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Orion on Hold: The patents behind Meta’s unreleased AR Glasses

Orion on Hold: The Patents Behind Meta’s Unreleased AR Glasses

At the Meta Connect 2024 event, CEO Mark Zuckerberg gave the public its first look at Orion, Meta’s most advanced AR glasses prototype. The demo was brief but revealing: real-time overlays, subtle gesture inputs, and a lightweight design. Shortly after, Meta confirmed that Orion would not be released commercially, citing production cost and scalability concerns. […]

Enhancing visual experiences with AI

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Display devices have become more complex as technology has progressed. Not only has the resolution of displays vastly increased due to the number of pixels per inch, but the screens themselves have also evolved from simple flat panels. From unconventional shapes, such as curved lenses, to dynamic sizes, such as foldable displays, it has become […]

Get Set for Ready Player One: A Look at Virtual Reality’s Future

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The year is 2045, and virtual reality is everywhere. People don headsets to log in to a virtual world called “Oasis”. Oasis provides an escape from reality, which can be in the form of a virtual vacation to an exotic place, a cyber casino the size of a planet, or any virtual game imaginable. This is the setting of the award-winning book, Ready Player One, which is now adapted for screenplay by Steven Spielberg. The story follows Wade Watts under the alias Parzival as he plays the game set up by the creator of Oasis before he died. The objective of the game is to solve clues and gain keys to ultimately win the rights to Oasis. Whoever gets Oasis gets control of the whole world. With the help of his cyber friends, Art3mis, Aech, Daito and Sho, they solve the clues together while fighting the behemoth company, IOI, for Oasis.

Mixed reality patents with the highest forward citations

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The number of forward citations (FC) of a patent has been one of the considerations used when assessing the value of a patent or patent portfolio. Patent valuations are conducted for various reasons, for example, as part of due diligence work relating to a possible company merger or acquisition of a company or the patent […]

Magic Leap’s Little-Known Side: Focus on Healthcare

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After announcing its first commercial product prototype last December 2017, Magic Leap was reported to have finally begun shipping its augmented reality (AR) headsets to a select group of software developers by the end of March this year. More than a week earlier, it also released its software development kit (SDK) to developers. The SDK is designed for its operating system called Lumin OS.3

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