CastAR, a New VR System Kickstarter Launched by Ex-Valve Inventor

<p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;en&period;wikipedia&period;org&sol;wiki&sol;Jeri&lowbar;Ellsworth">Jeri Ellsworth<&sol;a>&comma; a former Valve engineer&comma; along with her colleague Rick Johnson launched a new <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;kickstarter&period;com&sol;projects&sol;technicalillusions&sol;castar-the-most-versatile-ar-and-vr-system">Kickstarter campaign<&sol;a> today for an all-new augmented virtual reality system called the castAR&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The CastAR system is said to be a &&num;8220&semi;projected augmented reality system&&num;8221&semi; that will apparentely be capable of displaying &&num;8220&semi;holographic-like&&num;8221&semi; 3D projections&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>There are two peripherals in addition to the glasses that make this technology possible&colon; the &&num;8220&semi;Magic Wand&&num;8221&semi; and the RFID Tracking Grid&period; The wand will allow the user to position items in space and control them while the grid will allow the user to identify the objects across the surface&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The final version of the glasses for the castAR system is expected to weigh less than 100 grams&comma; described as &&num;8220&semi;slightly heavier&&num;8221&semi; than a normal pair of sunglasses&period; And for those that wear prescription glasses&comma; the castAR glasses will work on top of them&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gamespot&period;com&sol;articles&sol;ex-valve-inventor-launches-kickstarter-for-vr-glasses&sol;1100-6415562&sol;">Gamespot<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;