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If you're looking for a partner to meet your technological challenges or accelerate your innovation initiatives, let's talk! Together, we can bring to life ideas that will make all the difference.January’s news is dominated by CES announcements, and as you can see, the « Hardware » category is the most important. We’ll be back with a summary article soon about CES 2025 ( here’s a video to keep you going ). So far, we’ve seen a lot of eyewear models arrive and position themselves on the consumer market. Are there as many places on this market? Is the success of the Ray Ban Meta so easily replicable? These are questions that will be answered in the coming months. In the meantime, Chinese manufacturers are offering white label models and Vuzix is developing a « technology platform » that has the same vocation! If you want to launch your own brand, it’s never been easier.
The other major news of the month concerns Sansung’s Moohan project, which will be the bridgehead for mixed reality headsets powered by Android XR. Even if all the characteristics of this hardware are not set in stone, it should be available in 2025 and the first tests are really promising. It’s impossible not to compare it to the Apple Vision Pro because of its look!
On the industry side, Infinite Reality is starting a series of acquisitions linked to its exceptional fundraising of 3 billion dollars and the Belgians of Swave Photonics have raised 27 million euros. The sector is stressed but the opportunities exist. Moreover, the last edition of Museum Connections showed us that the market potential is there, in the tourism and museum sector.
One last thing: Will the arrival of the Trump administration and its rather particular way of doing business shake up our XR ecosystem in Europe? You will see that it is quite possible!
See you in a month!
The News
Museum Connections 2025 confirms the sector’s interest in augmented reality! – Augmented Reality – Augmented Reality
After a 2024 edition that sincerely surprised us with visitors’ interest in XR, the 2025 vintage is a confirmation of the trend. The offer is wide, particularly in the XR pavilion, visitors are precise in their requests and successful use cases are numerous. Enough to generate real optimism for 2025. — on: January 20, 2025 – 3:51 p.m.
Conferences to watch at CES 2025 for XR and AR – Gregory Maubon
CES 2025 is about to officially begin and like every year, it’s going to be hard to choose your schedule. Here’s my selection of conferences not to be missed in the AR sector — on: January 6, 2025 – 2:25 pm
RA’pro in 2025: continuity and innovation! – Augmented Reality – Augmented Reality
It is with great pleasure that all the members of RA’pro wish you an excellent year 2025, full of joy and augmented reality! After holding our annual general meeting on December 13, we are embarking on a year that could well be a pivot for our sector. — on: January 2, 2025 – 2:35 p.m.
Strategies, visions and discussions
AR glasses won’t be the future until they solve this common pain point | PCWorld
The development of the glasses market brings up new questions like the diversity of facial morphologies. Unlike headsets, glasses require more precise positioning and technically, it’s not that simple! — on: January 24, 2025 – 11:10 am
Is the arrival of Donald Trump a danger for the XR ecosystem in Europe and France? – Grégory MAUBON
What are the consequences of the new American administration on the XR ecosystem in France and Europe? Should we expect particular constraints? Should we prepare? — on: January 21, 2025 – 9:01 am
Companies
Infinite Reality Acquires 3D Digital Store Platform Obsess
Infinite Reality announces the acquisition of Obsess, a company specializing in virtual stores and online sales tools. Following its recent $3 billion fundraising, Infinite Reality is touting an aggressive acquisition strategy. — on: January 27, 2025 – 10:52 am
Belgian holographic display company Swave Photonics raises €27M
Belgian company Swave Photonics has announced a €27 million fundraising round to accelerate the development of its Holographic Extended Reality (HXR) technology. The technology is designed for smart glasses and AR glasses. — on: January 6, 2025 – 8:53 am
Hardware & Software
Even Realities G1 Full Review: What Smart Glasses Should Be – 9to5Mac
A review of the Even Realities G1 glasses that were shown at CES 2025, with the main features outlined. — on: January 31, 2025 – 3:58 p.m.
I Tried Samsung’s Secret Android XR Headset! – YouTube
A great explanation of the features of Android XR as part of Samsung’s headset. Marques Brownlee’s review focuses on the integration of the Store and Gemini. — on: January 31, 2025 – 3:50 p.m.
No-Code XR Tools for Training Creation, Gérard Bernasconi Presents Niantic Studio and SimLab VR Studio – Augmented Reality – Augmented Reality
After exploring the benefits of “NoCode” tools for creating immersive experiences with him, we went back to chat with Gérard Bernasconi to explore concrete solutions from his experience in teaching and immersive prototyping. — on: January 29, 2025 – 4:12 p.m.
Meta Could “Offer” Orion AR Glasses To Developers Next Year
Orion AR Glasses prototypes could be available to developers in 2026. — on: January 27, 2025 – 1:54 p.m.
