In the great smartglasses race, component makers, such as those that supply the crucial waveguide displays that make visualization of virtual content possible, have a vested interest in pushing the industry forward in order to ship units. On Tuesday, waveguide maker DigiLens unveiled Design v1, a reference design based on its Visualize Framework for smartglasses development, with the aim of helping original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), software and content makers, and IoT providers to jumpstart the development of their own augmented reality wearables. Don’t Miss: DigiLens Previews Smartglasses with Its Waveguide Displays in New Video on Design & Manufacturing ApproachDigiLens will ship Design v1 units immediately to a limited set of hardware partners and expects to expand availability by early summer. The DigiLens reference design, which runs on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon XR2 computing platform, includes the company’s Crystal50 waveguide lens, which yields a field of view of 50 degrees…more