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Close-up photo of a tiny photonic chip with gold circuit-like pathways and three labeled laser channels etched onto a dark surface. Colored lines illustrate red, green, and blue light paths converging toward a white output beam exiting the chip. The chip is shown against a dark gray background inside a glowing circular border.

CES 2026: Brilliance Small & Efficient RGB Laserchip

May 27, 2026
by Steve Sheridan

Allison interviews Brilliance co-founder and CTO Douwe Geuzebroek about the company’s development of a miniature laser system built on a chip for use in augmented reality glasses. The technology is designed to provide smaller, more power-efficient AR displays with longer battery life compared to conventional laser systems. Douwe describes the company’s approach as “photonic integrated […]

CCATP #829 Jason Howell on Smart Glasses

You may know Jason Howell from his work hosting Daily Tech News Show with Tom Merritt, or his work on the All About Android and Android Faithful Podcasts, or hosting Tech News on the TWiT Network. Over the last two decades, he’s been the voice translating complex technology into clear, human stories that connect with […]

Ocutrx OcuLenz AR Headset showing two lenses, one for each eye, and two small openings for cameras above the lenses. A band on top of headset and another behind secures the headset on user's the head. The headset is white with orange and gray highlights.

CES 2024: Ocutrx AR Headset for Patients with Macular Degeneration

Allison Sheridan interviews Ocutrx Chief Operating Officer, Mitchael Freeman, about their AR headset that helps people with macular degeneration see better. When first worn, OcuLenz glasses perform a visual field test to locate the visual defect, or scotoma, in each eye. With this information, OcuLenz creates a scotoma marker on the live video feed for […]

CCATP #707 – Tom Merritt on Meta and the Metaverse

December 2, 2021
by podfeet

In late October, Facebook announced that The Facebook Company was name to Meta. A little bit later, Mark Zuckerberg published a video where he described his vision of the future metaverse. I haven’t been following this too closely but it seems to be turning into something I might want to understand. I asked Tom Merritt, […]

CES 2019: PAIBots AR Interactive Robot Construction Kit

Allison interviews Shai Yammanee representing Pai Technology and their new PaiBots learning tool for kids. PaiBots is an augmented reality interactive construction kit to help kids learn while having fun. It includes over 130 uniquely shaped, easy-to-grip blocks with rounded edges and an app that runs on a mobile device. Kids can create their own […]

CES 2018: MirraViz Multiview Displays

Allison interviews David Jiang from MirraViz about their new multi-view display. This innovative display uses DirectedPhoton technology to direct photons from the screen to a specific viewing location. Using two projectors, the MirraViz screen can display two separate, simultaneous images/video to viewers who are located at different viewing angles. Photon utilization is increased by a […]