Wearable Technology

Propel LLC is a US-based company developing performance-driven textile-based products.

Oorym is commercializing the Simple Planaric Substrate (SPS), an optical waveguide combiner that it says is simpler and more efficient than other forms of reflective waveguide. The SPS can be configured to a wide range of use cases, with augmented reality and heads up displays being major applications.

Tess Skyrme, Technology Analyst at IDTechEx, met the Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer, Danial Mosaid, of Phantom Technology at Cambridge Tech Week 2023.

MICROOLED is a French developer and manufacturer of near-eye display optical modules based on its OLED-on-silicon microdisplays. These are used for military, medical and augmented reality applications. It emphasizes low power consumption in its system architecture.

MICLEDI is a Belgian early-stage firm which develops microLED microdisplays for the augmented reality (AR) market. These are intended for integration with waveguide optics. The imec spin-out's displays are designed on a 300mm wafer platform for complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) manufacturing compatibility.

IDUN Technologies is developing neural interface technology, using in-ear EEG. Tess Skyrme, Technology Analyst at IDTechEx, interviewed CEO, Simon Bachmann.

The Metaverse Standards Forum is intended as the place for communication between stakeholders to create recommendations for standards to make an interoperable metaverse possible. The Khronos Group-founded organization counts almost 2500 companies as members. IDTechEx spoke to its chair, Neil Trevett, about the Forum's goals and work to date.

TriLite is a developer and manufacturer of laser beam scanning (LBS) projectors, targeted especially for use in consumer augmented reality (AR) glasses. TriLite's Trixel 3 projector is extremely compact to fit in the arm of glasses, uses a single bi-axial MEMS mirror, and does not require external relay optics. The Vienna, Austria based firm has developed innovative machine learning-based software to simplify calibration and control, reducing production costs and increasing manufacturing yields.

This premium article provides an introduction to laser beam scanning (LBS) displays for augmented reality (AR).

HTC's new Vive XR Elite brings interesting benefits with its convertible design but poses a tough product targeting challenge.

Amsterdam-based startup Wintor is lowering the barriers to entry for smartphone AR tours with its no code, app-based tour development and deployment system for iPhones and Android.

This premium article explores wearable accessory technology, including rings, chest-straps, helmets, mouthguards and neck coolers.

Consumer technology available today is impressive but still not as cool as promised by many classic sci-fi movies. Our dreams of hoverboards and holograms have been replaced by stagnating smartphone designs and doom-scrolling. Yet things look set to change.

Early-stage London-based company using AI to perform marker-less motion capture with as little as two iPhones or other cameras. Its tracking can compare favorably to optical tracking using multimillion dollar setups. IDTechEx met representatives from the company at Laval Virtual 2023.

This premium article provides event summary coverage of software and extended reality (XR) applications from Europe's premier XR event, Laval Virtual.

This premium article explores electronic skin patches for cardiac rhythm monitoring, including key market players and devices.

This premium article provides event summary coverage of hardware developments from Europe's premier XR event, Laval Virtual 2023, including headsets, haptics and motion tracking.

VitreaLab is an early-stage company developing waveguide systems to backlight LCD panels or illuminate LCoS panels using lasers, for virtual and augmented reality headsets respectively. This has significant potential advantages in terms of coupling efficiency with optical systems, color gamut and more.

Innovation roadmap for the report 'Conductive Ink Market 2023-2033'.

Thursday 27 April 2023 - What is the status and outlook for the wearables industry as a whole? How do the opportunities and challenges vary between wearable sensors and actuators? How is the role of wearables in healthcare evolving? Why wearables for drug-free health management and which technologies have the most commercial potential?