Jeri Ellsworth shows off the latest CastAR prototype.
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Valve spinoff Technical Illusions shows off its Google Glass competitor (interview)

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Technical Illusions is getting quite serious about augmented reality. The company, founded by former Valve tech wizards Jeri Ellsworth and Rick Johnson, is making the CastAR augmented-reality glasses

The company showed off its latest early developer prototype at the SEA VR virtual reality event in Seattle. The prototype had come a long way since I visited the company back in February. Back then, the startup was housed inside a big home in Woodinville, Wash., in the forested suburbs of Seattle.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.