Digilens, stated Sag, is “each a waveguide provider and a headset maker, and appears to have gained a number of momentum not too long ago with a lot of Microsoft’s previous companions, and I consider is finest positioned from a {hardware} and software program perspective to assist previous HoloLens 2 prospects. Not solely that, however at AWE 2024 this 12 months, Digilens was the primary to reveal Google’s Gemini working on any AR headset.”
Whereas different firms like RealWear and ThirdEye do exist, he stated, “they’re much less highly effective platforms and will ship a unique sort of expertise than HoloLens wearers predict. RealWear is assisted actuality utilizing a monocular LCD, and ThirdEye makes use of waveguides with see-through AR, nevertheless it solely options an XR1 chipset that may seemingly want distant rendering for improved graphics.”
Enterprise AR use case exhibits actual promise
Scott Bickley, analysis follow lead at Data-Tech Analysis Group, described the transfer by Microsoft as “ unlucky, as a result of the augmented actuality use case for enterprise functions within the industrial area held actual promise. In my view, the R&D justification was constructed atop a lot broader and deeper digital actuality use instances that have been by no means grounded in ‘actuality’ to start with.”