Meta’s next smart glasses may be with Oakley – The Verge
Multiple sources seem to indicate that Meta is preparing a new pair of smart glasses with Oakley, a brand of the EssilorLuxottica group with which they produced the Ray Ban Meta. — on: January 27, 2025 – 11:18 am
Halliday AR(not?)/AI Glasses – KGOnTech
A review of the Halliday glasses by Karl Guttag that takes stock of the pros and cons of the model. It is noted that the lack of a camera makes the AI functions less interesting. — on: January 27, 2025 – 11:09 am
CREAL’s latest light field display fits into conventional glasses
At the upcoming SPIE AR | VR | MR, the Swiss company CREAL will present its new optical model for augmented reality glasses. A major advantage is the ability to form the image at the right focal length and thus limit eye fatigue for the user. — on: January 24, 2025 – 8:40 am
Project Moohan: Samsung’s headset is shown from all angles in images
Samsung has presented its Moohan mixed reality headset. While some see it as a clear inspiration from Apple’s Vision Pro, the real questions mainly concern the characteristics, the sale price and the availability date (probably 2025). The only certainties: a Qualcomm XR2 Gen 2 chip and an Android XR operating system. — on: January 24, 2025 – 8:30 am
We tested Snapchat’s very ambitious augmented reality glasses
The magazine 01net offers a test of the latest version of Snapchat’s glasses, the Spectacles. The article also explains the company’s long-term ambitions — on: January 21, 2025 – 8:43 am
CES2025: Connected glasses… and smart glasses! – Reapse Consulting
In this article, Reapse Consulting offers us a summary of the presentations of connected glasses at CES 2025 as well as several product discoveries related to augmented reality and XR — on: January 21, 2025 – 8:34 am
Ambiq and ThinkAR Disrupt the AR Glasses Industry
Ambiq® and ThinkAR announce a partnership to produce a new model of connected glasses, the AiLens. Weighing 37g, they do not have a camera. — on: January 10, 2025 – 8:37 am
NVIDIA takes a step toward AR Glasses with a new patent
It’s NVIDIA’s turn to jump into the augmented reality glasses race. For the moment, this patent is not a first version of a model but shows an interest in this technology. — on: January 7, 2025 – 8:15 am
XanderGlasses Review: Addressing Hearing Loss with AR – XR Today
A comprehensive review of Xander’s glasses, the “XanderGlasses,” designed to transcribe conversations for the hearing impaired. Despite their high price tag, they do their job perfectly — on: January 6, 2025 – 2:14 pm
The uses
Waterloo engineers use AR and VR to help extend infrastructure lifespans
A team from the University of Waterloo (Canada) is developing a solution combining augmented reality, virtual reality, remote expertise and robots to facilitate inspections and maintenance of structures. — on: January 17, 2025 – 11:35 am
Noun Town: Explore Languages in Mixed Reality
The “Noun Town” application available on Meta Quest allows you to learn several languages by being immersed in real-life situations but also in “Augmented Reality” mode in your own daily life. — on: January 6, 2025 – 10:21 am
How Creative Technologist Jill Shah Uses AR to Make Her Designs Come to Life – TechBullion
In this article, artist Jill Shah talks about how she uses augmented reality to bring multiple layers of experience to her designs. She calls them “little pockets of magic” sprinkled throughout. — on: January 6, 2025 – 10:17 am
Jobs ( list )
- [Internship] Augmented Reality and Security – EDF – Golfech (82) January 27, 2025
- [CDD] Post-Doctorate in Virtual/Augmented Reality (M/F) – Institut Catholique de Lille – Lille January 27, 2025
- [Civic Service] Come and Raise Awareness Among Young People About School Bullying Using Virtual Reality – La Kolo Association – Montreuil January 27, 2025
- [CDI] Sales Director (M/F) Software & Virtual Reality – Techviz – Paris January 27, 2025
- [CDD] Research engineer in virtual reality in forensic science – CNRS – Palaiseau January 17, 2025
- [Internship] Work on a Virtual Reality Educational Tool Coupled with a Nuclear Driving Simulator – EDF – Palaiseau January 17, 2025
- [CDD] Post-doc in Human-Machine Interaction/Mixed Reality – Institut Mines-Télécom – Palaiseau January 17, 2025
- [CDI] Software Architect Unity – Jexplore – Paris January 7, 2025
Upcoming events ( list )
- XR Creators Connect, Feb 12, 2025 – Hilversum Netherlands
- Experience Vision – February 6 – Paris
- XR EXPO 2025, May 8 to 9 2025 – Stuttgart
- Immersive Days – JeDI – April 6-8, 2025 – Lyon
- Laval Virtual 2025 – April 9-11, 2025 – Laval, France
- International XR-Metaverse Conference 2025 – June 25 to 27 – Maastricht
