getting the ST1080 out to major outlets for review just yet. That's why we've thus far only seen user-impressions of...

First ST1080 Unboxing and Impressions Hit the Web

I've been scanning quite regularly for the first full-blown review of Silicon Micro Display's recently launched 1080p HDM, the ST1080. Though there hasn't yet been a peep from any major publications, it seems as though customers are starting to receive their...

ST1080 Head Mounted Display Starts Shipping to Pre-order Customers Today

A quick note here -- it's been a long time coming, but Silicon Micro Display begins shipping the ST1080 1080p HMD to pre-order customers today! Paul Jin, SMD CEO, says that pre-order customers can expect a confirmation email and...

Google Glass Project Leader Interviewed by Charlie Rose, Wears a Glass Prototype to the Interview

Sebastian Thrun, who is one of the project leads for Google's Project Glass, sat down for an interview with Charlie Rose and chats about the augmented reality project, among other things. Thrun brought a Project Glass prototype with him...

ST1080 HMD Update: Shipping Expected to Start Second Week in May, Light Blocker Detailed

Silicon Micro Display's 1080p head mounted display (HMD), the ST1080, will soon be reaching reaching pre-order customers, according to the company. Additionally, Silicon Micro Display has revealed the final design for the 'light blocker' which is designed to reduce...

Innovega Working on Multi-focal Contacts to Compliment AR Eyewear and HMDs, Available by 2014 Says CEO

Innovega is a Washington-based company that's working on contact lenses that use filters to allow the eye to simultaneously focus on objects at varying distances. The development could help make augmented reality a practicality by greatly reducing the bulk of HMD...

Valve, Developer of Half-Life 2 and Steam, Internally Researching Augmented Reality

Big news for the VR world fresh from of one of the biggest names in gaming. In a post to his Valve-hosted blog, employee Michael Abrash says that since joining Valve hes begun working on augmented reality / wearable computer research....

Two Great Google Glass Parody Videos

Last week Google announced it's Project Glass concept, a head mounted display and AR software aimed toward making augmented reality a practicality for mainstream use. With a big announcement such as that, it didn't take long for the parody videos to...

Google Announces Project Glass, Wants to Bring Augmented Reality and Wearable Computing to the Masses [video]

Augmented reality just got a huge boost today thanks to Google who announced an experimental project that they're calling 'Glass'. Project Glass has apparently been in the works at Google (Google's experimental project group) for some time now. The...

ST1080 Head Mounted Display Starts Pre-orders on March 1st, $100 Discount for Early Adopters

We've been following the ST1080 head mounted display from Silicon Micro Display for the last few months. The company is finally getting ready to put their first product out on the market after some delays, and have announced that...
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