The company announces support for ONVIF security cameras in its Blade glasses. Vuzix is a smart glasses company with unusual longevity in the perilous field of AR/VR glasses makers. In AR, vendors struggle to balance the market's demand for low profile, lightweight glasses at equally comfortable price points. Vuzix’s Blade glasses are the company’s latest product. They … [Read more...] about Vuzix adds on to its security story
Foundry Katana gets significant overhaul
Intel and Foundry ally to multithread and increase performance 2×–30×. Katana, Foundry’s professional lighting and look development software is a powerful tool developed for cinematic and video production teams. As a procedural, asset-based tool, Katana enables people on a project to work with specific elements of a scene without interfering with each other’s work. True to the … [Read more...] about Foundry Katana gets significant overhaul
HP at CES
HP stands out with application-specific enhancements. The PC business is pretty standardized these days. People know they want a computer, a display, a mouse, a tablet. Many of those people know they’d rather have a major brand for the reassurance of support and security. So, the struggle for the PC companies is to figure out some way to stand out and thrive selling similar … [Read more...] about HP at CES
VR on the rise at CES: Panasonic shows off cute new glasses
Panasonic and Kopin partnership promises new options for VR. There are people who are wandering the halls at CES so we don’t have to. Among them are the people from VRScout who posted an early heads up on Panasonic’s new VR glasses. The pitch from Panasonic is that these are the first glasses that eliminate the screen-door effect. They’re not. Varjo’s glasses don’t have a hint … [Read more...] about VR on the rise at CES: Panasonic shows off cute new glasses
Maxon acquires Red Giant and expands its portfolio
Maxon is adding on technology and talent with the acquisition of Red Giant specialists in film effects and motion graphics. Right in the middle of wrapping presents, agonizing over what to feed people, and wishing work would just shut up for a minute, Maxon and Red Giant announced plans to “combine forces,” in a deal for stock and $70 million cash. Maxon’s … [Read more...] about Maxon acquires Red Giant and expands its portfolio