Is This the Future of Augmented Reality Gaming?
One of my favorite YouTube directors, Freddie Wong happened to make a video that is quite relevant to this site. The video is called 'Future Motion Control Gaming' and shows a fictional augmented reality gaming setup. But is this...
ST1080 and ST1080 DDK Head Mounted Display Pricing Announced
I've been tracking Silicon Micro Display's ST1080 head mounted display ever since they announced it back in early November. We've already seen most of the specs, but one thing that was missing was the price. I was excited by...
Astro Headset Accessory as Sony HMZ-T1 Stand?
About a year ago I bought myself the Astro A40 gaming headset which I've been quite happy with. I was browsing Astro's website the other day and happened across a nice looking headset stand that is sold as an...
Silicon Micro Display ST1080 HMD + Steel Battalion = Awesome
Today I was thinking about Silicon Micro Display's ST1080 head mounted display. This unique HMD has a 10% transparent screen. When I first head about that feature, typical wearable computer / augmented reality applications came to my mind. Those...
Update: Sony HMZ-T1 Hands-on Test, Crystal Clear Image With No Crosstalk!
The Sony HMZ-T1 head mounted display is still almost impossible to come by right now, but my local store has one display unit. I finally made my way down, despite some nasty rain, so that I could give the...
Contact Lens Displays One Step Closer to Reality Thanks to Recent Live Testing
If you've ever done any thinking about augmented reality seen a sci-fi movie, you're undoubtedly familiar with the idea of a contact lens that provides the wearer with a super-futuristic heads up display that shows all sorts of awesome and...
Sony HMZ-T1 HMD Still Scarce Worldwide in Sony Stores and Online, Demo Units May be Available
The other week I reported that Sony's HMZ-T1 HMD, which 'launched' on 11/11/11, had been backordered and pushed back to an estimated availability date of 1/17/12. All store stock was going to be diverted to those who had pre-ordered...
ST1080 Head Mounted Display to be Shown Off at CES 2012 by Silicon Micro Display
Today, Silicon Micro Display has announced that they'll be attending the annual Consumer Electronics Show which will be held from January 10th to the 13th.
CES is a huge consumer electronics exhibition (likely the largest in the US) and is a platform...
Immersive Artificial Intelligence — It’ll Take More Than Life-like Graphics to Make True VR
As I've watched a friend play Skyrim over the last few days, I've been blown away by the immense world that Bethesda has created. Not only is it huge, but it's rather beautiful as well. "Slap on an HMD," I thought, "and this would be...
Sony HMZ-T1 Backordered, Sony: ‘Demand in U.S. Exceeded Expectations’
Though Sony oped to get their HMZ-T1 to the market prior to the holidays by putting it up for sale on 11/11/11, it is now officially listed as "backorderable". What does that mean? Well, for one, it means that...
