An interview with Charles Huang — A decade ago, Marc Andreessen of A16Z said, “Software is eating the world.” Today, with the lion’s share of capital going to SW and AI services, I’d say, “Software is eating the world, and AI services are gorging.” We might rename “Silicon Valley” as “SAAS Valley.” But no matter the…

Back to the Future. Star Wars. Iron Man. We have seen all sorts of pop-culture depictions of “holograms” for large-scale three-dimensional displays. We have also seen over and over, maybe every other month, a piece with a title like “Holograms Are Finally Here.” But what are holograms exactly? …

Parameter evaluation In Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 of this article series, we introduced the mechanics behind the metaverse. We also discussed the framework for how and when a given display format can replace an existing medium. Now we’ll put that framework into action. We will compare different…

Demystifying the Bermuda triangle of display tech startups: a human-centric evaluation of comfort, immersiveness, and access In the last two articles of this series (Part One: Mechanics behind Metaverse and Part Two: Modeling human behavior and vision), we discussed the mechanics behind metaverse and how modeling human behavior and vision…

Toward a global human perception model; reducing a trillion-dollar question into a few equations — In order to craft a lasting and engaging metaverse medium, it is essential to deliver comfort and immersion in a drastically better way than what current technologies offer (part 1). This requires defining metrics with human perception at the center of a comparison space, as opposed to the current format-specific…

By Barmak Heshmat As an early-stage startup, nothing is more exciting than showing your product to the market for the first time. It’s like watching your newborn say his/her first few words. However, since the budget is tight, you must get creative to get the most out of what you…

The mechanics behind Metaverse: displays first or humans first? — Virtual worlds are coming, billions of dollars have been invested, and this is just the beginning of what is now referred to as the metaverse, an immersive construct of the internet in which you can comfortably live, work, play, and generally be present. Regardless of how you want to define…

Companies to jointly develop and market high-end telework portal San Mateo, CA — October 29, 2020 — Brelyon and Altwork today announced a strategic marketing partnership under which the companies will jointly develop and promote an all-in-one workstation mounted display, with a focus on the professional work-from-home market. The…

Companies to jointly test and incubate a replacement solution to multi-monitor setups for office and telework San Mateo, CA — October 1, 2020 — Brelyon, a Silicon Valley-based startup, today announced it has entered into an agreement with Franklin Templeton to pilot test its immersive light-field displays as a replacement…