With MIPS funding, Juxtopia was able to collaborate with UMD’s department of electrical engineering to advance its wearable augmented (AR) reality products and get a head start in the market years before Google, Microsoft, and Epson. Securing MIPS funding was not easy by any means and took years. However, the experience helped exercise Juxtopia’s spirit of perseverance and concentrated focus to achieve a tangible result at the end of the MIPS funding.