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Retail Asia11/10/2022

The new Orora glass beneficiation plant in South Australia has begun operations, with the $25m facility set to recycle 150,000 tonnes of post-consumer glass each year, which will go into the company’s glass manufacturing plant next door. Orora CEO Brian Lowe and South Australia Deputy Premier Susan Close officially opened the highly automated plant this […]

Retail Asia10/08/2020

Apple is considering a system that will allow the wearer of Apple Glass or another Apple-made headset to choose the background that will appear when someone is standing in front of them. The technology is similar to the “green-screen” used on television shows and movies that make it look as though an actor is somewhere […]

Retail Asia18/06/2020

Imagine wearing a pair of glasses that automatically adjusts to your eyes in order to correct any deficiencies; instead of wearing prescription lenses, the lenses would automatically make the necessary changes. Today, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) awarded a patent to Apple for technology that would allow self-correcting lenses to be used on the […]

Retail Asia21/06/2019

Japanese operator NTT Docomo and glass solution provider AGC Group have collaborated with Ericsson to complete what the companies believe to be the world’s first trial of 5G communications using a glass-embedded antenna. The trial used an antenna embedded in synthetic fused silica glass to transmit and receive 28-GHz 5G radio signals. Validation testing used […]

Retail Asia19/04/2019

North’s Focals smartglasses look nothing like the original version of Google Glass, which is a good thing. In fact, if you didn’t know any better, you’d think that they were just an ordinary pair of spectacles. But Focals feature Alexa integration allowing you to hear the latest news, view the weather forecast, stream music, control […]

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Ororo commences operation of $25m glass recycling plant in SA

Apple Glass could put you anywhere in the world

Apple Glass won’t need prescription lenses according to a new patent

Docomo, Ericsson complete 5G glass antenna trial

Focals smartglasses could give us a glimpse at Apple’s next big thing