There were a number of AR and VR systems on the Display Week show floor that weren’t represented in either the AR/VR Business Conference or the Technical sessions. This article is intended to give a brief overview of what AR and VR hardware was being shown.
AR/VR Measurement Systems
Sensing Optronics Company, Ltd. was showing their new VDM-200 AR & VR Retina Imaging Luminance Meter in the I-zone. This meter will measure luminance, chromaticity, uniformity, field of view (FOV) and pixel angular resolution. It has a 5mm aperture at the very front of the imaging lens, allowing it to measure in the cramped spaces that often are a part of HMDs. While they weren’t showing them at SID, they also make the VDM-1800 VR Optical Measurement System that includes a 5-axis measurement stage to allow a wide variety of HMD measurements. They also make the VDM-2000 AR & VR Versatile Photometric Apparatus which is the big-brother unit to the VDM-200.
Sensing imaging color and luminance meter specifically designed for measuring AR and VR HMDs. (Photo Credit: M. Brennesholtz)
Gamma Scientific was already written up in the technical papers section but I couldn’t resist adding a photo of their Near Eye Display (GS-1290NED) Measurement System mounted on a six-axis industrial robot which allows it to measure both left and right eyes of a HMD at a variety of angles. The whole system costs about $100K so you better need to measure a lot of HMDs.
Gamma Scientific GS-1290NED mounted on a Denso robot and measuring a Gear VR HMD. (Photo Credit: M. Brennesholtz)
Radiant Vision Systems, a subsidiary of Konica Minolta, was showing their ProMetric I29 system measuring a VR HMD. This unit is capable of measuring ANSI brightness and evaluate luminance and chromaticity uniformity on HMDs. The ProMetric I29 is a standard product but the lens with the pupil in the front to simulate the pupil of the human eye is new.
Radiant Vision Systems ProMetric I29 can make a variety of measurements on a HMD. (Photo Credit: M. Brennesholtz)
