2025-01-06
Swave, the startup building true holographic smart glasses, bags €27M
In the 1977 Star Wars film A New Hope, there’s an iconic scene where the beloved droid R2-D2 casts a beam of light to create a hologram of Princess Leia pleading for the help of Obi-Wan Kenobi. Sadly, almost 50 years on, we’re not much closer to the true holograms science fiction promised us, let alone the teleportation devices and flying cars. Yes, we have AR and VR headsets like Microsoft’s HoloLens or Apple’s Vision Pro, but those simply use transparent screens to give the effect of a hologram. Even Tupac’s famous “live” Coachella per [...]
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2025-01-21
Report: Meta could release its first true AR headset as soon as 2027
Mark Gurman at Bloomberg has released a report about Meta's next steps in hardware, crediting sources familiar with the company's work. According to these insiders, Meta is developing at lea [...]
2025-02-03
The FDA and EU clear Nuance Audio, smart glasses with built-in hearing aids, for sale
Nuance Audio, new "hearing glasses" from EssilorLuxottica, have received FDA clearance and "a CE marking under the Medical Devices regulation in the EU," making them officially rea [...]
2025-01-08
A holographic windshield from Hyundai Mobis is a big upgrade for in-car HUDs at CES 2025
Automotive heads up displays (HUDs) have been around as far back as 1988, and while they’ve gotten brighter and more colorful over the years, even today’s most sophisticated implementations still [...]
2025-02-09
Apple’s plans for AR glasses may not have been scrapped entirely
Apple may have set aside its rumored plans for Mac-tethered augmented reality glasses, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s done with AR glasses altogether. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurma [...]