The State of Augmented Reality Hardware

Just as Apple is expected to announce its mixed reality headset, we visit this year's Augmented World Expo and demo the latest in augmented reality technologies. From monocles with micro OLEDs to a laptop with no screen at all, here are some demos that intrigued us as we enter the next phase of consumer AR.

Shot by Josh Self and edited by Norman Chan
Music by Jinglepunks

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[dominicodematte]

Im excited to see what the monocle can do for cosplay, with its small size it will be so easy to fit into goggles and helmets. The future of working iron man helmets are already here

[_guillermo]

I can’t believe the *monocle* is making a comeback

[xethier]

As a security guy, everything i'm hearing here makes me want to run in the opposite direction, screaming.

[unknownhours]

I would love to have a multimeter with an over eye display so I can focus on holding the probes.

[bghiggy]

As someone who does long range shooting, I could see an application that is connected to a weather station to give you real time wind and ballistic data so you can stay on the gun and not have to go back and forth between your data book.

[bakedbeings]

Tough brief, releasing a summary of the tech so close to a potential reconfiguring of the landscape! Nice work 👍

[KazyEXE]

Tested got me into VR back in 2014/2015, always good to see more XR content from them

[rtkiiiprod]

Thanks for continuing to provide knowledgeable VR/AR news. I do miss seeing you and Jeremy together but at least we get one of you :)

[zirbs]

Need more Norm content! After the podcast sunset, Tested hasn't been the same.

[dan]

Incredible! Can't wait to see where AR goes.

[dominicodematte]

I was just researching this yesterday, so happy that yall made a video on this. 10/10 timing

[rbus]

I just bought a bunch of VR, AR and headmounted display devices these last few weeks. Several Google Glass (Enterprise 1 and 2 editions). I'm most impressed with the Magic Leap One optics. No fresnel lenses, no pepper's ghost trickery, AR images almost seem solid and vibrant.

[mabeteekay]

well i guess Vision pro takes the cake

[prfit]

Tim watched this this morning and decided they gotta release today since Norm is coming

[jamesoloughlin]

Can’t think of a better person to cover WWDC Norm. Great coverage of AWE too.

[joelface]

Norman Chan VR/AR videos are THE BEST. :)

[TheBalunStormhands]

Watched this after WWDC and now I REALLY want to hear Norm's first impressions about Apple Vision Pro.

[deefdragon]

That AR laptop looks like a godsend if you are traveling a lot and need to do work on a plane. I always run into issues of not having enough space to fold out my laptop screen comfortably when on a plane, I feel like that would solve many problems there. I do agree that it needs to be a separable headset tho.

[ElvesofZion]

I'm still waiting on 'AR' that isn't just floating displays, when it actually interacts with the world then its truly augmenting reality

[justinbaker]

This was great norm. Excited to hear your thoughts on the beam. Im very on the fence on that ecosystem, sounds like their next release should be a lil brighter, little more fov, and a little more resolution and that would be a winner. Rokid max has the brighter and wider fov screen, swaps the resolution boost for faster refresh but doesnt have a beam like accessory. The industry seems so close to being great