Publication/Creation Date

May 1 2018

Creators/Contributors

Charlie Fink (creator)

Description

In an overview of all of the best AR headsets currently on the market, this article takes a practical look at how consumer headsets are implemented in various industries.

Starting with the technology that makes the majority of these headsets viable, the LCOS (Liquid Crystal On Silicon), and advancing to a brief breakdown of various headsets such as the Magic Leap and RealWear, we see how different companies take different approaches to bringing AR to the market.

Related Body Part

Head, Eye

Augments

Seeing, Hearing, Working, Producing, Interacting

Technology Keywords

Augmented Reality (AR), Head Mounted Displays (HMD), Liquid Crystal On Silicon (LCOS), Mobile Augmented Reality, Smartglasses

Keywords

Start Up, Sports, Manufacturing, Business, Market, Work, Industry, Labour, Productivity, Safety

Marketing Keywords

Google Glass, Apple Smart Glasses, Magic Leap, RealWear, Kopin Corporation, Vuzix, Pokémon Go, RealWear, Kopin Corporation, Osterhout Design Group (ODG), Upskill, Toshiba